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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 20:28:41 GMT
Do you put as much style and effort into the decor of the private areas of your home (bedrooms and bathrooms) as you do the public areas of your home (living room, dining room & kitchen etc.)? If not, is the difference huge or minimal?
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Post by ~Zoey~ on Aug 8, 2014 20:32:14 GMT
I do except for the basement. That's my son's domain so as long as it's mostly clean and tidy, I don't much care. 
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Post by Merge on Aug 8, 2014 20:32:14 GMT
Not quite as much effort into bedrooms. Up until recently, we put very little effort into bedrooms but we've stepped up in the past 3-4 years. I was the only new mother in the western world who didn't, for example, do much in the way of decorating in the nursery. My thought: the baby doesn't care! And we couldn't afford much at all at the time. We stuck a crib in the guest room (already painted lavender, so fine for a little girl) and called it good. Now that my kids are older and have more of a sense of personal style, their bedrooms are decorated to reflect that. The master bedroom was the last to be decorated and, two years after we did it, there are still a couple of pictures propped up against the wall waiting to be hung.  |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 8, 2014 20:32:46 GMT
I am in a rental house right now so not much is decorated outside of my living room. When I had a house, my house was decorated in every room. I like to have a bedroom that is cozy. I hope to buy a house next year and I hope that DH lets me decorate it the way I want to. He's much more opinionated than my exhusband.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Aug 8, 2014 20:34:48 GMT
My entire house has a theme (yes a theme!), including my bedroom and my bathroom. I put a lot of effort into each room, regardless of who sees it.
That said, I can't promise those rooms are all that clean...
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Post by Sorrel on Aug 8, 2014 20:34:57 GMT
I definitely put the same level of work in, but I am a decorating junkie. My house is a mix of eclectic/mid century modern and that carries over into all the rooms.
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Post by Peal on Aug 8, 2014 20:39:28 GMT
The same level of non-work goes into every room. We move so often it's hard for me to decorate. What works in one house might not in another. Once we settle somewhere I'll put effort into it. Then every room will get my attention.
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Post by moveablefeast on Aug 8, 2014 20:53:08 GMT
It's all post college slob for us. So - yeah.
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Post by MaryMary on Aug 8, 2014 20:57:21 GMT
I start out every room with a plan... And the kids' rooms get pretty close to what I was thinking. But, my bedroom? Nah. It's a dumping ground for everything. Aside from painting it, I haven't done a thing to make it look nice.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 8, 2014 20:57:40 GMT
Yes, absolutely.
First of all bc I don't really have any private areas. I guess all my friends are nosy bc when we go to each other's houses we see all the rooms and look in the cabinets and closets and behind the curtains, lol. We hang out in each other's bedrooms and use each other's bathrooms.
But beyond that I take huge pride in my house and I like to spend my time in a pretty place.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 21:00:54 GMT
The only room that really isn't decorated is the laundry room. There isn't a lot of wall space so the only thing handging is our key holder. All the other rooms are decorated but the kitchen & great room definatly have the most decor. I feel our entry way is lacking but just can't figure out what I want there.
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Post by freebird on Aug 8, 2014 21:02:07 GMT
Now that my kids are older and have more of a sense of personal style, their bedrooms are decorated to reflect that. The master bedroom was the last to be decorated and, two years after we did it, there are still a couple of pictures propped up against the wall waiting to be hung. tisk tisk.. better not be what I'm thinking! |
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Post by lurker on Aug 8, 2014 21:02:32 GMT
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Post by mama2three on Aug 8, 2014 21:07:40 GMT
I am sooo not into decorating unless it involves hanging quilts or tossing quilts on furniture. I don't like having "décor" items on display (and right now I'm living in a construction zone with a huge mess and boxes everywhere.) I'm mostly into homey Craftsman bungalow style with minimal actual "decorating" aside from pictures or quilts on walls, and the whole house is in that style.
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Post by scrappert on Aug 8, 2014 21:09:41 GMT
I try to, it makes me feel better. Just in case someone was to see...  |
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Post by mztfied on Aug 8, 2014 21:11:40 GMT
No. I don't care. It is what it is.
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Post by MaryMary on Aug 8, 2014 21:12:58 GMT
Lurker, thanks, that's sweet. The kids are all back in public school. I am not cut out for homeschooling, LOL.
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Post by sisterbdsq on Aug 8, 2014 21:13:35 GMT
Yup! We are redoing our place now and I started with the bathroom. Our bedroom is our sanctuary so I want it to look nice. It's also the room at the top of the stairs, with double doors, so anyone who goes up to pee has to see it.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 8, 2014 21:13:58 GMT
Yes, but it took us years to actually get our bedroom decorated. We bought a fixer upper and are going room by room, the bedroom was one of the last things we did.
Our kitchen is still a work in progress, but that's because we are trying to do this with as little debt as possible.
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Post by marianne on Aug 8, 2014 21:18:50 GMT
I do. I need my surroundings to reflect my need of 'nice' (I'm needy! lol) so I pretty much try to keep the whole house looking stylish and updated. My problem is I grow tired of the same ol', same ol' so it's kind of an ongoing thing...as finances allow.
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Post by donna on Aug 8, 2014 21:19:52 GMT
In this house we have not put as much attention into the 2nd floor of the house where the bedrooms are located. The main floor is decorated for the most part.
In our last house I really did a lot to decorate the entire house and had to leave it after 3 years. I was heartbroken to leave that house. Even though we have been in this house for almost 11 years I have not pored my heart into it like I did the last house. This summer I decided to change that and have painted a couple of the bedrooms and did a major round of decluttering.
I would love to do some major decorating in my master bedroom but do not have the funds for that right now. My room is enormous and would look so wonderful with the right decorating.
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Post by Merge on Aug 8, 2014 21:20:27 GMT
Now that my kids are older and have more of a sense of personal style, their bedrooms are decorated to reflect that. The master bedroom was the last to be decorated and, two years after we did it, there are still a couple of pictures propped up against the wall waiting to be hung. tisk tisk.. better not be what I'm thinking! LOL! No ... your lovely painting got hung up as soon as the paint was on the walls. That end of the room is completely done. It's the cheapie prints from Marshall's that I'm not totally in love with that are still sitting there. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 8, 2014 21:39:37 GMT
I would say yes. The public rooms aren't quite as 'decorated' as a magazine layout, but the private rooms are the same level of decorated as the public ones. We have too much dust and too many pets (cats that can get anywhere and like to get into stuff) to decorate with a LOT of knick-knack type things, although I would like to.
edited to add that although I WISH I could decorate like that, I know that we're not 'visitor ready anytime' type people, so less decorator type stuff is definitely better for us-- less stuff to keep from getting too messy!
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Post by Skypea on Aug 8, 2014 21:41:30 GMT
mine is 'decorated' in 'skypea 1980s American boxes, bins and trunks'. It's been that for about 1.5 yrs now. Granted there are a lot less boxes now than 1.5 yrs ago! It looks more like a mixed up attempt at a flea mkt sale these days. Stuff everywhere to be photographed before boxed for each kid (and photos for the X to identify as from which parent/gparent it originated), grouped into GW stacks (boxes), a box for Mr handyman to go thru (is it something I should keep, can you use it, do you know someone who can etc), some boxes that have nowhere yet to be unpacked into (no furniture for them moved here yet).
I'm sure hoping to get it all done while I'm still alive. My family will kill me if it's left for them when I'm dead!
usually it is never 'done' tho. It's 'in process'. My bdrm is about as 'done' as other rooms. I'm tending to have less and less out as 'decorations' tho. Less to clean and knock over.. I'm in a state of 'if you want someone to have it when you die, give it to them now'. pretty much anyway.
I need very little these days and 'want' even less. Such as - I've given away most of my Christmas decorations. I still have a few special pieces to get to my kids and will keep a few special ornaments of and by the kids from over the years. I have a small plastic tree (about 10" H) with tiny birds in it - from my MILs house and probably from the early 1900s (so from her MIL or mother). I'll probably hang the few decorations I keep on an 'ornament tree' (can be found on amazon). I found one at GW.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 8, 2014 21:49:32 GMT
We are in a rental. Ifs very small and don't feel like "home" so I don't really bother. I have this collage frame up but I didn't even bother take the sample pics out and put our real pics in. So it's a running joke around here that those strangers in the sample pics are part of the family.
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 8, 2014 21:53:09 GMT
Yes. Every room, including master bath, are all decorated equily.
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Post by Nanner on Aug 8, 2014 21:57:05 GMT
Yes, I decorate them all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 21:57:10 GMT
My entire house has a theme (yes a theme!), including my bedroom and my bathroom. I put a lot of effort into each room, regardless of who sees it. That said, I can't promise those rooms are all that clean... What's the theme? |
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Post by akathy on Aug 8, 2014 22:15:13 GMT
Yes, my entire house is decorated equally. I have a color scheme I've used throughout and everything coordinates. I'm kind of a "matchy-matchy" girl  |
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Post by anniefb on Aug 8, 2014 22:22:40 GMT
It's pretty similar at the moment, but I'll shortly be redoing the living room (and then the rest of the house - gradually). I think I will spend more on the key living areas - sitting room, kitchen, main bathroom. I live alone and have to pay for everything so realisitically I just have to prioritise where the $$ goes!
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