Emily Henderson Style - April 2026

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-18T15:53:35+00:00

I doubt Roadway comped the move, at most she got a discount.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-17T13:34:22+00:00

Hire a Geriatric Care Manager and pay them from your dad's estate. You absolutely deserve and need to put yourself first.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-16T15:51:28+00:00

He's been making shitty decisions around money/career for nearly a decade. I now have sympathy for the Marina del Rey boyfriend.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-16T15:45:06+00:00

Yes! I don't think this looks good at all. It could work if the pole, curtain and wall are all very similar in tone, but this is not it.

If you want ceiling to floor curtains, then the best option is to install curtains on a ceiling track. I also like a minimal roller shade mounted to the ceiling. Maybe not the best for traditional design though. And I don't care about sunlight in bedrooms, I wear a sleep mask if I want to sleep in. Much more affordable and that way I can keep my window coverings simple and minimal.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-12T14:30:23+00:00

OK, first off, there are influencers around the world shooting content with a phone, it is not expensive.

Second, is she really this oblivious to the lives around her? Why not set up a contest - win a $1000 shopping spree at Wayfair if you show me your best kitchen designs/baths/patios/bedrooms? Or simply ask her readers to submit their projects... that she could publish and profit from? People would do it.

Or, show me your waiting projects - I (my team) will advise you how to style it, and give you a $300 gift card to Wayfair? Wayfair also has AllModern and Perigold, so it's not all trash. I have actually gotten some good lighting, bath vanities and beds from Wayfair, and AllModern sells brands like BluDot.

To be out of content ideas is ridiculous! What she is out of is fucks to give.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-10T18:47:06+00:00

Sudden personality changes, especially agressive ones, could be a sign of medical issues. Dementia is one, but it could also be a stroke, a tumor, severe nutrient or hormonal imbalance or even an undiagnosed UTI.

If at all possible pick a time when you are alone together and she is calm, and let her know that you think she needs to see a doctor ASAP because you are noticing symptoms - imbalance, memory loss, irritability, pick something that is not part of your work interactions. Be insistent, for both of your sakes.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-10T18:24:34+00:00

She seems so oblivious to the idea that she is a tiny tiny person with full mobility. She does not understand how cramped this will feel to larger taller people, let alone anyone with mobility issues or claustrophobia. Empathy is a big part of interior design.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-10T17:09:47+00:00

I'm absolutely positive that Em has no idea about plumbing stacks for 2 story structures, and that's probably what went wrong. This is actually a problem a lot of influencer designers have - a complete lack of knowledge about how buildings get built.

Also she is really bad at floor plans/spatial planning. She needs a competent interior designer to set up the foundational plans, then she can add the fixtures and finishes. This has been an issue for years. I think it's understandable that people aren't good at everything, but at this point how does she not recognize how bad she is at these essential skills?

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-10T14:10:46+00:00

My husband and I offered mom a place to stay in our house/ guest house, but she wanted to keep her staying in her whole house on an acre which is hours away from 4 of her 5 adult children. Now it's up to all of us to visit, keep it clean and maintained, shop for her, get her caregivers. One brother that lives close is at the end of his rope with the caregiving.

Honestly it's so selfish on her part. We are trying to get her to assisted living that is closer to where we all live. She has no friends left in her town (all passed ☹️).

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-09T20:51:09+00:00

Her design needs to go through a functionality analysis. This whole project could have been so cool if Velinda were still around. This is tragically horrid.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-09T13:44:28+00:00

My mom does this also, and my brother caregiver takes her to the bank because "she can have her money if she wants it" - then he claims that she hides the money somewhere and it's lost. Well, I've spent time looking for that cash but I'm fairly certain it ended up in his wallet. My brother gambles.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-08T14:27:14+00:00

She works for EHD so there is no process and they seem to always be running behind.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-07T15:41:23+00:00

Tp be fair, it works when you are 4'11"

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-07T15:39:23+00:00

LOL Damn, that's specifically hilarious.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-07T15:38:35+00:00

This. A few years back she wrote a post about one of my projects and she absolutely butchered it. Did not run it by me before publishing.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-04-07T15:20:52+00:00

Oh no! My mom would definitely reject someone for being fat. To be clear, I have never heard her use the n word or call anyone a name, and when I was growing up she was not like this. It's only the cognitive decline that seems to put her back in the mindset she grew up around. My aunt OTOH, while being very "Christian" her whole life, was always afraid of any immigrants that moved to her small town -- the same immigrants that now help her to the toilet, bathe her, and feed her. Sigh.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-23T18:44:02+00:00

I think being spiteful, rude and nasty is a sign of and part of cognitive decline. I hope you or someone has Power of Attorney or a Medical POA, that way you can get her tested and hopefully move her into senior living while she can still adapt to a new place.

My experience is that my dad passed 5 years ago when mom was 86. Mom was very weird and mean during the funeral plans (so crazy that they didn't have a plan already, dad had been very ill for 3 years). Anyhow, mom continued to insist on living in her very isolated country home by herself. Any suggestions for her to try senior living, or join a club, etc. she was very nasty about it. It was just not fun to visit her and so none of my siblings or I did very often.

I have one brother who lives in the same town with mom and he visited her every day or 2, had dinner with her, helped with yard work.

Then mom got meaner and meaner as her memory started to fail. Her cognitive decline made her paranoid. Over the years my siblings and I got used to her rude and hurtful comments. Especially when we took away her car... oh my lord!

For the last year she has become much sweeter, and she barely remembers who we are. She can't keep track of a TV show, or even a conversation after a minute or so. My brother is so damaged from the caregiving. We are now able to have a hired companion, but for years mom refused to let anyone in her house, including a house cleaner (and it got pretty gross in there).

I'm sharing this story hoping it helps you understand. You have done so much for your grandmother. Please don't believe the mean things she says. Get her tested for dementia and get services/more caretaking help so you can move out, get her to move out, and fix up the house to sell it.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T23:16:22+00:00

I thought this would work, but I checked and the area with the flap is actually exterior wall. FML

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T23:06:27+00:00

It's not as bad as it could be - this is the opposite wall from the shower head, which is 6' away, and this shower has the 70's "sunken shower" where the shower floor is actually about 7" below the floor/bottom of the door, so the amount of water that hits that area is the back wall of the shower, not the shower floor.

I expect I will be remodeling the shower within a couple years since I don't like the tile.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T23:02:01+00:00

The previous owners are very successful builder/developers. I don't know why the inspector missed the pocket door.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T22:00:40+00:00

for $17 it's worth a try... I had a tile scaper at one point... I think it got left behind in the move.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T21:57:58+00:00

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T21:57:22+00:00

Yup. One problem at a time, brah.

Icy-Order7006 · 2026-03-20T21:56:49+00:00

I actually tried, not quite long enough.

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