The accidental room.

I love red rooms -- I know a lot of people may be getting tired of red, but not me. This room was wallpapered (yes, I love wallpaper, too). It was a deep red background with a small pattern that reminded me of a tie my grandmother would have chosen for my grandfather to go with his tweed sport coat. He was a professor at Penn State; very dignified -- and could drink any student under the table given the opportunity. I do believe my love of dark rooms comes from them. Anyway, back to the point at hand. I had no intention of giving up my deep red wallpaper until I hired an electrician to check some of our over-50-year-old wiring. Some plaster needed to be repaired, then the wallpaper had to be stripped, then the walls repaired and skimmed, and then the ceiling needed to be replaced -- hence, my new favorite room. I did it around a zebra plate I bought for way too much money a couple years ago . . . yes, a couple years ago . . . and now zebras are everywhere. Oh, well, I still love my new favorite room AND my new zebra sheets.

My dining room used to be red -- I know a lot of people have red dining rooms, and I love them! But, I needed a change . . . so I painted it black and I love it even more. It doesn't even have windows!!!

I own an interior redesign and staging business in Northern Virginia called Fluff Thy Stuff (FluffThyStuff.com). I guess that makes me a Stuff Fluffer. I've been through so much stuff lately, you can't believe it. But, it's great helping people get organized and lighten their loads -- too many over-loaded people these days, don't you think?