Do you ever ask when it is the right time to tighten the trigger and buy that thing you have been looking at the market, or if it is better to wait, keep looking and save for the right? When is it advisable to spend on a position marker versus resist the “correct”? How do you really enjoy it and use it? Will it work with your style?
With luck, today’s publication will help him with these questions at home.
What is a position marker?? A position marker is just that: keep the place for something better, more functional, more attractive. Sometimes position markers are obvious to us … and for others! An obvious position marker in our house was the horrible sofa of baked Papa that we had for more than ten years. We replace it this year with a charming English sofa wrapped in the market for $ 85. This sofa “new to the United States” was worth waiting and voluntarily would have paid more for it! The position markers help him develop his style without sinking the money of the decoration of his home into large purchases that may be insecure. They are also excellent to allow you to try an idea of lifestyle.
“I needed to decide where to concentrate on a limited budget, which meant that I needed to prioritize what to address first and where to use temporal pieces.” Myquillyn Smith of his book Welcome home.
Position markers are also excellent to meet daily practical needs: bed, table, lamp. Sometimes you have to buy or give, these items simply because you need them to start and you know that you will update them later. This was the case with the study table and the chairs that kindly gave us when we bought this house. It was a beautiful oak table with two leaves to extend it ~ We often did! However, as my style was developed and we remodel the dining room, we decided that a smaller table and older chairs with the lowest profile would be much better adapted to the size and style of our dining room.
What is a “holdout”? You could say that the holdout is the second cousin of the position score. The position markers are a bit shorter and more economical: they carry it in case of trouble. Holdings are position markers that you know will be expensive or a style statement to replace, such as beds, sofas or any large state purchase. These are pieces you expect to buy until you are safer of your style and be willing to invest in timeless and “real” pieces made of wood, brass, wool for carpets, alabaster, etc.
A wait for us was the black electric stove. The black stove came with the house when we bought it and it would not have been our choice, but several years later when we remodeled our kitchen and I discovered the fabulous world of the FB market I realized that I could sell the black stove and update to a white gas stove for a reasonable exchange. Although we left $ 5 ahead, it was worth supporting the black electric stove for a good time before updating to the white gas stove we wanted. If we had replaced the stove years before, we would not have known that we would remodel the kitchen and probably would have chosen a black gas stove. It was worth the wait!
The left alabaster lamp was almost The style I wanted. But he came home with me because I had a decent price and would allow me to experiment with this new style before buying a permanent alabaster lamp. As readers know, I have been working on a change of image of a main bedroom and a pair of alabaster lamps for both sides of the bed has been on the list for a long time. The time and hunting of patients produced the lamps of the center and the right in the image above and the original lamp was published in the market (a friend bought it before it was sold).
These lovely Napolean chairs of 111 are something like what I would like to add to the guest room. I take my time to reflect from many angles ~ This is part of my design style evolution. While this part of my style is brewing, I am happy to have a blank in the meantime.
This illustrates the other definition of “holdout.” You know exactly what you want, and you don’t mind waiting for the perfect piece without having a position marker. At this time you have adopted the mentality of “abundance” and you realize that no I have to Get almost perfect antiquity because there will never be another chance. You understand that a piece of “almost right” can come with regret and link your budget. Certainly there will be more lovely pieces available! I hope these thoughts have been useful since you are healing your home! Until next time
Take care,
Rachel
