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Irish_Dem

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14. A friend of mine is superb at this.
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 05:03 AM
Sep 2025

But her tastes are very traditional, so not my style, but her color and design eye are perfect.
I call her Martha Stewart and ask for her advice from time to time.
She and I argue who is better at it.

I just staged an entire house for another friend of mine who was selling it.
Her realtor had a stager come into the house and the stager asked who had already staged it, was lovely.
Stager had no other suggestions to make, left right away.
She said there was nothing left for her to do.

I was thrilled, not bad for a retired mental health professional!
Stager said I had the design eye. OK I am done bragging.

I like to stick to a neutral palette, then I can add pops of color.
I also love interesting textures.
I love a modern clean line. But because I stick to a more neutral palette
I can mix a variety of styles. Modern, Boho, Industrial, modern farmhouse.

I do the same thing with clothing. I like capsule wardrobes.
A few basics that all go together.

One friend of mine is well to do. She has a lot of cash on her back in terms of clothing.
But she never looks good or pulled together.
Another friend is a Walmart clearance rack type gal and always looks
wonderful. Pulled together and stylish.

Once she bought some flower seeds on sale at Walmart.
Used them and some rocks from the field next door to her house.
And made a lovely little garden and path in her back yard.
So it is all about the design eye.

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I like green and turquoise together. Or turquoise applegrove Sep 2025 #1
TY. Green and turquoise together i find relaxing... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #7
Do you put these cluster of colors together? Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2
TY. Ah, not necessarily.... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #6
I think teal is a complex color. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #8
From what you say here, I say You have Natural Designer Skills which include shape, line, colors.... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #11
A friend of mine is superb at this. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #14
Very cool about your staging efforts for a friend... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #15
The yarn crafts are making a comeback, did you hear about it? Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #20
Yarncrafts started making a comeback in about the mid '00s by young people bc I at early 50's was learning knitting.... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #21
I used to do crewel and crochet. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #22
I like the main colors we see in the natural world.... anciano Sep 2025 #3
TY electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #4
My first one is football related: Crimson. House of Roberts Sep 2025 #5
I had look to look that up. Who knew! Very interesting! electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #12
I have become friends with a Persian rug merchant who often asks my advice... 3catwoman3 Sep 2025 #9
Royal Blue, Red, Purple, Black are my favorite colors to wear yellowdogintexas Sep 2025 #10
prussian blue. pansypoo53219 Sep 2025 #13
I have color vision trouble LogDog75 Sep 2025 #16
TY. That could be frustrating! Wow, the guy saw extra numbers!... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #17
Prussian Blue Figarosmom Sep 2025 #18
TY. A very nice selection! electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #19
Electric Blue justaprogressive Sep 2025 #23
TY Sounds lovely. electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #24
exactly! justaprogressive Sep 2025 #25
Ahhhh... Sounds Relaxing! 🥰👍 electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #26
Plum and variations thereof iemanja Sep 2025 #27
TY. Nice! electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #28
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