Read Thy Book - Sam's Blog
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Pics
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Pics

Picture

June 01st, 2017

6/1/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Pleased with our results from sprucing up the courtyard, Tim and I turned our attentions to the family room.  It's a nice sized space but still cozy with lots of light, and while we are quite aware, thank you, that it still needs to be painted and pictures hung, there was something else that was not quite right.  I couldn't figure out what it was that to be fixed, try as I might. I spent a lot of time considering and discarding various ideas.  And then, the other night Tim had a brainstorm.  "I think," he said, "It all needs to be turned".   He was serious. His suggestion was a 180 degree turn of everything in the room.  Ok, let's do this!

It is not unusual for us to move furniture around, within the same room or shifting things around between rooms.  Since we seem to focus on one colour palate, everything works with everything else regardless of the room. Although why a person would want a kitchen table in their bedroom is beyond my imagining, ours would still look good in there.  I change table centerpieces and move tchotchke around all the time.  Small changes can make a big difference.

Large furniture and complicated electronic things are kind of a pain to move, however,  so we had to be in the right frame of mind to tackle this project.  The day came over the weekend. Tim was in charge of lifting heavy things and unhooking/rehooking everything requiring cables. I moved smaller things and breakables.  And of course, I wanted to take advantage of the absence of large heavy things to vacuum under and behind them so not only were there cords and wires everywhere, furniture askew and pillows flung to the 4 winds but amidst it all was me, frantically shoving my vacuum around.  Poor Tim.   Imagine Atlas holding up the world while some small woman is vacuuming under it and around his feet.  Sort of like that.

 There were no injuries, but lots of sweating was involved.  I am always at least a little bit amused at the mess that is, of necessity, created while trying to make something look good.  It's true!  Baking?  There is a mess.  Great art?  Mess.  Building a house? Ever visit an active construction sight ? It's a  total mess.  Cleaning out a closet?  Messymess.  And rearranging our family room - temporary mess. 

Of course it's all sorted out now and we are very pleased with the results.  The shift around to the other side was exactly what the room needed.  Everything thing seems much more open and far more comfortable.  It was the right choice.  I still need to paint and pictures still need to be hung, but I think it looks better.  Once again, Tim was right. 
Picture
What a difference a day makes.  A sometimes a 180 turn too.

For comparison sake, here are the photos again, side by side:

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Yup, this is me. Some people said, "Sam, you should write a Blog".   "Well, there's a thought", I thought to myself. And so here it is.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly