our house in maine has the lodge look about it; the jersey house has an eclectic collection of 40 yrs of favorite accumulations including oak, dark pine, walnut, etc; our villages house is all about florida! we snowbird there to get out of the frozen northeast wasteland and want nothing more than to enjoy everything bright and sunny - and so it is!
if i had to live there all year round - maybe i would tone things down a bit - but i would NEVER decorate with dark furniture/possessions. some say i've spent my life in the dark!
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Not sure if I have free time...or if I just forgot everything I was supposed to do!