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well we (can't forget the hubby)…repainted my office. Ok…technically it’s the formal dining room but who needs one of those when there’s a perfectly good set of chairs to sit in while eating in front of the TV in the living room. Whew! That was a long sentence. In short…we watch TV while eating. And yes…I do understand that according to the experts…we are contributing to the demise of the American family values system and adding to the obesity epidemic and all the other bad stuff that my generation has done to ruin the world. But in defense of all Generation X-ers...the last time I checked…Babyboomers have been running things for the last 30+ years. So don't blame me because everything is manufactured in China. I was barely old enough to spot China on a map when those manufacturing deals went down!
Anyway…back to my dining room turned office. Originally (2 years ago) we painted the walls a medium gray. However, next to the dark woodwork, the color looked a bit blueish. And that room doesn’t get a lot of natural light because of the large trees outside so it was starting to feel cave-like. It took me
for-ev-errrrrr to pick a new paint color but I finally decided on a light beige that was one shade darker than the living room. I really hate repainting rooms but the finished product is sooooo much better. Light, bright, and airy. Not dark, dungeon, and man-cavey.
And out went the black koi rug. It was really sucking the light out of the room. We scored an amazing deal on it a few years ago so I decided to take a risk buying it and venture out of my decorating comfort zone. However, 2 years later, it’s still too out of the box for me. So the hubby claimed it for his office. He likes dark, dungeon, and man-cavey.
And of course I had to rearrange all the furniture in there. Again. But I do think the current layout could be the winner. Well…at least for the next 6 months….
