Comments on: Thoughts on Decorating a New Place

By: Jaymie

Jaymie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:57:50 +0000

Zandria: my biggest regret is NOT ever moving out on my own and decorating my place exactly the way I wanted to.

This made sense from a financial viewpoint.
school dorms-> roommate->married.

but I really wish I had…

By: DefenseEngineer

DefenseEngineer — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:58 +0000

Zan, I’m in the market right now for a 3 bedroom, 2 car garage single family home. All for myself. So, I guess I’m like that guy you described by himself in the 4 bedroom place.

But, I have two cars, one of which MUST have a garage and I’m likely getting a motorcycle this spring. And I have a need to turn one bedroom into a dedicated space (ask me about that in a less public forum). Then I will have the “guest bedroom.” Primarily because I have friends (masonic brethren) visit me from Hawai’i often. I don’t want to force a married couple on the floor or sofa. They can have the Queen sized bed.

But none of the rooms in this house will be empty. They will all have a purpose.

I wish you luck on the apartment and I hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving!

By: LiLu

LiLu — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:34:40 +0000

Our furniture may be IKEA, but I absolutely love that we chose it all and we decorated exactly how we want. It really is the difference between a house and a home.

By: kat

kat — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:16 +0000

I hear you on the “one of these days” I’ll have a place with space. I’m so sick of our IKEA futon couch that I’d have no compunction to set it afire in our courtyard. I can’t wait to a bigger place once we return from Europe, and to add more of our personality to the decor.

By: A Little Coffee

A Little Coffee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:10:30 +0000

I know what you mean – I just recently got my own apartment and it was a lot of fun to pick out my wall colours, furniture, artwork etc. I didn’t have to worry about anyone else’s opinion unless I wanted to. It was great!

I don’t really understand your point about people who live in big houses and don’t use all the rooms though. If they can afford to buy the space, then isn’t it their right to do whatever they want with it? Maybe they bought a larger space than they need with some future purpose in mind… I don’t understand how it affects you.