Response to a Comment

This post is a response to Treez who commented on the last post.
Treez,
You wrote: "... Bob, I would appreciate any thoughts you have on interior color schemes that help enlarge/brighten rooms". I suggest you try a textile piece on the right spot on the wall in question and make sure it is well lit. You can take textiles with you when the time for change comes. Select carefully for future application. You won't remember the dark days when the piece has found it's home.
You write of your Aunt's house:
"...an extraordinary house set by itself on a bluff overlooking a river.The privacy and the view alone took your breath away...EVERYHTING down to the guest soaps was….well, made me feel like I was in a bottle of Pepto-Bismol...
...Cat“Boogins”. When we came to visit, it would come out & rub my mother’s leg, because it knew my mom hated cats."

Has the life of this house this been your IDEAL since you were a precious child? That is, something disliked yet something you feel you aren't good enough for? I think you may be saying it was a lonely, sickening and hated place. Children know things like this instinctively for survival sake. I say you aren't bound to that place at all. You are free to live your life in your way.

"Here is my décor dilemma. I would love to experiment with my interior wall colors but I am chicken.I had wanted to paint one wall of my large living space a “warm” color – I was thinking persimmon-ish red, while leaving the rest off-white, but I was afraid of the light issue I have.I don’t want to do anything to rob the light. I was afraid that during the dark days the persimmon would sit on me, so I just painted everything “Glow” - an off-white that leans towards yellow instead of beige or grey. It’s okay, I mean, it looks better, but it’s….boring."

Don't let the persimmon sit on you. I think for an apartment it sounds like you have the right base color if you are happy with that. Think about complementing your space with lively, new textures. Go out and find yourself some new treasures. Get rid of old decor if it no longer serves you. In seeking you will find. Keep an open heart and mind- trust me and please stay in touch.
Bob The Painter