Virginia Grayson's Profile

Hey, wait a minute Texas has great beers! Too bad the wedding didn't serve any, C.

I've agonized (okay, just worried a bit) over this and have ended up with a cache pot of remotes - something kept getting put on top of the box and the drawer boxes couldn't contain all of the remotes without totally consuming the table top.

Ideally, a table with a drawer would be the best until the devices just read our minds or we have buttons embedded in our bodies or we wear our remotes (okay - cutting off caffeine now).

I like this but would hate to dust it!

Your budget is really tight! I suggest swing arm type curtain rods - top and bottom. You may want to do several pairs - the effect would be of shutters. The rods will be the most expensive part if you shop carefully for fabric - consider sheets or shower curtains and sew/glue casings top and bottom to slide onto the rods.

Interesting post regarding feng shui. Most negatives can be mitigated - I'd somehow (lots of suggestions here) "round" out that angle

OR have a bookcase built that runs along the angled (non-window) wall with the depth becoming increasingly shallow so that it "squares" off the room. I like that idea better (if someone else already posted, I apologize - I don't read all of the posts as so many are so long and my attention span is short.)

I would love to see more of the afters - seems as if they are occasionally posted.

Nursery, heck! We all need to value ourselves!

Wow! I've long thought that I could live in a smaller place, but this one would be a real challenge even for me.

It is fabulous though - I hope you get your deck!

PS Do you consult on this type of project? You have a real talent!

You may not "believe" in Feng Shui but it believes in you! Seriously - I don't like stuff under the bed and the FS concept just reinforced it for me. I strongly recommend bold furniture and art and less little stuff.

Yes to mirrors (try to put them across from a window) and yes to curtains hung high (with all ceiling colors) unless an uncovered window is an option (sometimes curtains make a window look smaller rather than larger.)

Hate pot racks.

As an experienced buyer and seller, I find the advise to be sound. BUT the main thing is to get your stuff out of the way of selling the house. This may mean that you clear it out completely (I don't subscribe to the empty houses don't sell model). Take pictures and compare them to online, staged homes - typically, the properly staged room will feel somewhat sterile to most people.

If you do stage, don't stress out that there's no TV in the room now or other "living" realities - buyers want to buy and tend to think that they can and will improve the house/furniture arrangement. Main thing - get rid of the stuff.

You've done well - so glad that you kept the best friend (cat). He probably loves to have you so close.