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TAPS
I think you may be exaggerating about not doing well with the decorating. I can tell you are a great cook just from some of the mentions in your blogs. The things you are talking about the colors etc of the 50's is back big time. 
posted by
Justi
on August 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM
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Well I don't really care what it looks like Taps. I do like it clean though and preferably a floor that can be brought up clean with a mop.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 6, 2013 at 11:45 AM
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it's so much easier being a guy - there's less "does this look right" and more "does it work?"
posted by
lionreign
on August 6, 2013 at 4:26 AM
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I liked the lamps?
posted by
UtahJay
on August 5, 2013 at 10:45 PM
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Each has their gifts and you have a home filled with love. The decor does not matter in the grand scheme of things. Some of our friends and relatives have homes like a picture out of a magazine. Most do not feel comfortable in them because they watch you like a hawk and rarely do you feel comfortable sitting and enjoying self.
posted by
Dr_JPT
on August 5, 2013 at 9:04 PM
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TAPS
That was a home you had decorated with parents kids and love. It couldn't have been anything but beautiful with you in it
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 5, 2013 at 8:32 PM
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I always enjoy going into others' houses and seeing how they decorated...I wonder how good of a decorator people think I am. I feel I did a good job with my house.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM
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TAP
PWe learn we buy love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on August 5, 2013 at 2:58 PM
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A great cook, a wonderful Mother, a true mate to your husband....a person in your own right who went back to school and carved out a career for herself. A person with courage who has faced tragedy and kept going forward. A special poet and writer.... and who made a house into a welcoming HOME!!!You done alright dear Taps. You done good!!
posted by
Kabu
on August 5, 2013 at 2:50 PM
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People's tastes change over the years, and sometimes the things you fell in love with, as far as home decor is concerned, may eventually begin to look somewhat old and/or dated. Nothing wrong with changing things up once in a while. And hey, I think that being a good cook will always trump being a good interior decorator . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on August 5, 2013 at 2:15 PM
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Folks today get so much more input through tv and other media
to inform their basic sense of taste. But as has been observed, you filled your house with family and love. The best, most tasteful houses, are cold and drab without that.
And, good call, repainting...
posted by
Ciel
on August 5, 2013 at 12:41 PM
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I always appreciate my taste ..you should do so..
posted by
Saif_AlKindi
on August 5, 2013 at 12:35 PM
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It must have been warm, welcoming and eclectic - aka perfect.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 5, 2013 at 12:32 PM
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But family came and enjoyed your house because of the people in it, and not the decor. Still, I know how you feel, TAPS, because for this we are two of a kind. I can buy expensive pieces, and it looks all wrong. My daughter can get something at the dollar store, put it in just the right place, and it looks like a million bucks! I console myself that I am a great cook....but so is she.
posted by
adnohr
on August 5, 2013 at 12:26 PM
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