Perils

When I announced to my American friends and family that I was getting married almost 30 years ago, they wanted to know what colors I was planning to decorate my house with so that they could send gifts.

"What colors are your kitchen, Tanya?"

"Ummm. Stainless steel? No counters or wall paper..."

"How about your living room? What color will the carpet be?"

"No carpet. Mat floors... No walls either so no wallpaper. We have paper walls..."

"Bedroom? What color will your bedding be?"

"No beds.... more mats..."

"Curtains? You must have curtains!"

"No curtains. Just paper window coverings..."

"Tanya, are you going to be homeless?! What kind of a house are you going to be living in with no counters, no walls, no floors and no windows!"

That was long ago and I do have floors and carpets now (Wooden floors. Carpets beige-pink...) The walls are no longer paper. (White wallpaper. Gray wallpapered ceiling). Even most of the windows have curtains! (Beige. Yellow in the sewing room). But there is still the Japanese room which isn't really a Japanese room since we took out the mats a couple of years ago. I have yet to change the paper window coverings.

I may have to do something about that....

The perils of having cats in a Japanese house.