The Half-Assed Decorator: Tool #2: Attention Defecit

Friday, January 20, 2012

Tool #2: Attention Defecit

Okay, not clinical, diagnosed ADD. Just the inability to stay focused on one style for a long period of time. As I've stated before, if you're the type of person who wants to decorate once, get it over with, and be satisfied with the results for a lifetime, you really shouldn't be a Half Assed Decorator. You might as well choose things that will hold up indefinitely and aren't too trendy. If you have no budget issues, hire a professional decorator with ASID qualifications and select quality furnishings and accessories. If you have budget issues, you may have to wait and save to get what you like piece by piece. But if you're like me, and enjoy the feeling of new surroundings every now and then, or if you find yourself loving everything you see from traditional to modern, you have what it takes. I absolutely love my things, until I don't, and then I can't change them fast enough. About once every six to eight years, I tire of my "look" and feel compelled to remake it. It's happening now, which is why this blog is so timely. As I change things up, I will share my projects with you. Even if you don't want to redo the whole house, if you're a bit ADD, experiment with rearranging the furniture. If you're excited by the new arrangement every time you walk in the door, you have the lack of focus it takes to be a Half Assed Decorator.

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What's This About?

I am a professional decorator. Really. A suburban, low-budget one with no formal training, but nonetheless, people do pay me for my work. Some of it can be seen here: http://www.newperspectiveinteriors.net/. When doing a job for a paying client, I try my best not to be Half Assed. After
all, they could be Half Assed themselves for free. But I am always cheap, and can help people over the hurdle of “I just don’t know what to do!” by showing them the big picture. So why would I share my ideas and tricks of the trade with you for free? Well, because I am Half Assed, I don’t do a wonderful job of marketing our business, so we don’t get a ton of work. And
because I like to share. Sharing’s my favorite.

If you hate decorating, this is not the blog for you. If you’re the kind of person who wants fine, quality items, lovingly chosen with care by someone with impeccable taste, and you want a timeless style that will last until you have grandchildren, there probably won’t be much for you here. If you’re a perfectionist, you will be utterly horrified. And if you’re in the market for expensive, rare fabrics and $10,000 window treatments, you may even find my projects awful. But if you love to change things around, mix up your style every few years, try new things constantly, I can help you. If you have almost no decorating budget, I can help you. If you think you have no
creativity or style, you’re not crafty or handy, and you’re sick to death of white walls and overhead lighting, I can help you. These are the tricks I’ve learned by trial and error over the
years, decorating and redecorating my own house, the houses of friends and clients, and office spaces.

I can’t promise to blog with any predictability, but I can promise that if you check in from time to time, you’ll find pictures, projects, ideas and guidance.

I’m not a photographer, and I’m far too Half-Assed to hire one for this blog. So the photos come from my $100 digital camera and may be grainy and poorly lit. My videos will be the same, and also filled with me stumbling over my words, while the phone rings or the dog barks in the background. Sometimes I will be too Half-Assed to get out of my PJs or put on lipstick to film them. But that’s what Half-Assed is all about…doing just that bare minimum to get the job done.