Day Four

[tripperfunster]

Do your dishes match?
Or your couches? Or all your pillows and sheets, for that matter?

I inherited a set of 'everydayware' from my mother when she bought herself a new one. I quite like them, mostly because I moved a lot as a child/teen and even though my surroundings changed, these dishes are something I remember as a steady thing I saw every day. They're Royal Daulton (sp?), but not fancy. Over the years, we've lost some bowls and the odd mug, due to clumsyness and mis-use, and I'm not sure if I should go on ebay to find another set to suppliment these, or just ... deal.

As for the rest of my life dishes, we have a large mish-mash of mugs, some souveniers, some xmas presents, etc. We have a wide array of glasses, same deal and our cutlery drawer is overflowing with a hundered different sets too.

Sometimes I think I'd love my house to look like it belongs in a magazine, (not White Trash Weekly) but sometimes ... I dunno. The REST of my life isn't that organized, it would be a bit of a sham to have my house so detailed. :D

How about you? Is your bed all one colour? Or do you have a mix of different blankets and sheets like me?

Comments

[dragonhideboot.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm a strange combo of the two. I started an art collection in college by trading prints and stuff, so I knew before starting to collect things for living on my own that I'd have a riot of colors/styles on my walls. Also, since I am still fresh to the "real world" most of my furniture is casts offs from my family, the in-laws, or finds at the thrift store or clearance rack.

All that said, since it is a mish-mash I try to obtain "big" items in neutral colors. Our dishes are mostly black and white (b/c one is ALWAYS in style and virtually nothing from our inherited stuff can clash with it). Lots of wood, which I keep saying I'll someday refinish into a quasi-matching hue family.

I also get things a rainbow color quilt to make the rainbow color palette around the house *look* purposeful. "That rug really tied the room together, man."

The only things I've got that really bug me are the lamps I have (hello 1980s). I also really really look forward to the day I live somewhere that I am not renting and can paint the walls/change counter tops/etc. or at least know that I could change those things if I really wanted to put the funds towards it.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I am a bit of a lamp whore! Not typical table top reading lamps, but lovely, low light decorative types. Little stained glass elephants, a wicker lotus, a frosted glass cube.

I'm like a moth, drawn to the ... oh wait, that's EXACTLY what I am! :D