Our collection of interior decorating and how-to magazines and
books grows and grows. We both pore over
them to get inspiration and guidance. However, the text below every picture analyzes
the colors, patterns, products as though there is a right way and a wrong way
to reach a pleasing end. It makes it sound very tricky to get things right.
That makes us feel less than confidant about our choices.
So, we have decided to simply not read the text that analyzes
the style of anything. Rather, we look and the pictures and decide for our
selves; Do we like it? What do we like about it? Why do we like it? It seems to
help us decide what colors, products and styles we want and understand why.
Often it may be just that we like this or that and if one has a whole room of
those things, it is fine with us. What could be better than being surrounded by
things you love?
That’s why we will keep much our old stuff and that is why
our rooms will never make it into House Beautiful!
