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Hello, moody florals! This printed top from Ramy Brook has a little bit of drama but is still beautifully work-appropriate. I love the combination of the flowy chiffon with the ribbed, knit cuffs.
I would wear this with dark denim and loafers for a casual office look. For a slightly more formal day, I’d pair it with a navy pencil skirt and camel sweater blazer.
The top is $345 at Shopbop and comes in sizes XXS–XL.
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Sales of note for 10.24.24
- Nordstrom – Fall sale, up to 50% off!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event, 30% off! Suits are included in the 30% off!
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything, and redeem Stylecash!
- Boden – 10% off new styles with code; free shipping over $75
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off a lot of sale items, with code
- J.Crew – Friends & Family event, 30% off sitewide.
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything
- Lo & Sons – Fall Sale, up to 35% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 25% sitewide
- Neiman Marcus – Up to 30% off on new arrivals
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off entire purchase, plus free shipping no minimum
- White House Black Market – Buy more, save more; buy 3+ get an extra 50% off
Sales of note for 10.24.24
- Nordstrom – Fall sale, up to 50% off!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event, 30% off! Suits are included in the 30% off!
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything, and redeem Stylecash!
- Boden – 10% off new styles with code; free shipping over $75
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off a lot of sale items, with code
- J.Crew – Friends & Family event, 30% off sitewide.
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything
- Lo & Sons – Fall Sale, up to 35% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 25% sitewide
- Neiman Marcus – Up to 30% off on new arrivals
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off entire purchase, plus free shipping no minimum
- White House Black Market – Buy more, save more; buy 3+ get an extra 50% off
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Ellen
Yay, Kat! I love the model’s Bob cut! She is so cute and those bangs are so nice! I wish I had this look, but I don’t think I’d look half as good because of my blond hair. Brunettes have the cutest cuts, like Audrey Hepburn on Breakfast at Tiffany’s. My dad always talks of her as one of the most beautiful women of all time. I think he is right.
I hope everyone in the HIVE has a great MLK’s Birthday! Our office is closed, but I am at work finalizing a brief for submission to the court this week, and I have to get it done today b/c I did nothing billeable this weekend. FOOEY!
Emma
Random Monday morning question: does anyone have a Dyson cordless vacuum cleaner and hate it? I have the V10 Animal (and a dog who does shed quite a bit). I can use it for 5-10 minutes, then the can jams up, the battery runs out, or the filter needs cleaning. So I can never vacuum the whole house. For the amount of money it cost, I was expecting a lot better and am thinking of going back to a Miele with a cord – I had one in the past, it was great except I hated moving the cord around, but at least I could vacuum the whole house. Does anyone have a vacuum recommendation?
Ribena
I have a Shark which I really like. No animals but I have a LOT of hair myself and clogged my last vacuum with it.
editor
+1 to the Shark. When I was buying it, a woman who owns a cleaning company stopped to tell me how much I’d enjoy it; that that’s all she bought for her cleaners to use. It’s been great.
Anon
I have the shark cordless pet pro and I’m obsessed with it. I bought it based on a recommendation here a couple of years ago. It’s also great for spiders – the long stick thing is just far away enough from the actual spider that I can handle it. (Then I put it outside because I can’t handle the idea of the spider crawling back out)
Anon
I have a Shark stick vacuum (not cordless) and I really like it.
Senior Attorney
Another vote for the Shark
Anon
Cordless vacuums are OK but I don’t think they’re a replacement for a regular plug in vacuum. I mostly use my Dyson stick vacuum to clean up after my toddler but I wouldn’t use it to vacuum an entire room.
Miele is nice but Kenmore vacuums are also nice and like a quarter of the price. Mine is 15 years old and still going strong. I think they’re still making them, not really sure what happened since they got sold.
Anonymous
I also reserve my Dyson cordless for quick clean-up jobs, mostly kid messes and dog hair. For real vacuuming my ancient Oreck does a much better job. The real value of the cordless is that it’s so easy to grab that things stay cleaner during the week.
Anon
I had a problem like that with the Dyson. I replaced the battery and all is right with the world. I might get a pet hair clog once a month that is easily fixed. I really like the Dyson, in part because my husband is willing to use it all the time, where he was unlikely to pull out the corded vacuum (leaf blowing fantasies, perhaps).
Clementine
I love my Dyson cordless! Also, I am your husband in this situation – there’s something annoying about pulling out the corded vacuum, plugging in, and then if I want to clean up something else, I have to go find another outlet… The cordless I use daily and don’t mind at all. Actually, I’ll grab it and just quickly vacuum an area while I’m waiting for pasta water to boil or a kid to put on their socks.
Thistle
I looooooove my cordless dyson. With any cordless vacuum you won’t get a whole house done (which is why my uncle has dysons charging both upstairs and downstairs), but you should get 30+ minutes at the base speed. If you don’t check you don’t have turbo on by accident. I’ve done that in the past and been caught out as it drains the battery much faster.
I used to be the vacuum killer as I had long and THICK hair that wrapped itself around every brush vacuum out there (even my old corded dyson) , but the cordless doesn’t struggle as much and it’s much simpler to clear any hair tangles.
Anon
I also love mine. I have long hair and a 1000 sf apartment with hardwoods and carpet. It is a flipping joy to use and improves my life, no joke.
Anon
The battery should be under warranty. Mine runs for about an hour. Dyson will replace the battery for you.
CB
We have a Bosch cordless and it’s really good. It seems to manage cat hair, my hair.
BeenThatGuy
The only time my Dyson V11 gave me problems was when I used it to clean up construction dust/debris (a huge mistake on my part). I watched a YouTube video on how to disassemble the entire unit and clean it. It literally brought the machine back to life. Also, the filter is supposed to be changed once a month. I’d assume with the amount of pet hair you have, it might need to be changed more often. For reference, I have no pets, a 2500 Sq ft house (over 3 stories) and have to dump the canister after every floor.
Anon
Miele is fantastic.
Anon
I love my corded 20-year-old Miele soooo much. Reminds me of the industrial-quality ones I used when I worked for a housecleaning service in my twenties. I have used it for a lot of heavy-duty things and it keeps on performing well.
Anon
I had my Miele before I met my husband. Our daughter is 21 and just took the Miele for her first apartment.
Eliza
Miele is genuinely worth the money. I love mine.
Worried
When our dyson runs out too quickly, we have to remove the filter and wash it. After a filter wash, it does not run out of power. When it starts suddenly loosing power, we know we have to wash the filter (in the sink and let it air dry for a day or two).
Worried
Want to add that filter washing can be a pain – but otherwise it is so much easier to use. We have mostly hardwood tiles and carpeting in our two bedroom 1300 sf condo. It works great in this context. A few times a year we do a deep clean vacum with a shop vac (mostly on the carpets) – otherwise we vacum our place every couple of days and pick up dust, crumbs, etc..
shanananana
Adding that the game changer for me was buying two extra filters online so I can wash and not be interrupted in my cleaning.
Worried
What a great idea! Will be doing this too now.
Anon B
It’s a bit pricey but the Sebo Felix has proven to be a solid vacuum in my house. Easy to handle, has a bag so you don’t have to deal with the dust directly, good on carpet and hardwood floors, has a cord so there’s no battery to run down, and lots of extensions for upholstery, etc.
Bonnie Kate
Hey I could have wrote your whole post! Including the part about considering a Miele. Mostly our battery just dies. It lasts a lot longer if I don’t have it on turbo, but for our hard floors I only want it on turbo. My husband just bought a new battery for it though and is going to install; he’s convinced that will solve all the issues. we’ll see.
I do see from below that some of the other commenters had the same issue with the battery and replacing it, so that’s good hope.
We also have a Roomba that I do battle with. I’m just really not good with vacuums.
Anon
roomba plus cordless dyson 7 on each floor. no pets but 3 adults in 3000 sq ft. i kove vacuuming but hate cords. i am happy to save an hour per floor per week now!
Spring vacation help
Looking for vacation recommendations for this spring, three or four days. Single late 20s, dont drive. Im looking for a relaxing warm place to go. Ideally easy to get to from the airport, a place to wander around for an afternoon and morning, a beach or pool to sit and do nothing at and maybe a local park or museum to explore one afternoon. Coming from chicago. I was looking at san diego. My brother is in LA and has been asking me to come visit him so maybe combining trips? Also open to FL or other east coast locations. I Hate planning trips and vacations by myself so any recommendations you all have are welcome!!
A personal vacation planner is what i really need. Someone to make all the arrangements for travelling and places to stay based off just “warm walkable some nature but not camping”
London (formerly NY) CPA
LA and San Diego are really places where you would need a car or a big Uber budget to get around town. What about Charleston or Savannah? Or South Beach, Miami (just avoid key spring break weeks)?
Anon
San Diego will be hard without a car. I’d do Miami personally.
Anon
Does your brother drive? I’d just go to LA and spend some time on your own and some time with him exploring areas further afield.
No Face
To your last paragraph, this is what travel agents do! Someone can literally plan your vacations for you if you want.
If you brother is in LA, I would visit him (with the assumption that he can drive you around to LA stuff) and then take the train to Santa Barbara. Relaxing beach town with a cute walkable downtown. Or you could take the train to San Diego for a beach city that will be warmer.
Anon
I love St. Pete Beach/St. Petersburg, Florida. Amazing beaches, some wildlife areas you could take an Uber to, and St. Petersburg has a fun downtown.
Sunshine
Palm Beach.
Emma
I was in LA without a car for a week without a car and enjoyed it. I was staying in Santa Monica near the beach which was very walkable. I took Ubers, the subway, and the bus to go various places, and I also biked around (Santa Monica to Venice was lovely). It depends on how much you want to see and where you stay – it’s definitely a driving city, but there are ways to do without.
Anon
+1 I went to LA twice (pre-Uber) with my dad who doesn’t drive when I was too young to rent a car. We stayed in Hollywood and we went to a bunch of places including downtown, Burbank, Beverly Hills, Griffith Park, Venice and Santa Monica on public transit. It’s definitely a city where most people drive, but it’s actually not impossible to have a great vacation there without a car, particularly if you’re not snobby about taking buses. Coming from the Bay Area, public transit in LA actually seems really good, although I realize it isn’t as efficient as in major Northeast cities like NYC.
NeglectedHeels
I just got back from San Diego. We took a 15 minute Lyft from the airport to Coronado and spent the rest of our time walking around the town and beaches. There were numerous good restaurants within a mile of our hotel. Our hotel provided beach towels and chairs and even bicycles to tour the island. It was too cold to swim but we enjoyed sunning ourselves and watching the surfers. We took the ferry to downtown San Diego one day and walked around the gas lamp quarter, which you could do if you wanted to cover more ground and see more things. It was an excellent car-free trip and I highly recommend it.
SMC-San Diego
I was just coming to say I live in San Diego and as long as you are willing to stick with Downtown/Coronado, it is easy to navigate without a car and moderate Uber bills. Having said that, it might be warm or it might not in spring (although I realize “warm” is relative for some) and the ocean will be quite cold. If your budget stretches to the Hotel Del Coronado, that would be perfect.
And the trains runs from the station downtown to downtown LA. If you want to make a day of that trip, stop in San Juan Capistrano and visit the Mission.
Anon
Single Chicagoan here and I took a quick trip to Palm Springs in mid-December. I stayed at Casa Cody, which is a 5-minute walk away from the downtown area and the art museum. Very walkable without a car, if all you’re looking for is rest and relaxation poolside. I imagine the weather in March will be perfect.
Anon
+1 to Palm Springs. We staged at the Hyatt downtown one year when our usual Santa Barbara spring break got rained out. Plenty to do within walking distance of the hotel. We never used our car. The pool was very nice.
My point really is that Palm Springs is likely to be dry when the coastal areas are rainy.
Ginger
Barcelona? Airport is quick $6 bus ride. Inexpensive lodgings, food and public transportation. Beaches and sightseeing nearby.
Anon
Reposting from a few days ago-thanks for the input so far. Anyone have insight re: hiring timelines of staff positions at large, state universities? Seeing some postings that are still up from the summer, and curious if I were hired how long the process would take/how much flexibility there would be re: start time (I.e., would they want me to give 2 weeks notice or could I negotiate not starting until June/July when my current contact is up.) trying to decide if I should: A) Apply now and potentially have to turn down a job/risk alienating then if they want me to start soon B) Reach out to HR/hiring manager and inquire re timeline C) Force myself to wait to apply until April/May. Context-I am a burned-out public school social worker looking to transition to higher ed (student affairs, etc.) The temptation to leave before the year is over is strong, but I want to honor the commitment I made and stay throughout the end of the year. Would also love to hear from anyone who works in a staff position in higher ed. what your quality of work life is like.
Anon
I replied to you yesterday, but I’d just apply and see what happens. There’s definitely a possibility that they won’t be willing to wait until summer, but it’s also possible that the whole process will take that long anyway or that they are willing to wait for the right person (if they have lots of applicants, they’re much less likely to want to wait, but if they’re having a hard time finding people then this might be fine). If you’re 100% sure you don’t want to leave your job until June, just put that in your cover letter or bring it up in the initial interview. Then they won’t waste their time if they need someone ASAP.
My understanding is that student affairs positions have been extremely difficult jobs during the pandemic and everyone is miserable and quitting, but I don’t actually know anyone in those jobs. Most people in academia are pretty burnt out right now and there are no/minimal pay raises to compensate for the rising cost of living and all the extra work, so it’s probably a good time to get a job in the field, but not necessarily a good job to be in. It’s probably not all that different than working in K-12 education (I wouldn’t be surprised if the salaries were actually lower and work hours higher, but it really depends on the job).
Anon
Thank you. I especially appreciate the insight that higher education student affairs positions may be quite stressful, and that I could be romanticizing them. At this point, I’m done with the particular stress of K-12 education (cafeteria chaos, hallway duty, angry parents) and feel ready for a different type of chaos/more adult setting.
Anon
I think it’s not a bad idea to reach out and express your interest and see what they say about timeline. If you don’t do this, definitely disclose it in your cover letter or initial interview. I think you might burn bridges if you applied and got hired and then weren’t willing to start until June.
I disagree that higher ed is worse than K-12. We get paltry raises, that’s true, but there are a lot of perks including amazing benefits and generally reasonable work hours (depends on the job, but I don’t know many university staff members who work more than 40 hours/week, and many work quite a bit less) and while lots of people in all industries are suffering from pandemic burnout, I don’t think we in higher ed are experiencing anywhere near the level of burnout that K-12 teachers and staff are. I’m pretty confident I will be at my university staff job or a similar one, until I retire. The pay is awful but I can’t walk away from the benefits and work-life balance.
Anon
Thank you for your thoughts-I greatly appreciate them! Would you be comfortable sharing what your role is in higher ed.? I think the transition for me would look like potentially longer hours and lower pay, but with the perk of 60% discounted tuition when my middle school children are college-age and free/discounted tuition if I decide to pursue a doctorate and the jumpstart of a new professional challenge. Also, the idea of actually being able to have a lunch break and not dealing with students getting jumped sounds amazing. A major downside would be the loss of summers off and having to pay to put my children in summer camp during that time, but again, if the main thing keeping me in my current role is summer, that’s a strong sign to me that it’s time to find something else. I’ve been in K-12 education since I was 29 and am now approaching 40.
Anon
Marketing/communications. I’m fairly low level (don’t manage anyone) but have been in the role for almost a decade so I have a lot of autonomy and independence.
Anon
Oh, I agree that K12 and higher ed have slightly different issues, my point was more that burnout is extremely common in both right now and that they both have issues with workload and pay. Jobs vary so much that It’s hard to generalize, but I know a lot of staff regularly working more than 40 hours a week, which has definitely gone up since the pandemic started, with basically no pay increase. State to state benefits also vary, but in at least one state I worked for, the universities and K12 had the same benefits plan, so they’re certainly not universally better one way or another. It all comes down to the specifics of individual systems and jobs. I do agree that OP will have more adult issues to deal with in higher ed, for better or for worse!
Anon
The state university benefits are a lot more generous (especially with respect to sick leave and vacation leave) than the generic state employee benefits in my state, but fair point that it varies by state.
Anon
Oh that’s a fair point. I’m a faculty member and officially get no vacation or sick time, so I forget about that! My spouse is a staff member, though, so I’m also fairly familiar with that side of life, but since I get so little time off, he doesn’t take much either.
Anon
Yeah faculty sort of have unlimited vacation time and no vacation time at the same time. My faculty spouse takes plenty of vacations (during academic calendar breaks) but I only because I basically force him to.
Anon
Please tell me where folks at Universities (not rank and file, but administration) only work 40 hours per week. I am clearly doing this all wrong, sob.
Anon
I was referring to rank and file staff. Obviously the provosts and GCs work way harder but they are also compensated way better.
Anon
My feeling/experience is that lower level, especially hourly, staff really do work only 40 hours. But it’s a lot more than provosts (who are usually academic employees, not staff, though they are administration) and GCs working more than 40 hour per week. My spouse used to work 40-45 hours a week, but it’s definitely been more like 45-50 or more for the last two years, and that’s true of a lot of the people he works with. He’s not getting paid an upper level admin salary, that’s for sure. The (possibly incorrect) impression I get of student affairs people is that they might not technically have to work more than 40 hours per week to keep their jobs, but staffing levels are low and they’re just deluged with students with major problems that need help, so they’re stuck between working more or feeling like they’re always behind and failing students (I suspect this part is similar to K12).
Anon
Here is what it’s like being staff at a university. In the email sent about returning to in-person instruction in two weeks, it says that immunocompromised faculty or faculty who live with someone immunocompromised or live with someone who cannot get vaccinated can apply for an exemption to in-person teaching…. But all Staff should return to their offices in two weeks
Anon
As a counterpoint, my (red state) public university has made all staff who can do their jobs from home (over 70% of us) permanently remote, and there is a process to apply for health exemptions for others. It actually seems easier for staff to get remote work arrangements than for faculty members to avoid in-person teaching. My faculty member husband was forced back into the classroom this year, even though we have a child under 5 who isn’t eligible for the vaccine and has underlying health conditions. There’s really a ton of variation in how universities are handling pandemic procedure. I do agree with the point about staff generally being a lower priority than faculty and students, but in our household it’s the faculty member who had no choice but to return to in-person work.
Anon
+1. Faculty are pretty much all teaching in person now (though with some delays at the moment), whereas my staff member spouse has been WFH since the beginning and may end up permanently remote. Any student facing jobs are still mostly in person, though, at least some of the time.
Anon
Not sure you’re going to see this, OP, but you might also want to consider higher ed jobs outside student affairs. Depending on your background, that could be disability services, career guidance, etc. Unfortunately, at many of universities, student affairs salaries are lower than other units. I work in higher ed at the director level and feel pretty reasonably compensated for the work I do. I make around 85k and I generally work 40ish hours a week. I’ve also taught in a k-12 school. I miss having summers off, but my job is much less stressful overall. I work for a private university with great benefits, but I may try to move over to the state university system while I’m still young enough to get 20 years in to maximize my retirement benefits.
Anon
Thank you! I appreciate the input. There are positions in the disability services office that I’m interested in applying for. I’m focusing my search on a large, state university so as to still be able to be part of their retirement system. Current entry-level positions I’m looking at appear at first glance to be a $20-$30k pay cut, but I cannot handle K-12 stress any longer, and hopefully could move up the ranks in a higher ed. role if I prove my worth.
Anon
I am an upper level administrator in higher ed and I have great work/life balance and decent pay. I try to ensure the same for my team. I don’t work at the big public high ranking state school though. I occasionally overlapped with staff and administrators there and the culture was much different. Very “we are so important that we can never stop working or the world will end.” My org isn’t like that and I am very grateful for it.
Anonymous
I love this haircut. Can mere mortals pull something like this off?
Clementine
If mere mortals are committed to blow drying to straightening their bangs daily, then totally! I also think there are a lot of ways to modify this cut to flatter your personal face shape. Maybe a longer bob, maybe a more rounded bang, bring it to your hairdresser.
And if it doesn’t work? It’s just hair.
Clementine
*blow drying OR straightening bangs
No Face
If you are open to it, I think a wig cut like this would work really well.
Anon
I think it also depends on the texture of your hair.
Anonymous
This, totally this. My Asian friend with thick stick straight hair could rock this so hard while my wavy hair would protest. In middle school, my hair took French braids easily while hers was so slippery it fought them. So I guess there are pros and cons with any texture. I could also see this being tough if you had really blonde thin hair and a short forehead since the bangs need a certain weight and placement to not look odd with eyebrows.
Anon
Sure, I think it’s been a popular style on and off for like a hundred years. Bobs are always popular, bangs aside.
Anon
It’s just a bob. Sure. The only thing would be regular haircuts to maintain the shape.
Anonymous
mere mortals can, with the right kind of hair and the willingness to have regular, good hair cuts. My hair isn’t the right texture to hang like this, even if it were cut like this.
Anon
I have a slightly longer version of this cut. I wear the sides behind my ears for the most part, and I have a side part – don’t tell Gen Z. It’s fine. When the bangs get too long I either cut them or wear them to the side. If I want to wear it sleek I do have to blow dry it but I don’t do a lot of straightening iron because I’m not that much of a perfectionist, and I also don’t want to use too many heat tools on my hair. I have slightly wavy hair naturally and I can also leave it to air dry and be wavy, which also works. I like it to be long enough that I can gather it into a tiny ponytail in the back.
Anonymous
My “Thing” that I can’t seem to get done is my resume. I have excuse after excuse – I haven’t updated it since I got this job five years ago, I have gotten promoted twice since getting here, my personal laptop bit the dust so it’s either work on it on an ancient iPad or work laptop or buy a laptop (another Thing), so on… I know I should have a resume ready and not having one is preventing me from putting my hat in the ring elsewhere, but I also feel nervous about jumping ship (I don’t love this job but what if the next one is worse kind of thing).
Cb
You need an accountability buddy. Tell a friend you’ll have a draft to them in a week. Do it using your work computer, you might need a resume for an internal promotion, contract work, or some sort of annual review.
Anon
You don’t need an accountability buddy to update your resume, you just need to do it.
MagicUnicorn
I use my work computer without qualms to maintain my resume. I reference and update my resume when completing my performance review and setting my bonus goals for the coming year. This is normal enough that I would not mind my manager seeing my resume open on my monitor.
MND
Ditto – I have had to provide my resume for internal leadership programs, etc., so I don’t think anyone will be shocked that you have a resume or are working on it on your work laptop.
Anon
+1
Anon
Just use your work computer?
Anonymous
Check out the template websites online. Some do prompts based on position to help give ideas. But even just getting the format down did a lot to trigger me to keep going. Also, think of it as a draft. It’s easy to get so nervous about feeling like it has to be perfect that you never move.
Anon
I think it’s fine to use your work computer for this- my employers frequently ask for updated resumes for renewal of appointments. But if you think this would be inappropriate at your workplace, you could either go to the public library or see if a friend will let you use their computer. If you only have one job to add, it really shouldn’t take that long- you can always go back and fuss with formatting more later, but at least it’s a good start. For me, at least, it really helps to remember that something’s better than nothing and not worry about whether it’s perfect. Once I have it started, it’s usually much easier to go back and polish it up later, as it no longer feels so daunting.
No Face
Change the “Thing” from perfecting your resume to merely adding your current job to your resume, and limit yourself to working on it for a half hour. If you see a specific opportunity later, then perfect it then.
Bonnie Kate
+1 do this. chances are you’ll want to tailer your resume for the specific job opportunity. just get something to work with down on the doc now.
Op
Thank you so much (all of you)! I’ve changed the “thing” and will use my work computer (as in my line of work, rare but possible they need an updated resume).
Anon
Talk to me about wall to wall carpet. Updating some flooring and have decided to go with carpet in the bedrooms for coziness. I know it’s not the most popular choice but was wondering what was considered “in” these days . Cream/tan? Maybe berber or a textured pattern vs a plush carpet?
Anon
I think the TV shows are doing a very short pile tan but do what works for your colors.
If I were to do wall to wall, I would only do so if we could convert to a no-shoe household, and I’d have a zero tolerance policy for food or drinks. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve knocked my beverage off my night stand – fortunately I have a throw rug over hardwood so I can get in there and clean/dry it up. But if I had carpet I’d have to say no more nightstand beverages.
Anon
Clumsy person with wall to wall carpeting except in kitchen and dining room here. Water is obviously fine and even soda and tea doesn’t stain if you address it quickly. Black coffee is really the only thing that stains badly but we don’t drink it. We do have a bad stain on our living room floor from when my SIL knocked over a cup of black coffee. Some day we’ll get the carpets professionally cleaned but not worth it right now with small kids.
Anon
I have a little Bissell handheld carpet cleaning machine thingy and two kids. It really works on carpet stains – I have zero stains and we are not clean.
Cat
very low pile with loops on the top rather than cut fibers – think the kind of carpet that doesn’t show footsteps or vacuum lines.
Anon
Do you have pets? Animal accidents can make wall-to-wall difficult to maintain and are likely to result in more frequent replacement. Ditto kids who get stomach bug, etc. if yours is an adults only, no pet household, consider choosing a mid-tone neutral that works with your color scheme.
Anon
Eh, six years of home ownership with little kids and a dog here and our carpeting looks fine. Not perfect but fine. Rugs are not really any easier to clean and having nothing but bare wood feels really cold and sterile to me.
Anon
I have carpet now and it’s totally fine and clean. I kind of find it harder to deal with spills on area rugs because you have to make sure that it doesn’t soak through and ruin wood floors. The previous owners of my house had a dog and the wood flooring was not unscathed. :(
Anon
I’m not up on the trends but the previous owners of my house had cream carpet in every room. Honestly even having Stanley Steamer out a couple of times a year kept them pretty clean until we replaced.
Anon
Yeah dog toenails will wreak havoc on wood floors. I think carpet is actually way better if you have pets.
Anon
We have wall to wall in our entire upstairs (except bathrooms), but really don’t have issues with stains. I’m extremely clumsy and we have cats that like to vomit exclusively on carpet (they choose the doormat downstairs), but we generally don’t have drinks other than water upstairs (this isn’t a rule, we just don’t have any reason to drink other things in the bedrooms) and the cat vomit cleans up pretty easily as long as you’re on top of it (I have no desire to let vomit sit on my floors regardless of floor covering. The carpet looks much better than the laminate flooring downstairs, which seems impossible to keep clean, even with the roomba running almost daily. I like carpet- it’s warm and quiet.
Anon
You don’t need to replace carpets because something gets spilled on them, that’s silly.
Thistle
When I bought my last carpets the salesman recommended not going for wool but the polyamide option. You can’t tell the difference underfoot (or by touch) but you can clean them more easily. He even said if it was a bad stain you could go in with bleach. Well, so far it’s worked well. Even got tomato based sauce out of the dining room carpet without leaving a stain.
Anonymous
This is ridiculous to me. Every time someone asks about carpet, people come out of the woodwork to pile on and wax poetic about hardwood. Hardwood is fine. I love my hardwood. But I also love my carpeted bedrooms. If you don’t, that’s cool. But I don’t understand the inability to let people just do their thing on this topic.
OP, not sure what’s in, but I like berber in a very light marled grey or beige.
Anon
+1
Cat
what? I see literally no responses along these lines, mostly discussing pros and cons of cleaning…
Anon
She asked for feedback, dude. You are taking this way too personally.
Anonymous
She asked for feedback on the color of carpet. Not all the reasons she shouldn’t do what she decided to do. Sigh. This is what’s wrong with people.
Anon
“Talk to me about wall to wall carpet.”
Anon
+1 Waaaay too personally.
Anon
OK if I’m being honest, I’ve been in very few houses where the carpets actually looked as clean as un-carpeted floors would have. Including the house I grew up in, and my mom was always getting new carpet. Pets, people, food, etc. My reaction to this was that if I had a choice, it was never wall to wall carpet in my house. Hallways are actually the worst, so if I were going to do it, I’d leave heavily traveled paths wood or other hard flooring material and just put the carpet in the bedrooms.
Bonnie Kate
We built a house last year and our bedroom is the only room in the house that has carpet. We did a navy blue with a black grid line pattern. The whole rest of our room is very neutral – white walls, big windows, wood nightstands, light grey bed with white/natural bedding. Our connected bath has a big dose of navy blue in the shower too – I think it all works really well together.
I was kind of inspired to go bold with the carpet by Emily Henderson’s mountain house kids playroom, and DH really liked the dark blue. If it was only me, I might have ended up with a neutral textured pattern. We also upgraded the pad to the memory foam pad underneath, highly recommend that. In our LCOL area, it was $100 adder for one room, so a no brainer for us.
Anon
many people have had bad experiences with carpet that’s overstayed its useful life and it’s gross to pull up even if someone else does it. hometown calls it a sweater you can’t wash but with feet. hence the strong feelings.
i imagine there are some really nice options though. love the main bedroom navy, sounds very chic!
Angie
Are there any sites like this one, but with more of a focus on “masculine” fashion? Not menswear, just that this site is (due to the specific professional environments it’s meant for) very focused on making sure everything is sufficiently feminine. That’s not what my professional environment calls for; in my neck of the woods, and by my personal taste, outfits should be more to the masculine side of the spectrum. Any ideas? Thanks!
Anon
I think the featured outfits tend feminine, but based on the comments here, there are plenty of us in male dominated fields with different dress standards. If you have questions, feel free to post them here.
Anon
Are you talking about a dress code that tends a bit more masculine because of PPE requirements (ie safety shoes, sleeves, no jewelry, no loose fabric), gender presentation, or a little bit of both?
I like Styleforum’s classic menswear and menswear advice that I can then tailor to my own tastes & needs. The Ask Andy About Style forums are pretty good, too. My interests steer mostly toward shoes – the narrower mens’ dress shoes of the 70s and 80s. They fit my feet perfectly and I like the look. They’re not as blocky as today’s mens’ shoes, but aren’t as dainty as womens’ shoes.
If you’re looking more toward genderqueer dressing, “dapper” is the search term that’ll get you where you want to be.
Anon
interesting.
I’m interested in a slightly less feminine recommendation, as a straight female but not into frills or most colors and patterns.
any recommendations for edgier cuts also welcome
Notagirl
I think I know what you mean. I would suggest to look at youlookfab forums and find members with a style that you like and look at their finds, or ask them for recommendations. The style there varies a lot more than here.
I have also noticed the fashion on this site skews kind of samey, standard corporate feminine (not that there is anything wrong with that). Remember when people were discussing if scrunchies were office-appropriate :) You won’t find edge in the daily recs here.
Camla
+1 youlookfab
Grace
Both of the plus-size links are going to the Vince Camuto blouse (at least for me).
Raleigh area
Is it possible to visit the Raleigh-Durham without a car? I have friends in the area and would like to visit them in the summer, coming from overseas, usually I land at one of the NYC airports so I can also spend some time in the city.
Anon
If you’re visiting friends can’t they just drive you around? I think if you’re trying to see the area as a tourist without local friends, then having a car would be very helpful. But if the main goal is to see friends, then it’s probably not necessary.
Anon
Years ago I bussed around some on GoTriangle, so it may be possible depending on what you want to do. I have no idea how the pandemic has affected public transit though.
Anon
Short answer, no.
Elle
Raleigh and Durham are depending on which part of the cities you’re talking about 30-45 minutes from one another with inconvenient public transportation options. If you were just spending time in either downtown Raleigh or downtown Durham you would be fine on foot, but for anything else I think you really want a car.
Anon
This is a dumb question but I’m not very social media savvy and there are a lot of younger people here so maybe someone can help. I see a lot of Instagrammers who do book reviews by putting an image of the book cover (just the cover, not a picture of them holding the book or whatever) in their story or grid. I want to do this too but I don’t know how to get a cover image that would be clear and not blurry – is there a source where you can download a high res image of book covers? Is there some feature in Instagram that pulls up the image of the cover?
Anon
If you google image search you can find decent pictures. That’s probably all they’re doing.
Anon
I just get them from Amazon. I don’t think there’s anything built into Instagram.
Anon
Just go do a google image search. (And ask yourself if your followers are really going to be interested in your book reviews, I say exhausted from all my friends wanna-be art criticism that comes at the end of every year. I just wanna see your pet and baby photos, not read your un-edited Instagram essays.)
Anon
Oh I’m starting a separate Insta for my book blogging buddies. Not for real life friends, unless they seek it out and choose to follow.
Anon
And I have like 10 followers and am well aware I’m not going to become a famous bookstagrammer. This is really more for me than anyone else. I don’t really have time to write full-length reviews on Goodreads anymore, but I can manage a sentence or two for Insta and I like clean look of just the cover + text without my hand in the photo :)
Senior Attorney
I would totally follow you if you care to post the insta name.
Anon
Personally I enjoy hearing about what books my friends are reading.
Anon
Me, too! If you don’t like reading your friends’ thoughts on books, maybe show a little grace and scroll on by?
No Face
Thank you for asking, because I had that exact question! I didn’t even think of a Google image search.