August is sort of an in between time of year. End of summer. Too early for Fall and way too hot to do much of anything outside, so…..I’ve seen other bloggers open up their blogs for questions and thought this would be a great time to that.
So, now is your chance….do y’all have any burning questions you’re just dying to ask me? If so, speak up now. It can be general decorating questions, personal (within reason!), just anything that you can think of that you’d like to ask me. I usually do all the talking around here, so it would be fun for me to hear from all of you now. If I get some good decorating dilemma questions, I will do some posts with pics and let everyone participate in helping out. Doesn’t that sound like FUN?
So, put on your thinking caps and post your questions and I’ll compile them for a fun post or two! I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Of course, I reserve the right not to answer something if it’s in poor taste. 🙂
Throw them at me!
EDITED: I’ll have to close the questions for now! Got enough to keep me busy for a long while, so thanks for the participation. Stay tuned for some Q AND A.
Where do you put your Christmas tree?
Hee! Rhoda, talk about opening the Pandora’s Box!!!! You’re going to be up all night. I have no questions for you- too overwhelmed with my house to know where to start, but I saw Prissy’s question about a skirt for a tall four poster bed and I wanted to throw out what we did for a while. Get out your staple gun! I stapled fabric to the back of the side rails. Once time, I took apart a bedkirt and stapled that and one time I bought fabric and stapled that to the rail. You don’t ever see the staples so nobody will ever know.
You probably already know that trick because youre such a pro, though, right Rhoda 🙂 !!!!
Here’s one…How do you find such great yard sales? LOL. 😉
Do you have any advice for covering up scratches in wood floors (other than the area rugs that are consuming our home? ;-)? We have soft wood floors that scratch super easily (thanks in part to the dog — no matter how many times we trim her claws). I’d love a scratch cover-up solution since we just refinished the floors when we moved in in January!
What a great idea. It looks like you will be busy for awhile.
I think my question will be easy for you. How do you put a signature on your blog?
Thanks,
Kim
Oh myyyy! Rhoda you will be very busy for awhile. I think this was a great idea.
I dont have any questions right now so I will take a rain check. lol!
Thanks for stopping by.
I need the answer to Kim from Happy @ Home’s question too!
Also, where do you store your yard sale finds, various items you aren’t using but want to use in decor at some point? I keep things because I know I’ll use some other season, etc but it is so unorganized and I have a hard time finding it once I am ready to use it.
Victoria
How generous of you to share your time & expertise with us all…right now I have no questions but am looking forward to reading the answers to others' questions. 😉 Brown-Eyes (aka Bo)
Hi Rhoda,
I have one: how do you put the pretty trim on your header ? Thanks to you I know about Picasa but I can’t seem to master the trim ie: your pretty damask….am I explaining myself okay ???
Thanks for your time,
Kathy 🙂
Oh…I thought you meant questions about you…and I cannot resist–which is your fave room in your home and why??
Oh wow…the Ask The Designer show is on and I almost missed it! lol Ok here goes…I got a million questions…but I’ll play fair…what do you tell your clients when they have two different design tastes..like me…I love country… rustic.. fall colors and alot of black distressed furniture…old pieces..but there is a traditional part of me that loves the chair rails and the bottom half painted creamy white with the picture frame moldings..is it crazy to mix the two together? You know from my blog what parts of my place look like but I would love to do this in my foyer but then I think it would make me take a direction toward too much traditional because I do so love me some toile wallpaper…but I adore checks also in a country prim black and cream…huh…what you mean my time is up…I’m just getting started! lol lol Seriously I think this is so sweet of you girl and I can’t wait to see the answers to all these great questions..If my questiion needs medical attention just let me down gently!!! lol lol
Wow, lots of questions already! OK, I'll get some of these ready to answer soon & the more complex decorating questions, we'll have to get to later. I may need some pics for those!
Kim and Victoria, I did a post on that signature thing last year, so will link you here, just scroll to the end of that post:
http://southernhospitalityblog.com/2007/09/and-winners-are.html
Kathy, that damask pattern is actually fabric samples from online. It's not attached to my header, so that's why you can't figure that one out. It's called wallpaper or background on a blog.
Thanks ya'll for participating in this! It's fun & I'll try to get to all of them eventually.
Rhoda
Ro: So far I’m loving my new kitchen and hubby likes the calmness of all the neutrals! One of my favorite bloggers (besides you!) pointed out that if I put paper on the back of my cupboard, it might clash with my vingettes…she’s right and so I’ve pretty much ruled out papering the back. I’ll wait until another color inspires me!
Can’t think of a question right now….I pick your brain so often for other stuff but I’ll let you know if I have one.
Also, on the floor, so far the “grout” has held up but for one little place that I used full strength amonia on the other day trying to clean the floor…my bad! I’ll just have to mop with a diluted strength cleaner.
XOXO
Judy
Hi Rho,
You are a brave, brave gal….& so kind to share your talent freely.
My ? is….what do you have to do legally….as far as taxes to start a business? Just wondering because I'm selling some things in a local shop.
Good luck answering all those ???
Hugs, DebraK
Do bloggers get paid or get any compensation for what is online? Is there a financial component to blog? Do you submit or receive payment?
Ohhh thanks girl…now what about if I do the below the chair rail creamy white with the picture frame thing in the foyer….will that make too much of a clash with looking into the kitchen where I have alot of country things…or will that just be to much traditional to mix with my other country stuff….I know..I know..that’s two appointments I’ve had already but it’s within a 24 hr time frame and I am trying to keep it all on one bill! lol Thanks again girl for all the info!
What are your thoughts on silk floral arrangements vs. fresh flowers?
All the decorating shows say to never use silk flowers but some of my favorite decorating shops have beautiful (and expensive) floral arrangement. I love fresh flowers but they can be hard to maintain (I travel for work) and it could get expensive to replace them every week or so. Thanks!
I can’t remember how I found your blog, but I just love it.
Thanks to your advice on painting furniture black, I painted my plain pine pie safe RL Turret and glued on some medallions. It totally changed the look of a very inexpensive piece of furniture that I use to store my large cookbook collection.
If you are still taking questions, I would like some help with window treatments. Specifically, I have a large octagon shaped window in my living room that looks out on my front entry. It has a willow tree design etched onto it (very 80’s ya know!), and I don’t know how to cover it. The only other windows in the room are in a row on the adjacent wall. They have 2″ blinds on them and a Marley valance from Pate-Meadows Designs that I made myself.
Here is my question, would you come by my blog and pick up your award? I love, love, love your blog and always feel uplifted when I visit. Wanted to say thank you. I know you have won awards before, but I am another gal to add to your list of people that get alot out of what you post!!
Have a lovely day!
Debbie @ ribbonwoodcottage.blogspot.com
Rhoda, I want to know how you stay so slim when you are such a good cook and we have all seen pictures of the food you eat dining out!
Also, besides decorating what is your favorite pastime other than spending time with family? ~ Mary
Hi Rhoda…….I check every so often here but don't post too much. I have a question for you on decorating , our favorite past-time subject. On an open floor plan like I have with columns & little bits of walls seperating the foyer from the LR & DR…..foyer in the middle – Do you think an patterned oriental in each room is too busy (silk checked drapes in the DR in REd & gold) . should I do a small rug in the foyer at the door area & leave the rest of the floor unadorned & maybe a round table under the foyer light or what is your opinion of making this work correctly so I don't have too much pattern going on. Right now the DR has no rug , the LR has one & the foyer has one. I am thinking for balance maybe one in the LR & DR & smaller rug in the foyer at the door or no pattern rug. What is your feeling on this…I would love to hear. My pics are on webshots & GI if you need to refresh what I have going on.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/553178829kxzioP or
http://groups.msn.com/GreatImpressions/bonnies.msnw
Thanks for you helpful knowledge! You are such a sweetie to want to help 🙂 ……..Bonnie