I only remember enjoying dating when I was in my late teens and early 20’s. After that, it was only fun when I was dating ‘the one’. You know, the one you end up with, even if it’s just for a little while. Otherwise my experience of dating was just like Rene Zellweger said in Jerry Maguire “All of them ran a distant second to a good book and a warm bath”.
Shopping for furniture can be very close to dating, it's only fun when you find ‘the one’, the piece (or 2 or 3) that makes you happy because you know it’s perfect, especially when it’s at a price point you want to pay. Accessory shopping is so much easier but you can’t really shop for accessories until the big pieces are installed.
So here’s my confession, I did not find the one in Seattle, mostly because I booked too many consultations and ran out of quality shopping time :) Oops. And it doesn’t help that I don’t know Seattle that well and hadn’t really mapped out a plan of where to go in advance. Got some cute summer clothes downtown and some great napkin rings and martini glasses at Crate & Barrel and that’s about it!
By the way all of you husbands out there that think your wife is ‘having fun’ shopping to finish decorating the house, I have a newsflash for you; it’s not always like that. Sometimes it’s frustrating and downright depressing—when you end up finding nothing. That’s when you start thinking maybe you’re not creative at all, maybe you should hire a designer because it’s never going to get finished. We [designers] think that way too, but mostly when it comes to our own house!
I have a fun consultation I’m going to share with you though, stay tuned!
If you would like your home to fill you with happiness every time you walk in, contact me for on-line or in-person decorating and colour.
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