My Old House - Part Two

I My Old House - Part Two By Theresa Grant Real Estate Columnist I remember back in the 80’s walking into The Brick on Kennedy Road in Scarborough. Oh, everything was so shiny and new, and I just loved it all. Newly married, very young, and no money to speak of. The brick offered no payments for a year or something along those lines so it was perfect for us. We walked the aisles of endless furniture and appliances, thrilled to be able to pick something out, take it home and not have to pay for it right then and there. Up until that point, everything we owned was earth tones. Browns and oranges, beige, tan and creams. In fact our living room suite was purchased on the Danforth in Toronto and it was an orange beige floral couch, love seat and chair. The standard 80’s living room package. Seeing all of the different displays and colour schemes in The Brick was mind boggling. I remember looking at one in particular and saying to the salesperson, “we’ll take that”. He asked which of the items I was referring to and I told him we’d take the whole thing as displayed. It was perfect. The display was black and pink and light grey. There was a couch, love seat, chair, coffee table and 2 end tables. We checked out, set up delivery for a week or so down the road and stopped at the paint and wallpaper store on the way home. Before long, our living room was a beautiful shade of soft pink with boarders going around the top of the wall and just to be different, we also added a boarder in the middle of the wall. Remember, it was the 80’s. Next came a fabulous grey and white carpet. The following week the big truck pulled up and voila! Our living room was a thing of beauty. Everyone that came over was shocked at the colour scheme, but it worked and it worked well. After many years of that furniture and colour scheme we moved to Ajax. There, new colours abound and somehow, we were leaning toward those darker colours again. My old semi on Celina was red and orange and it looked great. In this house I am now starting the painting and have gone to a pallet that I have never tried before, never even really thought of before. It’s kind of like when your taste buds mature and you now like things you didn’t all of your life. I have gone completely coastal! From the kitchen with a creamy yellow that carries on into the living room. The hallway off of the living room is a seafoam green. I am just starting to source furniture, but I think I will go with White. Yes white. In this house I have also decided to have the ceilings painted. Cannot wait to see how they turn out. Stay tuned..