Not in that kind of mood.

I went into the art store today to buy some materials for a mood board I'm working on with an 'island escape' theme. This will be an out-and-out cinch since I've been harnessing this energy for the last dreary cold month from my longing of a tropical getaway. Which by the way remains unbooked but all planned out- a short, but heavenly sweet holiday to Bora Bora with the boy in tow, white sand through our toes, swimming in clear blue warm water, cocktails on the beach and daily massages... (insert big sigh here) But I digress, where was I? Yes that's right, I can't wait to get stuck into this project.

The lovely art store lady was really helpful, showing me all the different types of adhesives I could use for samples with different textures/materials etc. As far as art store ladies go, she was definitely an expert and also was kind enough to suggest another theme for my project...

She quite excitedly recommended doing a Brothel theme, saying to me- 'You could go wild!'. Now I had to do a double take cause I wasn't sure that was what she said and secondly, I didn't think that she would be serious. But yep, that is exactly what she said and she was plenty serious. I replied... 'hmmm maybe not quite the clientele I am looking to do business with but that's interesting...' and then I started to have visions of red light '69' neon signs on dingy street corners and PVC, PVC leather everywhere... She went on to tell me that her husband made up the neon signs for these businesses and three very important reasons why there were the best customers to have:
1. They will always pay whats agreed to- never going back on their word
2. They always pay above market price and finally,
3. They will always pay in cash

Whilst these were pretty compelling reasons, I think I might stick to the g-rated clients and art store lady should stick to selling art store stuff. But it made for an interesting visit to the art store nonetheless.

Out of curiousity though, I have since googled ‘brothel’ just to see how I could possibly start such an association and let me tell you they weren’t exactly advertising ‘interior designers’ wanted...