apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

I thought you were talking about pants as in British for undies. Depending on the size of the drawers those would fit better I reckon.

I'm still working out a way to make grown up Guranimals to ease coordination stress in the early, pre-coffee hours. That was the system circa 1970s that gave mom the freedom to let you run wild in the clothing department and pick whatever you wanted, just as long as the tags matched, e.g., hippo with hippo, monkey with monkey. You'd come out feeling independent, you'd look color coordinated, and dressing room tantrums were eliminated altogther.

I do in fact have a system for color coordination that, as it turns out, extends to my home but I hadn't realized it. I made a palette out of pantone chips and had it laminated at kinkos. I carry it around in my wallet and only buy clothing in that palette. I've done this for so many years that I rarely need to pull the palette out anymore -- my mind is trained. It's a full spectrum palette, it just limits reds to tomato and coral (no wine), oranges to apricots (no pumpkin), etc.

I had a chair recovered in a tomato red, honey gold, and ocean grey/green and tucked it away in my guest room. When it was time to order a new couch, I immediately chose a grey green velvet -- but that chair was completely out of mind. When the couch swatch came, I realized that it matched the chair. And so began my entire home makeover.

couch and chair, mid-makeover:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2282145570_6d7984b463_b.jpg

seeing this post inspired me to, just moments ago, put more hooks and hanging screws on the walls of my closet in order to convert the 'dead' space into storage space. thank you!

That couch is gooooorgeous, kimg924. I love your breadbox kitty, too.