Coffee Break: Irene Heels

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1. I love the look of this shoe. I wish slingbacks stayed on my feet, but I’ve never had any luck with it. I think the back of my foot is too straight up-and-down or something.

   1. Same. Elastic, no elastic, buckle or not, silicone grippy thing, whatever, they inevitably slip down and flop around the base of the shoe. I’ve given up on the style.

      1. Same. So clacky on the stairs also.

   2. Same. Add my narrow heels to the mix, and I don’t bother anymore, even though I really like the style.

2. Help! Looks like my favorite bath oil was discontinued. Can anyone recommend something that smells great and leaves skin soft enough that it doesn’t need moisturizer after? My favorite was jo Malone. I tried the fresh sake bath and it’s is more of a cleanser or bubble bath situation.

   1. Old school option you might be interested in: Avon Skin So Soft bath oil (I’m fond of the almond scent)

      Also try: Kniepp

   2. Neutrogena body oil is also recommended in the bath.

   3. I like Kneipp.

   4. I love Molton Brown!

3. If you’re in the US, how much PTO do you have and how much do you take? Please share industry/type of job if you’re willing.

   1. I get a total of 27 days per year. I try to use all my PTO (I see it like money left on the table otherwise). I’ve been with my employer for 10 years and I work for an industrial automation company.

      1. 2:45 commenter – I should add, my PTO includes any sick leave I need in the year.

   2. Big 4, unlimited PTO, probably three weeks total on top of weeklong firm breaks in summer and winter

   3. I’m in government and when I hit 15 years I topped out at 30 days vacation and unlimited sick leave per year (most I’ve ever taken was 20 days for a surgery — most years I don’t take any), plus 2 “personal days” and something like 13 paid holidays. This is VERY generous by US standards.

   4. I only get 10 days vacation, and then 80 hours of sick time. I take all 10 days of my vacation and my boss thinks it’s ridiculous that I don’t get 15 days, so he’s flexible on what actually “counts” as a vacation day. I’ve been at my job for less than a year and my vacation will increase once I’m here 3 years.

   5. I’m in higher ed (staff, not faculty) and I have 5 weeks vacation, 1 week university holiday shutdown and unlimited sick leave. I take all the vacation days, and as much sick leave as I need (usually ~1-2 days per month…I have kids in daycare). There are sooo many things I hate about higher ed, but the generous time off is keeping me here, especially at this stage of life.

      1. Ditto. The longer you stay, the more time you accrue. Pay is not super high, but PTO is very generous. Federal holidays are always off, plus the time between Christmas and New Year.

   6. In house counsel, 6 weeks. I take at least 5 of them.

   7. 22 days per year + 12 holidays + 7 sick days

      I take all of my vacation and holiday time, and usually take only one or two days of sick time.

   8. Tech and unlimited PTO. This year I am taking about 5 weeks. This is a lot compared to company norms but no one has said anything!

      1. I know someone in tech with unlimited PTO who regularly takes 8 or more weeks of vacation per year. She works really hard, and has been promoted a bunch. I think that’s the exception to the rule though – most people I know with unlimited PTO seem to use little to none of it.

   9. 22 vacation days
      2 personal days
      20 sick days

      One week extra off at Christmas.

      Higher Ed.

   10. 120 hours PTO plus 25 hours personal holiday hours. I take all of it every year bc we can’t carry over. I am in-house counsel in the defense industry. I am at a grade level 15 when it caps out at 16 in the published salary grade guide, for an idea of my seniority in the department.

       1. I should probably add that I am on a flex schedule so I already have every other Friday off so I try to line up my vacations with those so I don’t have to use PTO

       2. When I was in house in defense, same 9/80 schedule and 120 hours of combined PTO. Ours rolled over though.

          1. I LOVE the 9/80 schedule!!

             1. I hated it. We never really got that Friday off – the expectation was to be tied to our laptops to immediately respond if something came in.

   11. I used to have a corporate job with more PTO than I could use. My boss used to disapprove vacations longer than a week. He would say “if I can do without you for two weeks, I can do without you.”

       I’m so happy to be self-employed now! Of course, as a sole practitioner, I have to be available on vacation if I want to keep my clients. But most of them are very understanding and so far, vacation interruptions have been limited to quick answers to quick questions. I’ll take it.

       1. I feel like it’s pretty common to frown upon two week vacations, although I hate that framing. There are lots of important things that can wait two weeks. I’m in higher ed with a ton of vacation time, but it’s still unusual for people to be out for more than a week, except at the winter holidays, unless they’re visiting family in a foreign country and that is usually a combo of vacation and remote work (especially post-Covid). I’ve always used all my vacation time but am doing two weeks at once for the first time next year and I know it’s not going to go over well, but whatever.

   12. In house counsel for a mid-sized private company. I get 15 days PTO and 5 floating holidays (to make up for the fact that due to our industry we are not closed a lot of holidays). The PTO rolls over to a maximum of 30 days but the floating holidays are “use it or lose it”. I use my floating holidays first and then my PTO – usually around 5-10 days but that is a policy that if we work at all it is not a PTO day so I usually take one day of PTO for every 2 days of being on vacation so I can spend an hour or two responding to emails and handling anything urgent, which is the price I pay for being a legal department of one.

   13. Firm lawyer. Allegedly I have 20 days in addition to the firm holidays (I think there are 8 of those); however, this is laughable/utterly meaningless as we also have a minimum billable hour requirement and it’s virtually impossible to hit the minimum billable requirement and still take all your vacation days, unless you’re the most efficient biller in the world. Maaaybe you could do it if you happen to have a year with like 3 major trials. I usually end up taking about 11 or 12 days + the holidays. I’m not even sure if they actually track the days the attorneys use.
       If law firms actually want vacation days to mean something, they’d either count them toward the billable requirement or lower the billable requirement.

       1. I once worked at a firm (now sadly split up) where they averaged our daily billing for the 4 weeks before our vacation and gave us credit for that number of hours for every day of PTO. On top of a reasonable billing requirement it was amazing.

          Sadly I think it is also incredibly rare for “paid time off” to mean anything for firm lawyers. If you hit your targets, they do not care what days you take off. If you do not, it does not matter how many vacation days you took (or didn’t). And “unlimited PTO” is a scam so they do not have to pay out accrued but unused PTO when you leave in those states where that is required.

          One of the reasons I am glad to have moved in house!

          1. Wow that IS amazing. I didn’t have unlimited PTO in Big Law (associates had 15 days and they paid out unused PTO when you left) but otherwise agree about vacation not really mattering. It’s all about what you’re billing.

          2. I completely agree. I’m actually one of the few people I know who routinely took two week vacations in big law. But it wasn’t frowned upon, because I worked long hours otherwise and always met my yearly hours requirement plus some. In fact, I once had my practice group leader tell me to take a vacation ASAP after I had two 300+ hour months in a row

   14. Inhouse legal.
       Last job: 20 days a year, stop accruing after 3 weeks ostensibly to encourage people to take time. I typically took 3-4 weeks a year, but also had flexibility so had some days with unlogged PTO/sometimes worked a little during PTO.
       Current job: “unlimited” that my department and manager don’t seem to take/respect. I ended up taking about 1.5 weeks vacation and then 1.5 weeks medical/sick in 1 year.
       Job starting next month: In the US for a European company – 30 days a year of PTO.

   15. Large publishing company, 15 days per year, will increase to 20 after 4 years. All federal holidays and summer Fridays though, and separate buckets for other kind of leave. I plan to use all of it.

   16. Govt contractor, 15 PTO plus 12 sick days and 14 holidays. It’s never quite enough. I take up to two weeks at a time, mostly to see family that are a long flight away in two opposite directions.

   17. State enforcement agency. 10 days allowed every year immediately available, plus 10 days every year that accrue over the year and which gradually increases to 25 days every year once you’ve been here for 20 years. I try to use all of it. The office culture encourages a good work life balance.

   18. Large private company, I’m hitting an anniversary this year that will bump me up to 25 days + 2 personal days. Sick time is technically supposed to be included in those 25 days, but because our PTO isn’t tracked anywhere (which is still SO strange to me) most people treat sick time as unlimited. Several years ago I had a medical emergency and was out for several weeks. My boss told me to absolutely not count it.

       I usually try to save a bank of 5 days to roll over, but this year went through my full allotment.

   19. I’m an administrator in academic medicine. I get 23 vacation days, 3 personal days, 11 holidays, and nominally unlimited sick leave. The university frequently awards additional days as a thank you to employees. I’m able to roll over one year’s accrual from the vacation & personal, so I haven’t always used all of my time, but once my bank is full – likely next year – I will be sure to use all of my time.

   20. Finance: 20 PTO, 6 sick days, 3 personal days, and occasionally floating holidays. All federal holidays off, but also have a flexible work schedule where I don’t have to take time off for appointments, etc. I try to take it all.

       1. This is me, except reverse the personal vs sick. We don’t have nearly enough sick days, and many managers exercise discretion to offer more if you’re not abusing it.

   21. US, BIG4 Consulting: My PTO is all lumped together (vacation, sick, personal, etc) and I get 23 days. However, I started this job in the summer and carried over a good amount. We can carry over a max of 15 days which I did this past year. I will probably use about 25 days this year since I’m taking a 2 week trip to Italy in the fall. We also get a lot of days off throughout the year (winter break around Christmas, Memorial Day weekend, Independence Day, and Labor Day). I’m also WFH so I’ve never had to take a sick day even when I had covid, although I easily could have taken a day.

       1. Tech, 15 days single bucket PTO so includes any sick/personal needs + 5 federal holidays. Seems stingy for the industry though and is part of why I’m looking (and everything I look at offers more, I’d say 3 weeks of vacation only with additional sick separate is the absolute minimum; and 4 weeks much more common)

   22. 5 weeks vacation, 7 days Sick, 13 paid company holidays. I take 2-3 weeks a year.

   23. F500. Currently get 23 days of pto (at six years with the company – I think it started at 15 or 18 days). At this company if you exempt and work any part of the day you don’t use pto, so only need to use it for actual pto and not popping out for a bit to a kid school event etc. However, we only get 7 federal holidays (was only 6 until this year!!) and only 5 sick days per year which accrue like 1.5 hours per pay period. I think that is draconian and terrible. I got Covid and used three days this year already! Luckily because I work mostly from home and only need to use sick time for an all day absence, I’ve been able to manage but I still think that’s horrible.

   24. Finance, in-house paralegal. I’m maxed out at 7 weeks PTO (all in one bucket) plus 12 company holidays. I can roll over one week, which I do each year (this means I usually have 8 weeks available). I take the full 7 weeks. This is encouraged and we are applauded for not leaving PTO on the table. We also have reasonable flexibility to spill time over at year end in either direction in case you need to borrow from or loan to the year next door.

   25. Consulting MBB- I get 28 days plus federal holidays and we shut down between Christmas and new years, and I think on the order of 10 days of sick leave. When I started here it was 21 days and I think that jumped after 2 years.

   26. I’m a senior leader (report to CEO equivalent) at an independent (private) school and I have a ridiculous amount of time off. Unlimited sick days (with doc note after a certain amount of time out of office) and 20 vacation days — BUT those are on top of basically 5 additional weeks off — I get two weeks at winter break, a week at the 4th of July, a week at spring break, and a couple of long weekends throughout the year.

       Now, we are a small team/org so do I work a couple of days over Christmas? Yes. Do I have stretches of time where I login after my kids go to bed every night for a couple of weeks? Also yes. But do I love having all of this vacation (that I can ACTUALLY TAKE)? You bet!

4. For lawyers here have you ever known anyone to be able to switch practice areas? Specifically interested in corporate bankruptcy as I think it could be very interesting in this next economic stretch, yet I’m old – i.e. I can’t just get hired someplace by taking a few steps back and being a junior associate. Obviously I know biglaw isn’t an option and that’s fine, but any chance at regional firms and the like? Career trajectory has been – biglaw litigation for about six years and about two of those years were bankruptcy litigation during the financial crisis. And then securities work at various state and fed regulators. So I mean I clearly don’t have the trajectory of someone who has done bankruptcy work since I was a first year associate and am now ready to be partner. Any way to pursue this or just let go of this pipe dream?

   1. I can’t speak for the creditor side, but you’d be considered at my small-midsize firm on the debtor side. Bankruptcy is such a hybrid practice that we consider a lot of backgrounds, but complex litigation and securities experience plus an enthusiasm for learning bankruptcy would be intriguing. You’d likely be in for a pay cut here, but you might then be able to leverage experience to switch to a creditor practice at a larger firm.

   2. What are you practicing now? Can you make your experience relevant?

      How long do you plan to practice? Bankruptcy is so cyclical I would be concerned about layoffs whenever the economy is doing well again

   3. I don’t know how old you are in law firm years but I practiced in a specialized area (tax) for 8 years and then went in house in generalist corporate role. No issues landing interviews or finding a job. I targeted companies where my tax background would be an asset which helped, even though I only do about 10% tax in my current role.

5. Has anyone watched Beef? What are your thoughts? I was sure Ali Wong was a writer, since the ‘supporting your husband financially while he self-gardens at home’ was taken straight from her stand-up. Her feelings seem relevant to a lot of women here in terms of feeling so burnt out and miserable trying to both be career women and mothers and having it all.

   1. I want to want to watch it but was so turned off by her deeply disparaging and belittling commentary about her husband in her last two stand-up specials that I am having trouble tuning in.

      1. Oh man I loved her comedy specials and I didn’t think they were that mean to her husband. She shares a lot of info about their sex life, etc. which I would not personally be comfortable with, but I assume he was – that’s kind of part of the deal when you marry a comedian whose act is all about their personal life. Just like it shouldn’t surprise Taylor Swift’s boyfriends when she writes songs about them. Also I can’t help but feel like there is a lot of intrinsic misogyny in your comment. Male comedians have been making jokes about their nagging wives for centuries, but somehow when a woman makes a joke at her husband’s expense, it’s “deeply disparaging and belittling”?

         1. Hard disagree. If a male comic in the 21st century talked trash about his ex-wife/mother of his children, I expect the people on this website would also say it was deeply disparaging and belittling – in addition to misogynistic. I am holding her to the same standard.

            My primary concern in any split between a couple with children is the welfare of the kids. That ought to be the main concern of the parents too.

         2. I feel like Ali Wong crossed the line between making a few jokes at her husband’s expense and being just flat-out mean to her spouse. Enough so that it made me uncomfortable. I wouldn’t want to hear a man talking about his marriage that way, either. I like Ali and think she’s hilarious, but I wasn’t super shocked when she announced her divorce.

            1. They’re still on really good terms though – I know all celebrities claim they’re friends when they break up, but they seem genuinely close and he’s managing her next tour. He’s a highly educated guy who could get a job in a different industry if he wanted one. I feel like he can’t have been that offended by what she said if they’re still so friendly.

            2. I don’t appreciate male comedians who disparage their wives, either. It is my least favorite kind of comedy. (I like it even less when it happens across a dinner table or in a huddle at a party with both spouses present. I don’t know why so very many married couples seem to think It is appropriate to tear each other down in public and then act as if they don’t mean it when it’s clear they actually do and to make those of us around want to crawl in a hole to get away. You all aren’t funny at all, just bad at being in a relationship or bad at picking a spouse or bad at getting a divorce.)
               But Ali Wong went so far beyond typical “my wife is such a nag” that I was disturbed watching it and relieved when she got a divorce and let her husband off the hook from being her punching bag. She didn’t complain about an annoying habit or two of his. She went for his manhood, articulated all the reasons she regretted marrying him, and then listed the ways he was failing in the bedroom. Gross. I don’t care one bit that she also was stressed because babies. If she was too tired to be actually funny instead of cruel she should have waited to release the next special.

            3. Eh, agree to disagree. I’m happily married and thought Don Wong (which was the only special that’s really about her marriage) was hilarious. I don’t regret marrying my husband at all, but I’ve had momentary fantasies about being single for a day and being able to sleep with someone else or even just be alone in my house for day. I think many married people relate to what she’s saying even if they don’t actually want to divorce their spouses. She also has some very biting commentary on motherhood that I think is hilarious and relatable even though I love my kids and love being a mom more than I ever thought possible. It’s over the top because it’s comedy and is an exaggerated version of an idea that has a grain of truth. I don’t take it as a literal representation of her true feelings.

      2. Same! I understand being bitter but one of my rules is that people shouldn’t talk trash in public about their child’s other parent.

         1. I can understand an exception to that rule when one is a professional comedian.

            1. If someone is legit venting, it’s not really funny the same way.

            2. I don’t know this particular set, so can’t judge whether I’d find certain remarks mean or inappropriate, but generally I don’t assume that things really are taken directly from real life in a stage performance. They may be inspired by real life but they get workshopped and sometimes completely changed to make a good punchline. So I’m just assuming it’s made up to an extent and I don’t worry about privacy violations.

      3. You do get she’s a stand-up comic, right? Someone’s act isn’t a word for word truthful accounting of how a situation happens. Things are dramatized and often over the top by design to elicit humor. When a priest, a rabbi, and a dog walk into a bar, they didn’t actually walk into a bar. And I don’t believe the clueless/nagging/so cheap or so spendy/or whatever spouse troupe comedians use is the honest truth of how their real spouse is. Whether it’s Burt Kreischer or George Carlin. It’s like a play someone writes that may have some real-life similarities to characters but the two are not the same. I don’t think it’s fair that female comics get dragged so often for doing the exact same thing as the guys.

         1. Yeah I think she’s kind of playing a character when she does stand-up. I’m not saying I’d be able to handle it well if I were the spouse, but I’m pretty sensitive and wouldn’t choose to marry a stand-up comedian.

         2. Her special was on Netflix. That’s a routine that was probably a year(likely more) in the making after being workshopped many times with and with multiple contributors. It’s not like spouse isn’t in on it. It also was done at a time when they weren’t divorcing. It actually loses any humor if things aren’t OK between them.

            1. Right. Divorce is something that happens spontaneously and for reasons that don’t exist a year, or tow, before it happens. I t happens because of a single acute event and then it is over. There is never a cache of resentment and contempt.

            2. The point is that the spouse isn’t being surprised by the act. It would have been something developed over a long time with multiple versions. And If you have a sense divorce is going to be happening, would you really do a routine like that? Of course not. She looks like a bully if you feel like spouse wasn’t in on the joke.

   2. I LOVE this show. I binged like 5 episodes last night while doing laundry and staying up far too late. The twists and turns were so great. Like one minute you want to hate a character and the next you’re feeling sorry for them and thinking if only they could know the real person. You kind of want to hug them and hate them at the same time. So well-written. I’m childfree and not our main breadwinner, but I could still relate to her with the feeling like you keep working so hard and having that carrot dangled and each time you are going to grab it but it somehow just gets further away. And sometimes you dig into work for the recognition, and it’s infuriating how easy the same recognition is given to others without the same effort.

6. Kira Lamb is great, she has classes in Pilates Anytime (I think there is a free 1 month trial) but also has some free resources on her website

   I follow her on instagram, and she has lots of fun energy and offers plenty of modifications and info for each movement.

   1. Thank you!

7. I am in the wear whatever makes me happy stage of my life and just purchased these shorts from Sezane https://www.sezane.com/us/product/rick-shorts/striped-gold-sequins#size-2

   I am going to most likely dress them down and wear them on the weekends and dates as much as possible (alternating with my tulle skirt), and am turning to you lovely ladies for shoe suggestions. I love sky high heels, but also am comfortable in trendy sneaks. I was thinking about getting a pair of Golden Goose sneaks with gold accents to pair with them when I want to dress them down but other suggestions are appreciated! I also was thinking for more dressier outfits, maybe a tall espadrille? Or just a tall heel of some sort?

   Please throw any and all suggestions my way! Comfort is mostly not important. I want to feel and look fun. Thanks!!

   1. I think that they require old school roller skates with the white boots and large stopper on the front.

      1. You joke, but we have two roller rinks in the area!!

   2. These are fantastic.
      I would probably wear a flat sandal, but since you say you love sky high heels, a platform wedge sandal in a beige or camel tone would be cute too.

      1. Thanks! Definitely need to be neutral and let the shorts do the talking. Any particular brands you like?

   3. I am team golden goose, I have never been a sneaker person before these and they are comfortable, cute, pair with everything. You will not regret a purchase and you are my spirit twin in a tulle skirt.

8. My husband is doing this thing now where he interrupts me every other sentence but refuses to call it that. He says he’s just contributing to the conversation. I have ADHD and as a former litigator am extremely sensitive to being interrupted. When it happens multiple times in a row, I get completely flustered and 100% lose my cool. That’s not okay and I take accountability for that. But how fucking hard is it to let me say 2 uninterrupted sentences in a row?! Apparently, impossible.

   1. My husband seems to interrupt me because his thoughts make him incapable of hearing that I am still talking. It’s like he hears the first few words, has a thought in response, starts listening only to his own thought, stops hearing me, and then starts talking. When I call him on it he will say “But you were finished talking!”

   2. Tell him it bothers you and makes you lose your train of thought. If he says he’s ‘just contributing,’ explain you recognize his behavior isn’t ill-intentioned, but that it makes you flustered and unable to communicate your ideas. If he insists on continuing it, ask him why he is unwilling to do something that makes you feel heard and cared for.

      If you’re yelling at him when he does it, he probably is getting defensive. Try to talk about it in a compassionate, kind, unemotional tone with an explicit request and no accusations. See how he responds. You sound extremely angry in this post, so I’d vent out that frustration by journaling or talking to a friend prior to trying to discuss it with him. It’s very hard for people to not get defensive when someone is lashing out or losing their cool at them.

   3. I am like your husband and have been working on getting better for several years. My husband never understood why I was like that till he hung out with a big group of extended family members on my side where he saw that it is how we communicate. We chime in while the other person is talking and often start our sentence before the other person finishes. We don’t really see it as interruption but I totally understand why it is an interruption for someone who didn’t grow up in the same communication culture. This is just to explain why your husband might not agree that its an interruption, he can still work on himself to make it a better for you.

      1. Welcome to cooperative overlapping! My family is the same and I have had to work on this too with people (husband included) who do not come from cooperative overlap cultures. That said, I agree overlapping is very different from interrupting. I see overlapping as everyone moving the conversation forward together, whereas interrupting cuts off one person’s train of thought in favor of another’s and is generally a no-no even among overlappers.

         OP, can you tell which one your husband is doing? As anon at 5:26 is suggesting, I would approach raising it with him differently depending on which issue is manifesting here.

   4. Does he do this with.a lot of people or mainly just you? If it’s mostly you, what if you pause more frequently? It may also be the ADHD is contributing, I’m not an interrupter by nature but I do find myself doing it more frequently with some people than others if they are jumping around too much with topic and it’s someone I’m familiar with. He may be trying to get a word in before you bounce to the next thing. Pausing more often when you make a point can help. Or even merely acknowledging “let’s get back to that.”

9. Thoughts on Feinstein and the judiciary panel? (Latest update, per NYT: she’s asked to step down and is seeking a temporary replacement.) Hate the idea of her absence holding up judicial appointments since T got so many in there.

   1. She’s my senator, and I’ve been mad for years now that she’s in no fit condition to represent our state. However, I already resent that voters lost the chance to choose our last new senator (appointed by the governor when Kamala Harris became VP) and will be even more annoyed if Newsome gets to appoint both senators for decades to come. I think she should resign, but if she does, I think it’s really important that he appoints someone who isn’t running in 2024 and we get to have a real election without one candidate having incumbent advantage.

   2. Since she asked to be replaced, I do not really think it continues to be an issue, although I would hope that if it does not appear she will recover enough to return to the Senate she will retire and let Newsom appoint someone to fill out the remainder of her term – hopefully not one of the people running for her seat.

      1. Republicans have to agree to the replacement. Maybe they will, but nothing about the last few years of politics gives me much confidence in that outcome.

         1. Completely agree. If I was a Republican, of course I would vote against allowing a sub! That is exactly the kind of thing they do. And when they do that, Feinstein should resign immediately.

            This is ridiculous.

   3. She is an embarrassment to the party and tarnishing her legacy. It’s sad.

10. Where do forty-somethings shop for date night tops? DH and I keep it pretty casual (no super fancy restaurants here), but I’d still like to wear something different or cuter than I do on a daily basis. On weekends, I’m pretty much forever in athleisure or church clothes.

    1. Depends on your style but for me (early 40s), mix of Banana Republic, Anthro, Sezane, and things I find at our local boutique.

11. Has anyone used a store designer service like at Pottery Barn or Rejuvenation? I need like a mood board and paint colors and tried to find a local person to #shoplocal and was ghosted. I’m weary of Havenly because I assume it would be just the same plan for everyone. I just want someone to look at my spaces, and give me a plan that I can either buy from or go find similar myself. Is the free store service the way to go? or a waste of time?

    1. I think it’s like going to Sephora for makeup – sometimes you’ll get someone great and sometimes you will end up looking like a clown.
       But it’s not a big time commitment so why not? I think they will ask you for a floor plan and some pictures and the rest is pretty easy.

    2. I have had success w Ethan Allen home visits for this. They understand you won’t buy 100% of your stuff there and I’ve shown them lamps, side tables, etc that I liked at other stores – they quietly helped me pick bc they were getting an order for the main pieces in the room from them.

    3. Ditto Ethan Allen.

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