Real knock-down, drag-out fight in Florida is over commercial interior design

[bijou]

The young woman stepped to the podium, eager for a chance to address Florida lawmakers.

"I came to this country for two reasons. I came for freedom, and I also came for a dream, a dream which you want to take away from me," LLilian Perez said, her voice shaking. "You just don't care. I see your faces."

You might expect such passion to be about education, taxes or immigration.

Her plea? Save interior design.  ...

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You might think this is funny, but the story paints a different picture.

[thundley4]

Interior Design , like so many other regulated businesses are just protection rackets for those that do the certification.   

"By not allowing interior designers to be specialists and focus on the things they do, what you're basically doing is contributing to 88,000 deaths every year," she said.

[Eupher]

Bijou has painted a sad story here, but I see it as a real opportunity.

Shotgun houses had gone out of style for awhile, but I see 'em bein' reloaded.

I never liked hallways in my house - it's wasted space.

[Chris_]

Ninety people signed up to speak at Wednesday's hearing about HB 5005, including dozens of interior design students who fought back sobs as they talked about worrying they had wasted time and money on degrees.

"Do you know the color schemes that affect your salivation, your autonomic nervous system?" she said. "You don't even have correct seating. And somebody chose that for you."

A "degree" in interior design sounds as useful as a degree in while-U-wait proctology. 

"They came for the womyn's studies majors.  I didn't speak out because I wasn't a womyn's studies major."

[bijou]

A "degree" in interior design sounds as useful as a degree in while-U-wait proctology. 

"They came for the womyn's studies majors.  I didn't speak out because I wasn't a womyn's studies major."

Don't you care about the 88k people who died from badly chosen wallpaper?

[bijou]

Bijou has painted a sad story here, but I see it as a real opportunity.

Shotgun houses had gone out of style for awhile, but I see 'em bein' reloaded.

I never liked hallways in my house - it's wasted space.

You shouldn't be skirting  round the seriousness of this story, nothing good will come of brushing this story under the carpet.

[Eupher]

You shouldn't be skirting  round the seriousness of this story, nothing good will come of brushing this story under the carpet.

You're right, of course. How thoughtless of me to think that a tapestry of color and an abode crowned with molding would yield such unhappiness.

I'm also floored by your having covered this story in such depth of field.

I still think shotgun houses haven't gone out of vogue.....

[bijou]

You're right, of course. How thoughtless of me to think that a tapestry of color and an abode crowned with molding would yield such unhappiness.

I'm also floored by your having covered this story in such depth of field.


I still think shotgun houses haven't gone out of vogue.....

It really is a story that matters. Still, sofa so good.

[Eupher]

It really is a story that matters. Still, sofa so good.

You're saying all that, couched in full confidence that there won't be a dressing-down when it's all over.

Most everybody will say, "Feng shui it. It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. It's just a stepping-stone up the circular staircase to nothingness."

But we both know what's important, right?

 

[bijou]

You're saying all that, couched in full confidence that there won't be a dressing-down when it's all over.

Most everybody will say, "Feng shui it. It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. It's just a stepping-stone up the circular staircase to nothingness."

But we both know what's important, right?

 

Right, and if we don't keep that in mind  then it's curtains for the whole project.

[Eupher]

Right, and if we don't keep that in mind  then it's curtains for the whole project.

Yeah, but until we get to that point, I'd rather just carpet over the problem and pretend it doesn't exist.

A nice Berber ought to do it.

Alternatively, some really nice window shades will darken the problem, as long as they're blackout type.

[SaintLouieWoman]

No Florida story surprises me. Here in Sarasota, one of the streets is "Boulevard of the Arts". The major consignment place here, The Woman's Exchange, benefits the "arts" students. I asked them once why they don't give scholarships to kids who study real subjects, other than the "arts". They gave me a really dirty look.