Posted on 06/02/2003 7:03:52 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
The instant she opened her eyes -- after two grueling days and nights of giving her neighbors' kitchen a facelift -- Ruth Nelson was stunned by her own tarted-up Alexandria living and dining rooms. "I love it," she blurted as TV cameras recorded the moment.
Trouble was, she didn't.
A wall, once eggshell, was painted four-alarm scarlet. Two print sofas were obscured under hastily made off-white slipcovers with exposed seams stitched in black and red. A poster-size photo of her teenage son, Chris, showed only his chin; another just part of the family cat. Also baffling were 24 fluttering gold and silver paper squares pinned like insect specimens to said red wall.
Designer Genevieve Gorder, a regular on "Trading Spaces," the wildly popular TV decorating show, called the look edgy on the episode that aired in November 2000.
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We use a lot of color. Started out using "jewel tones" a number of years ago and pretty much stick with that. Our kitchen/den has hunter green walls with white cabinets and black/white tile floor (leftover from the previous owners and it needs much help).
I got creative in the boys rooms.
My oldest wanted red, white and blue. So we did white above the chair railing, blue below and trimmed in red. Then I painted stars and stripes on the doors.
We did our youngest's room in fairy tales as a nursery that will translate to a little boys room. I painted periwinkle blue on the ceiling and added stars. Then on the walls I painted a castle in primary colors as well as a clock tower.
When I get to their bathroom, we're going to make it like an underwater scene with fishes and ocean stuff.
Although the Mrs. said I couldn't paint the toilet to look like a treasure chest...
That said, we won't apply for Trading Spaces because of Doug, Hildy and Kia. Plus I've never seen them make any furniture that would be comfortable to sit on.
Being a multi-faceted human being requires a degree of intelligence that DUers simply do not possess.
So true. I'm afraid of Genevieve as well. She's downright loopy! In one episode, she was in roller skates the whole time, scratching up the floors!
Very cool, and I think the bathroom sounds cool!
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