Do You Follow The Rules?

Its a struggle for me to know what the rules are, but I think I try to follow them when convenient and easy. My favorite socks don't come in all colors so I sometimes have trouble matching my socks to my pants -- blue with blue and black with black are easy, but brown, olive, maroon, etc pants have to make do with either black or 'pewter' (that's what the sock website calls it, looks like gray to me.
I don't understand the social outrage about socks with sandals, but I don't wear sandals so I don't have to worry about that rule.
 
Pepper said:
Yep, @WheatenLover I forget to eat dinner and must force myself when I remember. I eat the same breakfast/lunch, every day: roll & butter, coffee in am; banana and Ensure around noon. Rarely anything else. Food was always my favorite thing, after some people. Now I forget to do it. Must be the hernia doc found?
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Nope can't see it being that. As you know I am waiting for a hernia Operation.. hadn't affected my appetite at all
 

MACKTEXAS said:
I have a thing against dirty fingernails on anyone, or hair that isn't combed; and especially "pillow" hair (like from people get from sitting in recliners watching TV).
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If you ever decide to date someone, be sure you have a recliner at the ready, and don't ask them out for more than coffee in case you need to make a quick getaway! :) And before you ask, you take them to a recliner store before you go for coffee. Unless you own a recliner. Which I bet you don't, because of pillow hair.

Pillow Hair is filed in: Things I Learned Today.
 
Decorating rules are silly and expensive, also useless. Only there to make decorators money. Take the kitchen island...please! And while you're at it take the microwave that is put in near the floor. How bout those tall curved sink faucets---water everywhere. Add to this pile and take all the black or very dark paint colors too.
While you're at it remove and trash all the decorative pillows on the beds. WTH are they there for? How many people actually see these thnigs?? The last thing I can think of for now, is the TV mounted to the wall!!!
 
WheatenLover said:
If you ever decide to date someone, be sure you have a recliner at the ready, and don't ask them out for more than coffee in case you need to make a quick getaway! :) And before you ask, you take them to a recliner store before you go for coffee. Unless you own a recliner. Which I bet you don't, because of pillow hair.

Pillow Hair is filed in: Things I Learned Today.
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I own 2 reliners, but neither dating nor pillow hair is in my plans. :ROFLMAO:
 
dusty said:
Decorating rules are silly and expensive, also useless. Only there to make decorators money. Take the kitchen island...please! And while you're at it take the microwave that is put in near the floor. How bout those tall curved sink faucets---water everywhere. Add to this pile and take all the black or very dark paint colors too.
While you're at it remove and trash all the decorative pillows on the beds. WTH are they there for? How many people actually see these thnigs?? The last thing I can think of for now, is the TV mounted to the wall!!!
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I say take dark paints and neutral paints and hideously hued paints and stick 'em where the sun don't shine. Decorative pillows are for exercise - throwing them on the floor so you can actually use the bed. Better yet, spend the money on better paint. Wall-mounted TVs -- never. Get the size you want and put it on a stand you like and in the room where you will watch it. No one needs more than one TV.

So spake Zarathustra.
 
No, I decorate my house with what I like not with the current trend. The trends are always changing, hoping to get people to change their home so the companies can make money. I haven’t had carpet in 30 years because I got rid of it due to my allergies. That was long before I had dogs. My allergies improved so much once the carpet was gone.

Then 21 years ago, I got my first dog and had 4 dogs all the time because I rescued dogs. Carpet with dogs is a disaster because dogs get sick sometimes. If I have hardwood in the main living areas, I always have vinyl Pergo in the kitchen and bathrooms because hardwood cannot handle water.

When it comes to my clothes and my hair, I choose items that I like. I buy good quality and tend to keep them for a long time. I get my nails done about four times per year if I’m going on vacation or have something special planned. The rest of the time I either don’t paint them or do it myself which I am certainly capable of. I always used to get a pedicure before cruises, but I haven’t been on a cruise for a long time so haven’t gotten one.
 
GoodEnuff said:
I mean things like decorating, design, fashion.
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Sorry, none of that for me, I don't accept that yoke of oppression upon my shoulders. That said, all the floors are tiled, but a couple rooms have different tile, and that's a good thing. Plus, I subscribe to the conventional wisdom of choosing shades of off-white for the walls, which helps rooms be less dark and more open looking.
 
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WheatenLover said:
Have you looked at the back of your head using a mirror? Back up to your bathroom mirror. Hold a hand mirror in front of your face and mess with its position until you can see the back of your head. Then talk to me about how you don't get pillow hair. :cool:
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You seem to be on a roll today.

I look at my head in the back every time I comb it or cut it, and before leaving to go anywhere, I make sure there is no pillow hair.
 
In regards to life's "rules", sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Regarding fashion...I never was into fads. If I like something I buy it...when I wear it...I "own" it and usually wind up getting compliments. I buy classic clothes that last me for decades (and they still look new). Some things go out of style then come back in. Another "rule" I think is dumb is not wearing white after Labor Day. My sister subscribes to that. But it's still summer until the end of September and people wear winter white, which is in the white family so I don't understand that rule.

Decorating is such a personal thing. Everyone deserves to feel comfortable and pleased with the surroundings in the homes. So it's important to choose colors and design ideas that make one happy. That being said, however, I have seen some hideous rooms on the home shows and they're usually rich folks' abodes.
 
dusty said:
Decorating rules are silly and expensive, also useless. Only there to make decorators money. Take the kitchen island...please! And while you're at it take the microwave that is put in near the floor. How bout those tall curved sink faucets---water everywhere. Add to this pile and take all the black or very dark paint colors too.
While you're at it remove and trash all the decorative pillows on the beds. WTH are they there for? How many people actually see these thnigs?? The last thing I can think of for now, is the TV mounted to the wall!!!
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A year ago I bought a new bedspread for my bed and it came with three decorative pillows. I thought they were pretty and used them for about three days. Then I was totally over it as what a pain to put them on and off the bed.

My bedroom is small so I did mount the TV to the wall instead of using a stand. I put a small TV in there just in case I go through a period of time where I am ill and need to be in bed. In the four years, I’ve lived here. I’ve only turned it on a handful of times.

I never had a kitchen island until I bought my small condo. Once when I had a big kitchen and a big house and had to walk all over that kitchen to make a meal I remember thinking that an island would’ve been nice.

When you first walk in my condo, there would’ve been a closet on each side, blocking off the kitchen. Because it’s a supporting wall something has to be there such as a pole or other item. What the prior owners did was put a kitchen island in place of the closet that faces the kitchen. That’s really nice as now the kitchen is open to the hallway. They built in drawers into this kitchen island that are big and deep. Then they also built in a China cabinet into the dining room.

Because they did all that for storage I removed all the top kitchen cupboards in my little kitchen. Now it’s open to both the hallway and the dining room and living room. The only thing you can’t see from the living room is the sink. everyone that comes in comments on how great it looks, and people that own condos here still in the original configuration comment how much better mine looks. It also gives me more counter space to prep meals because the kitchens are small.
 
Teacher Terry said:
Because they did all that for storage I removed all the top kitchen cupboards in my little kitchen.
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My neighbor has done that with her condo, I'd never seen a kitchen like that and it really blew my mind! ha

One of the bedroom closets in my condo has lots of shelves, so I've never needed to buy a dresser or chest of drawers for my bedroom, it is still weird to me tho.
 
When I was young I followed the rules to a "t". Now I don't. My clothes are mostly stuff that is comfortable but I do clean up OK when going somewhere. The last time I went out with family one of the granddaughters seemed shocked and said "Grannie, you look nice!" It dawned on me she had never seen me in business clothes or dress clothes. We only hung out on weekends at the cabin and I was always in jeans. I keep my hair long because I got tired of having to have it cut and don't wear much in the way of makeup any more. However, I still get "flirted" with on occasion.

The house is a combination of stuff and styles. Like @MoBeans I call it eclectic. Somehow it all seems to go together and I am happy with it. ☺️
 
dusty said:
Decorating rules are silly and expensive, also useless. Only there to make decorators money. Take the kitchen island...please! And while you're at it take the microwave that is put in near the floor. How bout those tall curved sink faucets---water everywhere. Add to this pile and take all the black or very dark paint colors too.
While you're at it remove and trash all the decorative pillows on the beds. WTH are they there for? How many people actually see these thnigs?? The last thing I can think of for now, is the TV mounted to the wall!!!
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those things aren't rules (nor are most things mentioned in this thread) - they are just trends or cycles - and all things including home decorating, go in cycles.

I think the trick isnt blindly following nor blindly discarding any of them - if you like an island bench or a wall mounted TV, do it - or not if you dont want to.
Regardless of whether it is a current trend or no, decide if it is something that would work for you.
 
HoneyNut said:
Its a struggle for me to know what the rules are, but I think I try to follow them when convenient and easy. My favorite socks don't come in all colors so I sometimes have trouble matching my socks to my pants -- blue with blue and black with black are easy, but brown, olive, maroon, etc pants have to make do with either black or 'pewter' (that's what the sock website calls it, looks like gray to me.
I don't understand the social outrage about socks with sandals, but I don't wear sandals so I don't have to worry about that rule.
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OMG! That is just sooo funny! When you wrote "pewter", my first thought was "gray". And the last few years, I have worn socks with sandals (however, in the winter it is socks with slippers). When I go outside, I kick off the sandals and boot up in the rubbers. This may happen 5+ times per day! The first time I did that, I took a picture of my feet and texted it to a few close friends/family. Lately, when I had to run out for a quick trip to town, I have worn the sandals with socks. To town. I don't care anymore.

Being old has its advantages. Sandals with socks and pillow head (mentioned somewhere else)? People see that and think, "Awww, a little old lady. How cute." At least that's what I like to believe.
 
WheatenLover said:
If you ever decide to date someone, be sure you have a recliner at the ready, and don't ask them out for more than coffee in case you need to make a quick getaway! :) And before you ask, you take them to a recliner store before you go for coffee. Unless you own a recliner. Which I bet you don't, because of pillow hair.

Pillow Hair is filed in: Things I Learned Today.
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When my (late) husband and I were married, I equated The Recliner with Archie Bunker. No way, Jose! He moved into my place, it was bigger and I had two children in school, and he brought his old dilapidated recliner. O M G. A few years later when we were replacing furniture, he insisted on a recliner. We actually had a pretty heated argument over that. NO RECLINERS! Absolutely NOT! Not in my house!

We bought two.
 

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