#49: The Problem Alongside Following Decorating Trends

There is no denying that we have fallen hard for the color pink over the last few years, and we are certainly not alone (Millennial Pink, anyone?). So today we are talking about the color trend that is seemingly everywhere, how it relates to our beach house, and the pitfalls of being swayed by style trends. We also share the dramatic conclusion to our most hated Hands-on undertaking EVER (yes, I sound like that guy who hosts The Bachelor, but it is an adequate description), and we explore what features in your kitchen can turn buyers off. Plus, we share some travel pointers for making swift trips easier, and we learn about a new source for dressing especially tall windows where you can literally buy curtains by the pound. Yup, the pound.

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What is New

• If you want to catch up on the lawn irrigation saga (does it qualify as a saga by now?) you can hear about the beginning of the project in Episode #20 and the continuing hiccups in Episode #21, both inserted below.

• I am working on a post for you folks that details the whole process, but here is a swift peek at what it looked like when I was simply starting:

• Also, if you liked Buffy’s suggestion for finding extra long curtains, here is a sample Google Search and some other options we found hunting around on Etsy and Amazon:
  • 9ft navy blue velvet curtains starting at $38 (you customize the width)
  • 10ft burlap curtain for $75 (for two panels)
  • 12ft silver velvet curtains starting at $66 (you customize the width)

What is Not

• Here is the full list of 5 Kitchen Design Trends That Buyers Hate (we are fairly much guilty of all of ’em).
• And if you hoped to see some examples of the shelf trick Sherry mentioned, you can see how Chris & Julia hung the upper cabinets higher in their Baltimore kitchen makeover with a pleasant functional shelf underneath.

• Cottage Living’s Anne Turner used the same trick in her kitchen a while back too. She simply took out the old cabinets, moved them up and painted them, and hung a plain shelf under them so there is more usable and accessible storage (versus blank space above the cabinets that is not easily accessed and can make the room look shorter).

Listener Question

• First things first, this is the article about “The Oregon Trail Generation” that you folks born in the late ’70s and early ’80s might relate to.
• Above is our beach house’s exterior up close, and here is the New York Magazine article that seems to be the starting point for the whole Millennial Pink discussion, although it looks like they coined the term in this follow-up article a few months later
• The article’s shopping list demonstrates the wiiiide range of peach/pink tones that seem to fall under the umbrella, and here is where Slate took that extra wide color range to task: “Stop Calling Everything Millennial Pink”
• Trendy color name or not, here is a look at some of the pink we have used over the years:
  • The rugs we chose for our showhouse’s office & master bedroom
  • The ceiling we painted in our daughter’s room
  • The paintings in our bedroom (below) and our foyer
  • The pillows in our living room
  • Our dining room rug

• If you are like Sherry and your phone is full of pink screen shots and photos, you might like her new Instagram account dedicated to all things pink. It is @pinchmeimpink (feel free to tag her in any of your pink Instagrams too).

We are Digging

• Here is a mesh laundry bag similar to the one we keep in our suitcase – and if you are looking for a set with smaller washer-ready bags, this 5-piece assortment could do the trick.
• Sherry’s five year old “weekender” is no longer sold, but here are six similar options that would do the same job for swift trips: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Also, if you are looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all of our past episodes.

And lastly, a big thank you to Delta for sponsoring this episode. You can check out the all of Delta Faucet’s products and innovations, including the Addison shower head that Marianne purchased, at DeltaFaucet.com/YHL.

Thanks for listening, folks!

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