It's Like This

I'm about to decorate a house from scratch. I've done this many times. I've done it many times while living with two men (my husband and my son.) I love them, so I can tell you who is currently the points leader in both Nascar series, who is playing tonight for the college basketball title, and who the NFL free agents are at present. They love me, too. But they have absolutely no idea what it has taken for me to take furniture from a cabin in the NC mountains and make it make sense in Floridian suburbia. It's not just that they don't care. They ACTIVELY don't care. They have both informed me that the overturned boxes work fine as end tables and nightstands. They don't understand why I got rid of the plates with bears on them and bought yellow ones to replace them. They are completely mystified as to why I want to have a rug in the bedroom. 

Are you someone who loves decorating and has no one with whom to swap ideas? If so, this is a blog for you. If not, then you'll be bored, so you'll probably want to pass. I am a writer by profession, so I'll do my best to entertain. I'm prone to rants, so there might be some of those. (Like this: I was about to order placemats from Target with an old giftcard that I found while moving, until I noticed that the placemats were $22.00 and the shipping was $24.00. Which made me realize how frequently I must have been robbed, back when I had enough money that I didn't pay attention to the prices! Which is why I don't have that kind of money any more.)

I'm a big fan of Pottery Barn, hence the blog title. I'm also a big fan of Ebay. I'm happy to share everything I have learned from decorating many houses. Feel free to share your own tips. And photos. And rants. Whatever. Welcome.

Comments

[Debbie]

Yay! I look forward to these blogs! One of my favorite things to do when decorating has been to find old wood furniture and strip and re-finish it!