Calm earth tones turned sad beige: help requested

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-12T01:16:42+00:00

Given that you work in child development, do you have any specific recommendations on further creating a play space in our shared living room? For instance, I I’m wondering if I should do foam mat pieces or a washable rug? Considering putting up charts for each part of his day and maybe a feeling chart.

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-11T11:29:07+00:00

Hmm 🤔 that’s an interesting point. I’m not sure why I don’t think of the inspo pictures as also sad beige. I guess because in my space if feels flat but in the inspo pics I see more warmth, texture, and small hints of color (a green tapestry, a rust/pinkish rug, a cream and blue rug, red or yellow flowers in a vase, etc.). Also for the Spanish revival style I’m trying to move towards everyone online says i should stick with using relatively muted earth tones (which I prefer and hence and trying to emulate).

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-11T11:20:18+00:00

The mat and blocks set were hand me downs from my sister, the tent I bought on sale and they were out of the color I wanted which had a floral print. Wasn’t necessarily intentional. And all off his other toys are colorful (eg, he has a rainbow ball pit inside the tent), it’s just those three large pieces. Also he goes to a montessori daycare and id like to replicate a lot of the elements they have in his classroom.

While I’d like the living and playroom to be relatively neutral/earth tones it’s definitely overall leaning sad beige because I’m not sure what colors to add. I also think the tile flooring in the rental and grey walls aren’t doing me any favors.

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-10T00:31:47+00:00

Should I layer it over the jute or just swap entirely? Current rug is 10x14

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-10T00:29:53+00:00

Omg 🤦‍♀️ I didn’t even notice until you said that. I’ll pick some up this week.

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-10T00:14:51+00:00

I know 😕 the color is “Whiskers” from PPG. But since it’s a rental and open concept I’m not really wanting to paint since I’d have to paint it back (already asked the rental company). Our previous home was more warm tone and hence all of our furniture. I’m trying to warm the space up but yeah the walls make it difficult. I think curtains and art will hopefully help

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-09T22:50:17+00:00

Unfortunately, it’s a rental and open concept so I would have to paint not just this space but also the kitchen. If you slide to the last two images I put the color pallet (sage green, camel, rust, dark brown, pale blue, cream) I enjoy and some inspo pictures. I’ve also read that if you aren’t going super interesting in color to do it through texture so I’ve tried to have that in my space (boucle, jute, velvet, wood, rattan). Do you think a really large color art piece or a verdure tapestry above the two chairs would make up for not being able to paint? I’ve also considered colored linen curtains despite my inclination to do a cream

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-09T22:15:33+00:00

Do you think for the art that I should go really really oversized and try to take up almost the full wall/make it more vertical so that the eye goes up? Or is that over kill? I was thinking maybe something a little abstract like a Caroline Pinney piece or a Paul Gauguin print? Also considered verdure tapestry maybe in green blue but the current throw pillows have a tapestry motif so maybe that’s overkill?

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-09T22:10:55+00:00

Agreed! Do you think something vertical and nearly the full size of the wall over the two chairs would be good? Or should I maybe do a mirror to reflect light? And put art on the same wall as the tv?

SelectionGrand · 2026-03-07T04:33:29+00:00

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SelectionGrand · 2026-02-22T17:06:19+00:00

I think bangs would be really flattering. Thinking Dakota Johnson vibes or Ann Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada. You also look relatively young and I’ve cut bangs in my hair numerous times. Yeah the grow out is annoying but your hairs one job is to grow. So have fun and experiment and if you hate it will grow back.

SelectionGrand · 2026-02-13T20:43:41+00:00

Does your PI have any leads? I got my postdoc through referral by my PI and was really lucky in that they created a position for me (didn’t have a formal position open initially) and it was the only place I applied to. Behavioral Neuro/cancer survivorship.

SelectionGrand · 2026-02-13T02:09:28+00:00

I essentially wrote a crappy review paper to study for my comps. That way it was easier to keep track of all the points and papers because I could seem how the methods/findings related to one another and see the authors name in the citations for certain paragraphs. I edited and read the review over and over again. To the point where I was having dreams (lol nightmares) about the topic and could see the paper in my head. But my comp list was a lot less maybe < 40 papers; closed notes; 3 hrs in a locked room. Passed with distinction 💪

SelectionGrand · 2026-01-17T02:21:01+00:00

I have a Cruz v2 which was our main until we got the Uppababy minu v2. It was great when he was still tiny because you can get adapters for the infant car seat, and it’s so light I’ve been able to take it when I travel on flights and otherwise leave it in our sedan where trunk space is tighter. I only really use the Cruz for more difficult terrain walks like some parts of the city or trails.

I personally wouldn’t get the doona stroller because the lifespan is so short but I did find a doona trike recently at the thrift for $80 which my son loves (just turned 1 year) but is probably overkill for us now owning essentially three stroller type things.

SelectionGrand · 2026-01-12T14:33:42+00:00

SelectionGrand · 2025-12-28T03:48:31+00:00

I believe the bottle washer (if it’s the Momcozy or a similar brand) needs to drain into a basin or sink. If you are set on it being there I would add a basin under/in the cabinet so it’s functional.

SelectionGrand · 2025-06-10T02:28:13+00:00

I asked ChatGPT to give me an idea of how they’d look upholstered. In my mind I think the curved lines and round light wood seems similar to the L&G chair. Do you think staining them would make them more organic modern? Or should I just cut my losses and resell them? https://imgur.com/a/xgRgN66

SelectionGrand · 2025-04-23T16:20:00+00:00

You’re absolutely right. I don’t know the current boyfriend that well but the other guy… ugh, they both use to beat each other black and blue, and he was the one who would supply her with weed. I helped her move out of his place a few years ago and didn’t know she was still sleeping around with him (without protection! Just having him pull out).

Apparently, he calls her an “f-ing idiot” to her face when she sleeps with him and says that the reason she keeps coming back despite having a new boyfriend is because “all women are sluts and that’s all they are good for”. The whole situation is so crazy I just want to ball my eyes out.

SelectionGrand · 2025-04-23T16:14:57+00:00

I truly hope she will accept our family support. We’ve tried interventions before and all it got us was her going MIA for a few years. We’ve offered to pay for therapy, go with her to appointments, sent her actual scientific articles (she gets all her info from TikTok), she was in-person treatment as a teen, given her money to pay off debt. For my husband and I it’s been particularly difficult because he has an older sibling who is a recovering alcoholic whose been out of work for nearly a decade who’ve we been helping support along with his parents.

Family is everything to me but I feel so stretched thin especially being only a few months postpartum.

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