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To TTC or not to TTC, that is one of the many questions...

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YorkshireTeaDrinker · 16/02/2010 10:56

Ok fellow ditherers, as we have filled up one thread (and still not made too many firm decisions) here's another one for us to continue to procrastinate and worry on.

Here's to more monitoring of relative green and redness, mutual support and occassional chivving, discussion of everything baby or not baby related, and perhaps even our first BFP...?

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confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 20:48

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confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 20:47

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confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 20:46

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confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 20:44

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confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 20:43

I am pretty sure it would have been a major drunken thing but my goodness!

Nice to hear you're excited for me re the potential prospect. It doesn't make me feel especailly enthusiastic about it though, but nor does it make me feel horrified at the prospect either.

Might try and make lots of posts so I get onto a new page as now worried DH will glance at the screen and see the previous post. Unlikely, he's never taken any interest before, but I will try and get it off screen all the same.

ps good work re the run! I am now DETERMINED to loose a bit of this excess by S's party in September.

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 20:38

confused- i for one am excited for you!!!
re BIL- was possibly a "hey-ho-i'm-drunk-all-is-jolly" thing?
just back from a run..
get down to my laptop post dinner..

confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 19:50

Anyone around? Am all set for an evenings Mumsnetting once I've had my risotto.

Had a late night last night talking to BIL and DH, then DH went to bed. BIL was going on about how he thinks we'd be great parents and things and I was, and not sure why, being far more anti the idea than I think I really am. Childish I know.

It also, and I cringe when I write this, went a bit weird later on when I went upstairs to bed. I was on the landing and putting some biscuits in the cats bowls and BIL tickled the small of my back. It was VERY odd, and unwelcome indeed! I didn't say anything, but simply shot into our bedroom. I am shuddering now but wanted to share it as it might make it less of a big deal if I go on about it with others (and clearly can't with DH!) BIL was very drunk - he'd had the best part of a bottle of wine as well as a couple in the pub and he looked both awfully rough and, possibly, mortified this morning.

Anyway, after BIL had gone (thank god) this morning DH suggested to me that we 'think about it properly' ('it' being becoming parents) once we've moved and are sorted.

Not sure if I am excited by this or just shocked!

confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 16:14

This could work well for the front room. Want to keep colours fairly neutral but with the odd splash of colour.

Now going to Google that Kevin McCloud book on color (have a quiet spell at work!)

confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 14:16

Loving the shaggy rug too (and they seem bloody cheap!) but not sure if they'd be a bad idea with the animals...? As you have a dog too, what do you reckon?

confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 13:50

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Am loving the stripey curtain fabrics (from the link on the previous page) - can't type more now but back later!

Thank you!

confuseddoiordonti · 10/05/2010 13:40

SeaGreen you're an angel!

I too am sneakily posting at work but will endeavour to be on-line from about half seven / eight o'clock.

Style is country-ish but quirky I suppose. I'd love some stuff sending but not sure how to do it without posting real email address. Maybe I can invent one specially? I could I suppose just post mine but think that's a bit silly (although why I am not so sure as anyone who knows me and reads this - which is very unlikely - could recognise me in a trice.)

Will have a think!

Sorry this reply is so bitty!

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:44

my goodness the place is beautiful!!!
i would buy it in a trice if i had the money!
ok must get off mn now, finish RL rubbish and dive back in in the evening!

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:40

Ok so some thoughts- I find ticking amazing for upholstery and curtains. Also roman blinds. You could use vertical stripes to make the window feel longer. Check out this site here.
It of course depends on the colour palette but I?m thinking warm neutrals work well for a living room. So perhaps this or this, to make up roman blinds. This is ASSUMING you don?t want to go bolder with colour.
Perhaps a shaggy rug like this for extra cosiness.
This is a site that?s fantastic for colour ideas. Check out the labels on the right for her posts- there is some fantastic colour advice there!
Couldn;t see the horses wallpaper though from the link..

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:23

were there pictures of your current place put up?
{hastily scrabbles for back links to check whilst hoping will be forgiven for multiple posts - ?ooh five new messages on our thread- oh what?s this? All seagreen? Nattering on about the same thing? And nothing constructive in all the posts either..gah?}

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:19

ok just saw the chaise longue and from all the above am guessing country..
what colours are you keen on generally?

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:02

i meant shelving- not sheling!!

SeaGreen · 10/05/2010 11:00

quick one!! cheeky post in the middle of work! confused is there any anonymous email ID i can mail you at? i have tons of room idea pages /mood sheets i have put together and i can make a few for you too if you like- but these are pdf documents so can't post them!
think the house has BAGS of potential and can;t think of anything more fun that putting your own stamp on a house room by room!! such fun!!
will post some links presently as well..
but what's your style generally? is it country? or do you prefer more modern/clean lines?
completely understand the leather furniture thing. i don't have any at the moment but that is something that's definitely on the cards because of the pet friendliness. also there's something luxurious about slightly scuffed leather ..
i do love ikea however but i really think one needs to be choosy about what one buys from there. for instance i find their sheling fairly decent for non heavy duty stuff but would not buy a sofa from them (have, and not too impressed with longevity).

LeviStubbsTears · 09/05/2010 22:23

Will you STOP posting fascinating posts - how is a girl to get any revision done?! I have little skill (unlike my sister who can make a room utterly beautiful with a couple of splashes of colour) but I know what I like (the perennial cry of the clueless!). I tell you what is the best decor porn in the world though - Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs fame's book Choosing Colours. Does anyone know it? There's a bit of the 'Farrow and Ball paint is the only possible choice' malarkey, which probably goes a bit too far, but I think it does actual reveal things about colour (and the palettes of e.g. the 50s and 60s and that sort of thing) and is a fantastic browse.

Intriguing reaction to the street name, hp, most intriguing...

I'm so excited for you, confused - I know it must be agonizing waiting (and I'm sure some of the doing will be a little agonizing too!) but it is exciting and I'm really impressed by your plans - we're kind of 'live in the moment' people, DH and me, which is nice in one sense but also means that things don't get achieved (or not anywhere other than work).

OK I really have to do a bit more work, and then take lq's sage advice, get off the computer, wind down with a cup of camomile and go to bed.

confuseddoiordonti · 09/05/2010 19:50

Yes, while LOVE the idea of a chaise longue I am not really sure where I'd put one in real life, or how much use it would get. Hence, the opting for a snuggly chair instead. Like some of the fabric one's too byt think leather would be better in our house due to the animals.

Glass dressing tables - I sound like my grandma here but we have glass shelves in our bathroom and they are a pain in the arse re dusting as they show up EVERYTHING! So, have to be dusted three times more than anything else.

Really will be back later now as off out for a pre dinner, fertility damaging drink...!

HoneyPetal · 09/05/2010 19:42

Am nipping in bath, back later too.

confuseddoiordonti · 09/05/2010 19:41

Am obsessed with chaise longues too!

DH and BIL back.

Back later

HoneyPetal · 09/05/2010 19:38

Those leather chairs are really lovely, I love the big snugly ones in that tan colour or even deep brown. Really classic yet timeless. Im also obsessed with Chaise Longues at the moment such as this which is way out of my current price range but for fantasy house, is perfect! I imagine it in the bedroom, next to my glass dressing table.

The shelving unit is great, and really practical as well.

confuseddoiordonti · 09/05/2010 19:28

Something like this from that site you posted would be good for the studiospace - interesting but practical, don't you know! Also, DH has lots of stuff of differing sizes so shelving like this would be a sensible choice.

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