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Cordeliere said:
So much to comment on.

Pearls de Turkana is my favorite scarf and I am looking for Smiles in a moussie like Bunnycat's. Thanks for the complement on well thought out. I had lots of time to think what I like for about 4 years when we were doing a massive real estate rotation and absolutely everything was a higher priority moneywise than scarves. It was frustrating at the time but actually helpful as many things I used to like no longer do it for me.

You just slipped those dreary pieces of info in your post. Bodies change shape other than weight and closet purges never stop. Depressing. ha ha

I love monochromatic vivid color outfits. I have a pinterest board entitled vivid color. And I love vivid color in my home. The interior decorator, Jamie Drake, is called the king of color. He was a big influence on me. Almost every single person who comes to our house wants to know what the shade of blue of my living room is. I am amazed that you can do such a variety of vivid colors in your wardrobe.
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He does do color well. Did you like his apartment in AD? I was impressed with the polished garage floor!

What color blue is your living room?
 
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I find his colours very pleasing to the eye. I could move into that apartment today. The living room / painting / colours / feel kinda feels like mine. My building has polished concrete floors in the hallway and when they are freshly done, they look amazing.
 
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prepster said:
He does do color well. Did you like his apartment in AD? I was impressed with the polished garage floor!

What color blue is your living room?
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Benjamin Moore Clear skies at 75 percent strength. I was selecting colors when it was about 100 degrees out and I wanted something that made me feel cool.

I didn't see that article. What is AD? Weird thing about polished garage floors. At one point in my career I worked in the twin towers in Century City LA. The entire 10 story underground parking garage was buffed nightly by a crew. It gleamed and tires squeaked on it because it was so clean and shiny. That parking garage was my favorite thing about that building and quite honestly was my favorite thing about that job.
 
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Cordeliere said:
Eagle Here is a little eye candy just for you. Monochromatic teal. Sorry I don't have any yellow in my pinterest.

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I feel this is crying for a pop of yellow even if it's just an enamel bangle or edging in a scarf, or even toenails. Huh, guess I'm not very good with monochrome

Edit: no, I'm wrong. As I wear navy and black together *allthedamntime*
 
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Genie27 said:
Fizzy, one side effect of my moves is that I've had to give away so many books in my life that I now borrow from public libraries. Even better, I borrow them on my iPhone. I own a handful of books - mostly art and self help/mindfulness etc. but most of my reading is light, escape reading before bedtime.

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Did anyone follow Chez Larsson? Benita was fantastic in organizing and I found her blog very motivational in decluttering and organizing my space. In my most recent clearing up from utter chaos, I noticed that the structure I'd set up years ago still remains, and most of my things had a place to go. Those that didn't were new and didn't have a designated home.
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Genie, keeping the books to a minimum sounds like a great idea, but my books are my security blanket* and the idea of not having them makes me anxious. Are you using OverDrive or is there a better borrowing system out there now?

As far as lighter books, I'm also reading a YA series starting with Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain which is steampunk-y superhero-y fun. It's a little uneven, but cute, and cheap as a bundle on Amazon.

I miss Chez Larsson so much! (It occurs to me that Benita and MaiTai could be cousins, thin, blonde, and monochromatically elegant in their own ways.)

*my very heavy, bulky security blanket. :biggrin:
 
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This thread moves so quickly that it is hard to make a timely response. Thanks for the book recommendations. I read the Crazy Rich Asian books -- a fast, easy read, which is something I always like to have on hand. The Amy Tan book I am currently reading begins in a child's point of view, so I don't know if it is intentionally simplistic or not. I am reading it on the treadmill, so it is keeping me amused.
I am one who tries not to hoard/keep books. I will never forget helping my brother move and the countless books he kept, even law school books that I know he's never used again. I have a small collection of a few of my favorite authors -- John Updike, Phillip Roth, Richard Ford (I love the stories set in the 50s and 60s). I have a single bookshelf and it also holds books my kids have stuffed in there.
 
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FizzyWater said:
She sounded ok last night (day for her). She's in Port Angeles, so at least the wind's coming off the ocean, but she said there was definitely a pall in the air.

I lived in Ravenna briefly (though was more often at my BFs place in U Village), Redmond, a couple places in Fremont, then bought a house in Crown Hill in 2002 that I just sold. I've been in Germany for 9 years now. The original plan was that my parents would move in to my upper apartment but Dad's in a residential home now and Mom didn't want to move away from her friends. It wasn't working any more to pay for 2 households, and I'm pretty committed to Germany. (If nothing else, the German branch is very generous with letting me take off time and work remotely, which wouldn't be true in the Seattle branch. If I were there I'd be able to be there every weekend, as it is I'm visiting for a couple of weeks every quarter. I don't know if I made the right choice.)
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What a small world! I have lived in many of those places since I have been living in Seattle for very close to 20 years now (amazing it has been that long). Do I remember correctly that you are near Munich? I think you responded long ago when I posted photos I had taken of people surfing under a bridge in the Englischer Garten. Am I remembering correctly? I love Germany! The only thing I don't love is the food (I favor Pacific Northwest style food or California style food, so German food seems so different!). Of course, I'm sure if I knew the best places to get fresh and healthy meals then it would be different. I did like the food in Baden Baden the best, I remember finding lots of vegetable options and the artistic salads that I tend to enjoy here in Seattle.
 
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FizzyWater said:
Wait, you're not wearing teal? I read through this thread from the beginning a few months ago and eagle==teal in my head. :lol:

I get a complete fixation on lavender every spring, only since I moved here. I think it's because the winters are soooo gray. (They warned me: "Hamburg winters are gray and rainy." Me: "I'm from Seattle, how hard can it be?" Holy cow, they weren't kidding.) Every year I crave the color for pillows or something and can't find it anywhere, just through the month of April. Now I have a couple of scarves in the perfect color - maybe that's enough? ;)
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I guess you are in Hamburg! I am kind of in shock that it is more grey than Seattle! With climate change Seattle is getting more Portland-like in the winter recently...good/bad thing... (feels warmer, less grey, harder rain vs constant cold and light drizzle).
 
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weN84 said:
I enjoyed this article on Marie Kondo from the economic perspective and thought I'd share: https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...st-reads-marie-kondo/392921/?utm_source=atlfb

I think I have too much stuff but during our recent move our movers told us we don't have much! :wtf: Erm, we have way too many things that we don't use that we shouldn't be keeping but DH is sentimental with photos, videos to be digitized, etc that there's all these extra stuff.

I'm happy with my clothes, shoes, bags but other things which I don't care for like household supplies, etc all could really use some serious decluttering. We got rid of quite a few dishes and tableware before our move because I didn't like them nor find them useful since we have nicer things. That said, I'm nowhere near being a minimalist like I'd like to be in my head. :lol: :p
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This is a nice summary, thanks for posting it. I texted the article to my husband! He cannot get rid of anything. It's a huge problem and a big stress for me! He keeps everything because of "what if" and sadly noticed every paper clip that I throw away.

Edit: OMG. He just texted back. "Are you going to buy the book?"
 
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