Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!

Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Ginger - Aug 02, 2015 1:40:31 pm PDT #2459 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I wish I could, Consuela.

I like the idea of a pale buttery yellow. I've never been much on white with cream. Sometimes it works and sometimes it looks like a mistake. While I like grays with that color blue, they might not go with the yellow in the oak. Color is hard.


Consuela - Aug 02, 2015 1:43:02 pm PDT #2460 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Hmm, I really like this yellow, and it looks like it would go well. But I've learned the colors on the website are really REALLY not to be trusted; I'll have to get another pint to make sure.


Consuela - Aug 02, 2015 1:44:28 pm PDT #2461 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

SO COMPLICATED.

It really is decision-fatigue. I end up just jumping so I can be done, rather than perfect.


shrift - Aug 02, 2015 1:53:34 pm PDT #2462 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I end up just jumping so I can be done, rather than perfect.

I identify with this SO HARD right now.

I'm catching up with an online course about popularity while I wander through my bedroom finding more things to throw away. How do I have so many things? How.


DebetEsse - Aug 02, 2015 1:58:10 pm PDT #2463 of 30003
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Things multiply when you're not looking. Left alone, especially in a drawer or closet, things, within a matter of weeks, will have tripled or even quadrupled in number.


Consuela - Aug 02, 2015 2:09:39 pm PDT #2464 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Things multiply when you're not looking.

They really do. And it's amazing how few of them you actually need. I've been living at my sister's house for 3 weeks, and aside from a few toiletries, I've been getting by fine with about 10% of my clothing, and none of my books. (Although I do have my computer, ipod, and cellphone. And my sister has a fully-equipped kitchen.)


Pix - Aug 02, 2015 2:15:03 pm PDT #2465 of 30003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Was Temecula unbearably hot, Pix?
Actually, no. It was hot, but breezy. There was also a lot of wine, so I don't know how much my memory is to be trusted.

Things definitely multiple on their own. Like rabbits.


Beverly - Aug 02, 2015 3:15:16 pm PDT #2466 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Oh, I would *kill* for that deco table with the stars in the corners. So adorable and different, with the diagonal-set legs and the cutwork legs themselves.

Our furniture's a mixture of family pieces: wood-framed oak mirrors, grandmother's oak washstand, bedside table, alabaster lamps, side chair, the crib I and both our kids slept in, my dad's club chair, a couple of side tables. Bought used/thrifted: pair of Victorian pressback kitchen chairs, antique breakfront, side table, dresser from Goodwill, and a wood and glass curio, the Ikea glass doored bookshelf we use for china, and the round Danish dining table and chairs off Craigslist.

We've had our share of Sauer and O'Sullivan bookcases and computer desks. We'd much rather find real wood pieces used. I know that's not feasible when you're trying to put a new place together in a hurry. But small piece, once the big things are in place, you might find Craiglisted locally.


Jesse - Aug 02, 2015 3:55:05 pm PDT #2467 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Consuela, my mother's kitchen is blue, white, and yellow, and I like it! Also I have cream walls with white cabinets, and I think it works.

This fall I might put some more color on my walls, but I'm not sure what/where.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2015 4:09:44 pm PDT #2468 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Consuela, I don't think blue cabinets and white countertops go very well with a yellow wall. I think the green you posted would complement them well, and definitely think a light slate blue like this would work.

If the yellow wall is the feature you like most, I think black or rich brown stained cabinets would work better with it. Or all white.