Elmer, I Need Your Opinion
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donna_loomis
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i need your opinions on craft home parties...
Comments (45)In the early 1980s, I also arranged home party needlecraft demos for the Creative Circle. Their kits included crewel embroidery, cross stitch, needlepoint, and applique projects. The guests had a lot of fun! Some of them bought the full-sized kits, some did not - they just came for the party kit and to socialize, which is also great! I looked up Creative Circle online, and the needlecraft company site said nothing about home parties, but they do sell kits online now. There is also a different company called Creative Circle that is a "recruiting and consulting services company". They have nothing to do with needle crafts. I still have, and display, my samples from when I was a party consultant. They are very high quality and beautiful....See MoreI need your opinion. What color goes best with black and white?
Comments (3)Thank you for the courteous response, Annie. I love yellow, so I might give that some consideration. I've always been partial to colors that are bright or soothing. It's a psychological thing with me. Dark colors tend to depress me, so the "dark color" allotment will be limited to my charcoal-ish floors and the black hardware on my white cabinets....See MoreSo I bought 7 rugs...now I need your opinions please.
Comments (32)We swapped the rugs, Gold went to the living room and my DH is happy. He likes it better there and so do I. The color looks less orangey. And the size is good for that room. The silver rug looks 'OK' in the DR but is really a bit too blue for the DR and the fabric I've had for windows. It will be perfect upstairs in my snore room however when I get to that project so both are keepers and will work fine as place holders. Busybee3 - I would keep the table at the round 54" as I only do larger 10+ sit downs a few times a year. I guess I really think of the DR divided into two sections a 6 X 16 hallway and a 10 X 16; as that side is where the table lives, and the light fixture is placed accordingly. I do not want to center the table to the room as that would be trickly for walking to the kitchen. What I consider the hall is really part of the room and will have the buffet placed there. The other walls will have a china cab and server. For now I will have the silver rug placed where the large gold rug is in the first picture, but I will try with out a runner for awhile. Not ideal but will get us by to move in - While I keep my eyes peeled for the perfect rug....See MoreNeed your opinion on living room and what I can do in a different way
Comments (3)Hi Kristy- You haven't said what your style is and what furniture pieces you must keep and what you are willing to give up. If I had free reign, I would get rid of that huge entertainment unit. It is dark and heavy and old-fashioned and brings the whole room down. We needed things like that when we had big bulky TV's, but we have flat screens now. You can buy an inexpensive wall mount for your TV or a nice table or even some sort of attractive buffet with storage on which to set your TV. Your leather sofa and chair also seem heavy and overscaled for that space. Your home is spotless. Why not try a white or off-white sofa with your beautiful teal chair drawn up next to it. You can also get a coffee table or a large ottoman with a tray on it. You can get some throw pillows that coordinate the teal with the green plants in your aquarium. to put on the chair and the sofa and put in a throw as well that color coordinates. In the alcove over the aquarium you can think about hanging something interesting that is three dimensional such as a macrame wall hanging. You can make it yourself or buy one on etsy or ebay. Or you can buy an obi sash. Or hang a few interesting colored butterflies. I would change the candlesticks on the left side of the mantle, they are too chunky. You can find some that are more graceful, but you are quite correct to do an odd number. If you are going to keep the art over the mantle which is nice, please get different stems for the teal glass vase, the shapes are too repetitious. Please find longer stems, not a rounded arrangement. You might find fresh things from your garden, even live leaves look great. I would need to see more photos of your entranceway, but I think the art hung over the console table is hung too high. That would actually be a nice spot for a beautiful mirror. People want to check themselves as they enter and exit....See More
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