Amy Currioman

I really enjoy watching the kinds of television shows where interior decorators get the opportunity to redecorate someone’s home.  I sure wish I had their talent!  My home is decorated “eclectic style” which many people refer to as “thrift store decorating” or “early marriage decorating!”  It is a mixture of family hand-me-downs and lawn sale and thrift store finds.  Yes, there are SOME pieces that were actually bought brand spanking new, but not very many of them!  What can I say, money is tight, and when someone offers me a family heirloom I have a hard time saying no.  I’m very sentimental, and those pieces have fond memories in them!

One of the things that I find so fascinating about those decorating shows is how so many interior decorators can take contemporary furniture pieces such as platform beds and make the places feel warm and inviting.  I’ve always turned my nose up at those types of furniture because I have always associated traditional types of furniture to be that way.  Probably it’s all in what you grew up in.  If I had grown up in a home that was decorated with the modern styles I would feel them to be warm and inviting too!