Working now on my 3rd room with the same designer. The first, I wanted to keep my sofas & end tables, and just spruce it up a bit, so there wasn’t an opportunity to alter the style drastically. The second, I wanted to coordinate with antique lamps I inherited from my Grandmom, so the style had to work around those.
Now, I have more of a blank slate & want to go nuts! I want to incorporate all the other things I could NOT in the 1st 2 rooms due to the restrictions. (Literally, there is a lamp I’ve loved for YEARS that I want to finally buy.)
And I am STILL being told over & over, “Uh huh, but that doesn’t work.” Example:
- That ottoman is modern style, but the console & lamp are more of contemporary style. Pick one style.
- That console table is not long enough for your sofa (kinda her fault, since she accidentally sent me one that IS the same size, and later said it was a mistake.)
She is making valid points & I get it. LOL, if her points weren’t valid, I would just ignore her!
My point is this: I feel like my hands are tied. There are a few pieces I really love & want in this room. Being told, “Nope,” and worse, “Nope, here’s something 2X the price instead,” is getting tedious & frustrating. I have a (close to) blank slate & decent-sized budget. This should be FUN, not perpetually frustrating.
When do you just say, “Fuck it, my style is, ‘This is all shit I love! & I don’t GAF if it doesn’t coordinate!’”?? Cuz I am nearly there right now…
And for the record, I am NOT expecting her to give me 10 million ideas until I'm finally satisfied. I just showed her some things I did love & wanted her to help me pull them together. That was the scope of our agreement. I am not blaming her in the least. My frustration is with the design process, NOT the designer herself!
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