DECOR..... (53)

heidi2765: Sounds lovely and a lot of work, hope the house gives you all the happiness you deserve

smoky: Ja, some people have no imagination! ... and those with it, do things others wish they had done!

Have you ever noticed that "the harder you work ... the "luckier" you get?"..according to some folk......

peppai: Yes, what drives me mad is folk saying 'oh but you are so lucky...you have everything'. they dont realise that that 'everything' is all due to hard work and a few sacrifices along the way.
Lucky in my definition is when you get something without putting any effort in, like winning the jackpot....you never know I might still get lucky....still hoping anyway!!

rimowa: -----------------------------------------------------------------

Humans, even proto-humans, decorated their 'home'surroundings. From Altamera in Spain 20.000 years ago to cave drawings and paintings scattered all over the world people have decorated their homes.

Since these ancient milestones societies have increasingly and accleratingly sought to not just improve the amenties of their homes but the decorative aspects. Eventually as civilisation grew - or regressed you might say - religious institutions drew in all the economic surplus into creating amazing and astounding edifices to the glory of the current gods.

The surplus product of civilisation was for thousands of years given over to the the edification of kings and gods. Only since the last 500 years have individual dwellings of the majority of people been given any priority.

Today, practically every one of the millions of magazines in the world concerning life-style have double page advertisements of interior decorators or architects.

Is the post author thinking a launching a for profit business in interior decoration by a clever strategy of subliminally insinuating herself into the members of this group....she's a hustler, dont forget.

Jan1305: I prefer a minimalist style. I have lots of black and white with touches of burnt orange in my lounge. No carpets, it is too hot here anyway, and I think much healthier without them.

My kitchen is silver grey and blue with splashes of lemon here and there.

The bedrooms are bright, one pale blue and white, another pale green and cream and the third a combination of pale blues, greens and cream.

I have a study which is the only room where the colour scheme has not been thought out too much. The walls are covered in pictures of my kids and students, and I have books and teaching materials spilling from the bookcases. It´s a nice room though.