Dreaming of Homeownership
Thinking of copying my stuff off of Pinterest so I have a visual reference of how I'd want my house to look. I'm thinking I might start another binder (probably reusing one of the ones I already have) and organizing it by room, just like my Pinboard.
(My Home Pinboard is public, if you're curious. If there's any AI in it, please let me know because I don't want it in there but sometimes I can't tell.)
I use Aesthetic Inspo to help tweak the algorithm, I think it's working! But also mostly now I get more froggy decor. I wonder why... 👀
The other thing I need to do is upload my own screenshots, particularly from Rayman 3 (not enough appreciation for Rayman 3 on Pinterest besides dick jokes... sigh...) and then from some oddly specific areas in Rayman Origins where the vibes hit the heaviest. It's also no wonder I like them both. Allegedly Rayman 3 was used in reference sheets for the design of Origins.
Obviously my goal is not to make my house look exactly like the settings from the games. That would cost too much money and be too time-consuming. You might see me tweak stuff on the board to fit that. But I love the Rayman series and feel like a stunt like this would be rewarding to pull off. I already have a glitter lava lamp that projects sparkly gleams onto the walls once it gets going, I got it for Christmas when I was 16, and it reminds me a lot of the Fairy Council from Rayman 3, for example.
One other thing I'll have to consider is if I ever get married and start a family, the kinds of things my (hypothetical) spouse would want as well. Living with other people means you share that space with them, and share a part of your life with them as well. I've seen too many episodes of Extreme Homes where the house's interior is one person's idea (usually the husband) and everyone else just kinda goes along with it even when it frays their last nerve (usually the wife). There was only one couple on the show (all the couples were straight couples) that was on the same page, and I feel like their situation was more comfortable because they had a lot of money (though to be real, a lot of the people on the show were frivolously wealthy). I wouldn't want my home ideas to fray my (hypothetical) spouse's last nerve, but I wouldn't want enough life in the interior design to avoid feeling like a psych ward.
And lastly, while I have organized this by room, if I don't live with a life partner/get married, I may end up living in a smaller house and thus combining rooms. For example, a dining-living-office combo where you tuck away what you're not using would be a good choice (it would also be less of a hassle for those who stream games from their computer to their TV). I'll probably have to look at different floorplans and do a lot of brainstorming.
Lots to think about.
(I would still want that pull-out dining table though... imagine having a space to dance!)