How Decorating Has Evolved
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Comments (22)Over the years I think my planning has devolved :o) I used to plan beds out in full detail. Now, I plan only the largest anchor plants and other key elements, with vague ideas of what the fillers will be. Otherwise my plan for a is more of a theme, which could be a focus on plant type (either a genus I'd like to showcase or plants that need shelter vs. bulletproof plants for more exposed sites), or a focus on colors or textures (or contrasts), vantage point, etc. In practice, my approach involves obtaining at least three times as many plants as I need for a bed. By now, they've been obtained long in advance and live on in containers. The largest plants (the "anchors") are easy because they comprise the plan. They get planted first. Everything else, I need to lay the pots out on top of the bed to actually see how things look with each other, finalize placement, while keeping in mind the overall conception of the bed. If something doesn't look right, try something else. After the bed is completed, I maintain all the extra plants in containers until I'm ready for the next bed. They may become the future anchor plants. Or they can be used to fill in for plants that die. This approach is not well-suited for most, since the container plants do require more care. Truth be told, I love having a collection of container plants (in spite of the extra work), so maybe my "philosophy" is just a rationalization for more aquisitions than are strictly needed. Alex...See MoreHas your taste in daylilies evolved?
Comments (25)Early on, about 1987 I think, I started buying the altissmas too. Bought a collection from WFF, Statuesque, Challenger, Autumn Minaret, Red Sentinel from Saxton, Purity from somewhere, then I started raising a few seedling. Since the seedlings had a habit of falling on the ground I wasn't very happy with them. Finding a bud higher than your head flat on the ground after it opened because the flower was just too large for the scape was frustrating, and if it rained I was walking on the scapes. But I still grow the originals and like them and there are some registered that hit seven or eight feet but no one seems to be able to find them----can't remember the Hybridizer, but I think he used old Hyperion and an altissima. I'm still tempted to try it, maybe Challenger and Hyperion. Of course I'm really trying to get away from daylily obsession and since I'm 75 how old would I be when the seedlings bloomed with my method of planting seeds outside in the fall. Who wants a six foot daylily anyway???----------------------------------Weedy...See MoreDecorating Trends....Where Will You Be?
Comments (18)"I try to have everything evolve as time goes along. I don't redecorate and I don't ever really finish." Exactly, altho I don't even try because it happens. I'm not interested in the trends but they can creep into one's decor. I don't think it makes a room look 'trendy' tho if used in moderation. Color IMO doesn't come into trends because they come and go (and come back again) and may be moderated by the rest of the decor. Of course extreme colors are an exception. To paraphrase a 'famous' poster "if it's never in style, it will never be out of style" is the way I want to decorate. I know from the 40+ years I've decorated that no one who is interested in decor will *not* have their decor change over the years. Even if you love one style there will be new things you see that you 'fit' into it and it will not be the same. If I had had a dig camera decades ago I would have proof of how my decor has evolved. There are a few pieces of furniture and accessories that are constant over 4 decades but there are few similarities in the look even tho I still prefer a traditional base. Hindsight is wonderful but one needs some perspective for it to work. If you are in the 30-50 year age group you must know your tastes have changed a bit since you were 20. By the time you have lived and decorated for another 20-40 years you will change even more. At least I hope you do because not changing is not emotionally healthy. Rigidity is seldom conducive to a happy life. I know I will always be interested in decor as long as I have my health and will continue to change things. There will be a 'new' (or different) color I will have to try, some 'new' antique I can't resist, some 'new' accessory from a home decor store or yard sale that is irresistible. All of these small changes add up to a very different look over the years. What will never change for me (I believe at this moment) is that my walls will be filled with paintings,prints and whatever, and my decor will always be comfortable and not minimalist. Beyond that it really depends on influences I cannot predict. I doubt any of us knows what technology will look like in 10 years - TV's will certainly not be the same, nor will computers, and there will be many changes in home systems that will change the way we live and the way we decorate for that lifestyle. Many things will become micro-sized so your TV might be the size of a dime and you will wear special glasses to watch it! I expect tho we will wear some sort of headpiece that directs the picture to our brain. This is no longer science fiction but reality, it just depends how soon it is available in the marketplace. This could make a difference to your decor if you have no need of a large TV on the wall or on a piece of furniture. I believe security will become a much greater issue so that may change something in your house, I have no idea what. I suspect that in 10 years we will be posting asking for ideas on how to hide some of this technology! Food delivery and even the food itself will change for many altho I'd prefer to continue to eat the healthy natural diet we do now. However if that could be contained in a small pill there would be no need for kitchens, cooking, or food storage which certainly would change our homes. I hope to always enjoy home decor magazines (and hope at least a few survive) altho I depend more on internet sites which will continue as long as the internet survives! LOL Even as recently as 5 years ago I had no idea I would be able to access the internet while traveling in a vehicle but I am now always connected as long as we are in an area with satellite coverage. Of course that has made home decor magazines less necessary for me while traveling. Unfortunate for that industry but it's how technology changes our lives....See MoreInheriting furniture and evolving esthetics
Comments (26)My father lived his teenage years in a house without electricity or running water. (They had an electric generator), but we still have things from that house. I slept for a number of years on a brass bed that we pulled out of the mud after the legs had broken through the rotten floor of the house after it was abandoned and taken over by squirrels. I think this relative lack of things, and having to move a number of times in childhood is what has made him so attached to both his house, and the things he was able to put in it. He still says that he would rather move out in a box (die in the house) than move. It will be quite a process sorting and parceling out but I don't find it an onerous job, really. I think if something happened and it all evaporated tomorrow, that would be okay too, for us--not for him. But there really hasn't been any feeling that any of us "deserved" a particular item for a particular reason, and really we haven't even been interested in the same things. None of the bickering that one hears about. My parents educated us all (grandchildren included) and that is one very important legacy in itself, and I never felt like I needed or deserved more than that, (0r even that, really)....See Morewritersblock (9b/10a)
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