See you later, decorator

One of the fun things about visiting the lake is catching up on television shows that I can't watch at home. With their expanded cable I get to catch up on Bravo, HGTV, and TLC, which can be dangerous for someone who is living in her home while it is being renovated.

My sister-in-law and I had a fun morning watching the last two episodes of Top Design. I haven't seen any of the show until yesterday, but it was still easy to sit there and critique Matt and Carisa on their work. Because I know so much about design.

Sarcasm implied.

Vicki and I were both ok with Matt winning, but we did have practical problems with his design. Mainly the part where he has a 4 1/2 year old daughter and he put a $7000 desk in her room.

Yeah, I said that.

Seven thousand dollars.

For a four and half year old.

I also questioned Matt's storage issues. Where were they going to store her plastic objects of distraction that require AA or C batteries? Will the primary colors of her Leapfrog and curved, molded Dora the Explorer kitchen conflict with the Versailles hall of Mirrors theme her daddy picked out for her?

If I have a daughter and she asks for a "Princess" room, I am going to want to say no but will probably give in at some point. Then Gliddon can puke pink and purple all over the walls for layer one of the design plan.

I also plan on heading over to the Wallhogs website and seeing if they updated their kids room category to include princess items.

Wallhogs are these great prints on vinyl, glossy posters, or canvas prints. Personally, I am drawn to the reusable vinyl. You can shop their selection of ready made wallhogs, or you can upload your own images. (Something I really like is that they will work with artists/ photographers who want to sell their work through wallhogs.) Since I can upload my own image, I guess if I was doing a princess room I could create my own image and have them print it for me wallhog style.

The idea of a BIG print on the wall, something to serve as the focal point for a room, is really appealing. Wallhogs have lots of applications (Sunday school rooms, dorms, bars) and I think that one day one will be in our house (play room, maybe?).

I wish we had wallhogs when we did Fuller's room. Of course, we would have ended up with a 5 foot by 8 foot picture of Jordon-Hare Stadium, but still, it would have been huge and saved me a lot of painting. With prices under $100 for each wallhog, the savings would be immense as well.

Look for a wallhog in my future soon. And look for a contest to win your own wallhog here on this blog. I just need to finish some formulating on how to host my own Top Design contest.