Do you live in your own home or rented?
But have to have it decorated to your requirements as it makes you feel stressed if it not?
Mine in all pink
what style do you have to have it in for you?
Do you live in your own home or rented?
But have to have it decorated to your requirements as it makes you feel stressed if it not?
Mine in all pink
what style do you have to have it in for you?
I'm one of those people who hasn't redecorated for 20 years. I think if I continue to live here it will stay as it is, gradually fading and decaying. It still looks ok to me but is dated I suppose. I have built up so much clutter and stuff that the idea of having to move furniture to redecorate is too overwhelming. I guess decorating isn't an interest of mine and my focus as always on other things.
I would like to move somewhere quieter and redecorate before I fill it with 'stuff'. Even better move somewhere that is already perfectly decorated to my tastes, where I could live out the rest of my life without ever needing to decorate again.
Ah ok, we have the ‘housing executive’ over here, sounds similar
I can but dream.
I used to like different colours in each room and at one time, when in fashion experimented with stencils.
Now I prefer white or light shades. I can then use colour on blinds and accessories.
I don't like busy patterns so as I have painted my home have gradually got rid of the bold patterns. Recently I was choosing the glass for a new bathroom window. There were lots to choose from and I found the ones with straight lines too harsh, so have opted for one with a more curvy and restful pattern.
I have definitely changed the decor to one that was more relaxing.
It's over 40 yrs ago now that i first lrft home and bought myself a small terraced house' I'd never done anything at home, i think i may have painted the garden shed once. So i had to learn. I went to nightschool every night of the week, not just decorating, but cooking etc etc. I can't remember now, but at the time i probably bought the cheapest things they had, but all pale colours. And all these years later i still use those same pale colours.
Smokey Robinson!
You sound like an uncle of mine. Life-long Batchelor, has lived in his present home for several decades, and the last time I think he decorated was when he moved in.
I moved into my current house in 2001. Memorable because it was the same year my now ex-boyfriend and I were forced to go our separate ways (amicably, as we still keep in touch, so no violin playing or sympathetic sobbing is necessary). I pay rent, which is debited from my bank account each month. As an example, if I wanted to have a shower installed, I would be required to get permission from the council because they own the house.
I have a relative who’s wife died unexpectedly and young. He has never redecorated in 20 years, and the decor itself was maybe last updated early 90s. On my occasional visits, the fact that the place is exactly the same - and in decent if gracefully fading condition - is something that I really appreciate and find touching. The unbroken continuum, tangible echoes of childhood visits, etc.
I have an aunt who’s house is similarly unchanged since the 1980s. Same carpet, paint (or at least colour scheme), furniture and orientation of the room’s contents. And the old piano where it always was. I love continuity. My parents were more into changing things up every few years.
That’s really beautiful that it will always be your mum’s house to you. I understand wanting to keep the house decorated as she’d remember it. Nothing wrong with a bit of slowly fading grandeur anyway. I think it can be quite special. Though there’s also the question of general upkeep that your mum may have wanted you to invest in it too? Perhaps one room per year, or when able, and leave one or two little discrete time capsules of happiest times entirely untouched for all time.
