Last Weekend

This past weekend I finally made the long-discussed trip to visit my cousin.  When we first talked about me visiting she lived in NYC.  Now that I finally went – she lives in DC.  All the better for me I suppose, as I had never been to Washington DC.  My 8^th grade class didn’t make the bus trip down.  Probably because I was the only one in my class.  Homeschooling doesn’t make for practical class trips I guess.  Anyway – Southwest ran a pretty cheap promo so I flew down for the weekend.  

My cousin lives just over the border in Arlington in a never ever been updated split-level.  She rents her room and therefore, is just as impressed by the decorating as I am.  She apologized profusely before I even got inside – quite unnecessarily I might add.

“Remember when you played M.A.S.H. as a kid and you never wanted a ‘split-level?’ Well that’s what I’m renting now.”

“I think I always thought the ‘S’ was ‘shack.’…probably because I was homeschooled.”

The décor in the place is incredible.  Everything is tiled in pink or blue.  And if it’s not tiled in that color scheme it’s painted with such - the hallway is a lovely robin egg’s blue.  And any leftover wall space is wall papered in all of its tacky patterned glory.  Oh and not to mention the ceramic face plates on all the light switches.  I'm telling you this place is amazing. I'll just give you a taste of one of the bathrooms.  I'm no photographer but, for the most part, the Blackberry takes OK pictures.

Exhibit A: Bathroom  

The Floor

I think the wallpaper is advertising Milk Bath?

In case there wasn't enough going on in there already...

I'm pretty sure there were hieroglyphs on the blue tiles in the kitchen.  Complimented by a pink counter top of course. The oven is original. And the electrical was done upside down so that all the switches are in the "off" position when the lights are on.  I truly enjoyed this part of my trip.

Yes, I did go into DC to explore some things.  Like the Museum of Natural History to see some real dead dinosaurs.  I've determined I am grateful they no longer roam the earth.  I have no desire to meet one of those things.  I saw the Hope Diamond - decided I'd pass on receiving that as a gift.  Didn't prefer the setting it was in.  And I saw the Declaration of Independence all National Treasure style.  Except there were hoards of 8th graders on their class trips who didn't want to let me look at it.

Fun trip.  Great to visit my cousin.  Great to see some history - and by history I do mean the house.

Redecorating

                I am obsessed with HGTV.  Love it.  It’s the only channel of the millions of choices (boyfriend has Direct TV) that I remember the number to type in and go to directly.  I watch all the House Hunter shows – they’re my fav.  And then there’s that dreamy, and (unfortunately) Canadian guy who hosts Income Property.  I can watch hours and hours of this station non-stop.  These shows give me so many ideas. And since boyfriend won’t even let me choose the paint color for his bathroom, I redecorated my blog. 

                This in and of itself was quite a process.  It took me a couple of hours.  First of all – I had to read all the directions.  I hate reading all the directions.  But after my last attempt I realized a couple of things.  Originally I chose the wrong format for my blog to support a pretty background.  Also, I chose the wrong format background to accommodate my blog.  So as I searched around to find a new background I made the appropriate formatting adjustments.  Who knew blogging was so complicated?

                Secondly - my friend Marianne, who is seemingly my biggest and definitely my most vocal fan, did not like any of my first hundred choices for a background.  And she text me to let me know.  Now considering her number one fan status, I figure I should keep her happy.  I mean she single handedly has marketed my blog all over Geneseo.  (Thanks Mare.)  

                We agreed on classic yet fun.  What do you think of my decorating skills?  Wouldn’t you trust me with choosing paint colors?

     

               Now - just as I clicked preview, my background that took me hours to settle on was GONE.  So I text Mare and we just wasted another hour of our lives and agreed on this one.  Got it from Blogs and Blings.  Now what do you think???