I'm distressed

"Yeah those dimples on my butt are totally on purpose."

As I'm, uh, STILL @!+#?&/ fixing up Midge, it has got me thinking about home renovations and the insanity that comes with home ownership. (even though I didn't buy the old girl)
Home decor is a stressful issue to many. The trends of home decor are always in flux, like a slightly slower season of couture fashion.

Everyone has their "I would nevers..." especially with fashion. For example, I will never wear high waisted tapered leg mom jeans. With home design, there are even more for me. I will never intentionally place fake wood paneling on my walls. I will never be a victim of the beige-and-tan and everything neutral craze. Face it people, your "neutral and warm" tones of brownish gray are the next decade's boring version harvest gold and avocado greens of the 70s.

One of my "faves" is the incessant proliferation of distressed furniture and furnishing. People have taken chains and hammers to their coffee tables in effort to look "rustic." you're not fooling anyone. Your veneered Laura Ashley end table isn't passing for a charming antique. And filling your living room with "shabby chic" beaten-up wares just makes it look like you let Hudson loose with an assortment of cleavers and hammers.
Now, don't get me wrong; real, genuinely worn antiques and heirlooms are absolultely cool. They actually have character and are fascinating. A faux piece painstakingly worn in just the right spots by a factory worker in India? I'm just sayin' you might be laughing at that here in a few.

The best part is, the people who lament about the teenagers wasting money on hole-y jeans are the same people shelling out beacoup bucks on distressed cabinetry. At least those $30 pair of Levi's won't have to be reluctantly inherited by the next inhabitant.

I live in a chateau with plenty of bona fide distressed features. Good news is, I'm not one of them. I completely dig the "character" and "charm" that previously loved items carry--and that avacado green fridge is even better the second time around.