If Walls Could Talk!
July 1, 2010
I often think about what a house would say if it could talk! Imagine what a house sees over the course of time. People move in and people move out! Some houses have families living in them for over 20 years and other houses have people in and out of them.
What kind of interior decorating have these homes endured…from no style to all style, bold colors through muted colors. Some homes have little furniture while others are filled to the brim!
Over many years a home could have its kitchen remodeled many times seeing harvest gold appliances, laminated counter tops and cabinets evolve into stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and walnut cabinetry. Oh what a joy that house must experience when renovated and cared for!
It has watched bedrooms filled with infants in cribs and change tables become teen rooms with canopy beds and armoires. Painted baby murals of bunnies and castles are painted over with tones of taupes and beiges!
Carpet is removed and old, tired hardwood floors are given new life. Electrical circuits updated and repaired, support new recessed can lighting. And old surface mounted fixtures leave the premises! Beautiful wall sconces appear again where old ones possibly lived decades before!
Depending upon the age of the structure, a house may have transformed a few or several times. The house lives on as styles come and go, only to come and go again!
“Love is essential to the decoration of a house…A room must say, My love is here…”(Madeleine Castaing, May 2010 House Beautiful)
