JanuaryGirl's Profile

Very beautiful! Love the colors and the clean lines! The only thing that leaves me uninspired is the artwork. It fits well in the home, but seems like it was chosen as decor to complete a room rather than as individual pieces collected over time. But, that's just my personal preference for paintings and art that are more stand-alone pieces. Overall, I love it!!!

Very beautiful... much less so after I found out the birds are dead!

They are beautiful, and I'm sure creating them involves an incredible amount of time and expertise. However at $1300 USD there is NO WAY, even in a moment of sheer insanity, I would ever purchase one. I like to be able to use things, rather than just preserving them, and even in a guest room I would be so worried about ruining it!

Oddly enough, since moving from a fairly busy street in Chicago to a quiet suburban neighborhood in the south east I am MORE diligent about keeping curtains closed.

In Chicago I was in a raised first floor courtyard apartment with a highrise across the way, right next to the sidewalk. Living there my curtains were open all day and most evenings except in the bedroom. I'm sure neighbors and passersby got many glimpses. Actually when I was in the sunroom people would often wave and say hi! Somehow the general anonymity of city living (and lack of central air) made it okay to be so exposed.

Here in the burbs my house is closer to the ground (no basement), and I'm TERRIBLY self-conscious about having the curtains open. In fact, they are pretty much always closed (heavy curtains, not sheers). I guess I'd rather have strangers peeking in then the nosy suburban neighbors I see every day! I do really miss the sunshine indoors though...