Jan 18, 2010: Book Shelves

[skysidhe]

I think it is quite a nice room. I don't think the couch is mundane at all. Maybe I only say that because when I was a cub - scout den mother I went into some of the homeowners houses and they could barely afford to furnish them. sheesh what's the point in trying to keep up with the jones if the inside of your house looks shabby. I'm talking ratty couches the second hand stores would not want.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I'm talking ratty couches the second hand stores would not want.

Dog owners.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Dog owners.

Nope. My sister is a multiple dog owner and her couch is ok.

It was a very expensive neighborhood. My aunt and uncle developed and built their house there on the same street. They could afford to furnish it nicely so maybe I am biased. There is even a street named after them.

( memory - one of those strange but true stories I have to share.)

My aunt and uncle passed away years ago. Within months of each other they were both gone. My aunt of lung cancer she was receiving hospice care at home. One day my uncle said he wasn't feeling well and lay down beside her in her hospital bed and beat her to it. He couldn't bear to be without her I guess. The story goes when my aunt who was dying woke up and saw he was passed away said,'god damn you ___.'

Why she said that is anyone's guess.

Originally Posted by Brianna

IMO the couch needs to be lower and curvier to reflect the curves of the windows, room and ceiling. and it needs to be a dark red. That green-blue is too chilly for the room

I would agree with that. I thought the couch looked like something small children would read on perhaps.

[Spexxvet]

We did the white-trash version of that in my parent's previous house. What a pain in the ass it was to move them out.

[Stormieweather]

I love the room itself, but don't like any of the furnishings, except the guitar. I'd not keep my current books up there, maybe just some treasured collectibles interspersed with non-reading material collectibles.

I'd probably put a curving chaise lounge on either end of the span of windows, with two low ultra modern, half moon couch thingies in the middle forming a broken circle around a big centerpiece type coffee table. I'd arrange the seating so one could sit on them and see out the windows, not sit with one's back to them! In any case, my furniture would echo the room's shape and bring the eye from the uppermost shelves and collectibles down to the center table.

Yeah. That's what I'd do...with that room and unlimited funds .

[Gravdigr]

I can take or leave the room. I really don't like the link. AVG didn't like it either.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I can take or leave the room. I really don't like the link. AVG didn't like it either.

Which link? I use AVG, and don't have a problem with either one.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Which link? I use AVG, and don't have a problem with either one.

May have just been a scary looking pop-up. A box asked me did I want to scan for something or other, and to click 'ok', then it went full screen. Then just a second later that little 'this is bad, bad's not good, get me outta here' window came up. Come to think of it, that may have come from Firefox rather than AVG. (I confuse easily.)

Oh, it was the link that said 'link'. Not the one that says 'via'.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

I'd arrange the seating so one could sit on them and see out the windows, not sit with one's back to them!

It's easier on the eye to be facing away from the windows when reading - the light falls on the page better.

Agree re the chaise idea though - lovely.