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Peach....that's another color I love that they don't have anymore.
I think the color trends right now are especially cold, dull, depressing colors.....clinical.
I like pastels and warm colors that are cheerful and cozy.
Right now the aquas and soft blues are pretty good. I've just come back from Home Goods where I bought some new throw pillows for my family room. I saw some chambray blue and some soft aqua. I also saw pillows with multiple pastel colors in them. So the pastels are out there. For warm, I suggest you look into burlap which has gotten big again. You can buy burlap ribbon, for Pete's sake. I am thinking that burlap pillows would be great for fall decorating. I don't think the harvest gold has completely gone away, if that's what you mean about warm colors. I think I saw some of that, but also taupe. Not as much gray as I would have imagined.
I like gray. As I have posted before, you can find all sorts of lovely grays that make great neutral backdrops for other colors. The gray I chose for my kitchen looks amazing with light maple cabs and gray porcelain tile. I chose a gray with a slight red tone to complement other parts of the house. I love gray, actually.
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Right now the aquas and soft blues are pretty good.... I love gray, actually.
Then you have moved to the right climate!!! 285 days / yr. of overcast skies
After 30 yrs in PNW, I had my fill, so now have a place in Austin for sun breaks. My spouse luvs PNW *even tho a So Ca kid. I find as my interests and hobbies (and abilities) change, I can stand to be in PNW a bit better. I still LUV these frequent flights to sun (SAN $20, SMF $39, OAK $59, SFO / SNA $79, DEN / TUC $89, SAT / AUS $99...)
I will really miss econo airfares... at some point they will go up. They are actually less expensive than my interview trip in 1979. I would not want to be a bean counter for the airline industry. We've been so lucky to have been able to travel so much, eat inexpensively, low housing expense, ultra low auto expense, and have low inflation and great offering of goods and services. This can't go on forever, maybe just the few yrs I have left will be a bonus! I don't see doom and gloom at the moment. (except during my winters in PNW)
I do miss affordable and accessible healthcare, and a 'family' Dr.
YMMV
Still looking everywhere for REAL 100% cotton percale (heavyweight crisp cotton, not soft, not Egyptian) bed sheets. Tried Macy's, LLBean, Martha Stewart, Thomas Lee, Company Store (was sent samples), etc. Nothing is like the old fashioned kind we grew up with. Anyone have any other leads?
Still looking everywhere for REAL 100% cotton percale (heavyweight crisp cotton, not soft, not Egyptian) bed sheets. Tried Macy's, LLBean, Martha Stewart, Thomas Lee, Company Store (was sent samples), etc. Nothing is like the old fashioned kind we grew up with. Anyone have any other leads?
Look in thrift stores. That's my only hope if my old percale sheets ever wear out. Tag sales too. Sometimes someone cleans out a house and there are unopened packages of real sheets. If not, you have to put up with used ones but they're still better than what you can buy today--from places like China.
Still looking everywhere for REAL 100% cotton percale (heavyweight crisp cotton, not soft, not Egyptian) bed sheets. Tried Macy's, LLBean, Martha Stewart, Thomas Lee, Company Store (was sent samples), etc. Nothing is like the old fashioned kind we grew up with. Anyone have any other leads?
Love it.
I'm in Texas so can't say for sure - isn't there some requirement or other in Oregon or Washington that smacks down self-service? I'm curious as to how that's working out.
New Jersey and Oregon do not allow pump-your-own gasoline. Attendants in those 2 states must pump your gas. And yet your cost doesn't seem any higher.
Success on the bedsheets. After traipsing through numerous stores (Penneys, Pottery Barn, Macy's, etc) and upscale places online trying to find the real old-fashioned all-cotton cool hard crisp sheets and not finding any, I went back to BB&B and found they have a Wamsutta "cool touch" sheet that nearly fills the bill. Not as heavy as those wonderful sheets of yesteryear, but close enough. So ladies, check it out if this is what you're looking for. They're sold as separates so you can try them out before getting a full set.
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285 days / yr. of overcast skies
. We've been so lucky to have been able to travel so much, eat inexpensively, low housing expense, ultra low auto expense, and have low inflation and great offering of goods and services. This can't go on forever, maybe just the few yrs I have left will be a bonus! I don't see doom and gloom at the moment. (except during my winters in PNW)
