Nevanna's Profile

If the couch is too bold for you (and it sounds like you love it anyway!) then you can always paint a color on the walls that would help balance it and tone it down.

sigh (Just to clarify...*I* left *them* a note. Not the other way around. I would have tried to work something out if they had left something politely for me.)

I don't walk on the hard floor in heels--at least, not beyond a quick run through the kitchen if I forgot something on my way out the door for work! I don't play loud music or loud movies. Heck, I go to bed at 10pm every night. I do not allow my child to run or jump inside the home, precisely because it makes noise. These are people who have never made an effort to communicate in a polite manner to me--their solution has been to bang on the ceiling at me when I do things such as running my garbage disposal. In the middle of the afternoon. Or when my son trips and falls. Or I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. (How do they even HEAR that???)

I take offense to anyone who is going to "communicate" with me in such an obnoxious manner. They've also complained to the office about me with things that are just completely untrue--claimed I had a roommate and various other things that I do not. I am not intentionally rude, but I do not think they understand that living on the bottom floor of an apartment comes with some ambient noise. I've lived in many upstairs apartments--this is the first time I've had a problem. I'm actually quite introverted and quiet...no crazy parties or anything. So I don't think me continuing on with my life is being the slightest bit unreasonable. I don't complain when the smell from his cigar that he is smoking outside wanders up in through my open deck door.

Now, if I had been approached more nicely, I'd be happy to make accommodations...but I do not respond well to angry people.So mostly I just try to avoid them now. It's not like they or their adult son ever said "Hey, did you know we hear this random weird loud thing?" Just BANGING. I ignore angry people. It makes me retreat, because, honestly, it freaks me out.

@DonaldN -- because my child does not stay with me full time; he is at his father's half of the week. That doesn't fit my definition of living with someone. :P I'd say it's more analogous when you date someone and sleep over frequently.

And I'm not trying to convince anyone, not even myself. I love it. It's hard to find words to adequately convey the complete sense of peace and freedom I have now.

Yikes, that picture creeped me out!

Brighter colored pillows would draw the eye to the bed and away from the wall.

Love it!

LOVE the painting!

Pick a color or two out of the painting that you want to emphasize. Then use that in the pillows or rug.

I do think because it is such bold colors, that maybe a lot of neutrals around it--in the wall, on the couch---may help balance.

My mom bought me a giant, hideous la-z-boy. BEST CHAIR EVER. I lived in that thing. As I nursed my son, we would both easily and lazily drift off for naps in it...and it was perfect for rocking and cuddling him when he was sick or teething.

I've painted my rental. Best thing I've ever done. It's worth the money, to me, to have them paint it again after I've left.

What a FUN home! Very warm, individual, and inviting.