I accidentally*  rearranged our family room, the upstairs parlor, yesterday after submitting pictures to a design website. I was worried about submitting the pictures to design snobs but the commenters left some very good advice and only one person was outright mean. Several people were actually complimentary, which made me feel a little less discouraged by the mess. I decluttered a bit, moved things around and the room now looks more like a family room and less like a disaster.

Of course, a few hours after the room looked  better and I felt good about it, my laptop died. Again. Which is especially irritating since I bought an impulse buy desk at a flea market last weekend, specifically to protect the laptop from my grabby-handed kids.

Now I’m wondering if instead of focusing on my bedroom, a room that I don’t spend many waking hours in, I should paint the parlor. The internet suggested blue.  I like blue.

I love this house.  It’s too big for us, and too expensive in the winter, but I love it.

* I say accidentally because that room was not on the master list.