Rugs and Beyond

One doesn’t need a specific day to celebrate female power or appreciate feminism. Each day should be spent with equal zest and zeal to glorify the power of “her”.  Nowadays, a woman is not just confined to domesticity or responsible for household chores and raise kids. The female of today is much more than the all this and has gone far beyond the usual rigmarole. She is not just a mom, wife, sister or daughter but is the forefront in any sphere of life.

Picture this; Alex goes shopping for their newly built apartment and is in hunt for a beautiful handmade rug. On the other hand, her husband John insists on making his own choices and wishes to decorate the apartment on his own. They both mutually agree upon shopping for their apartment individually and go solo in making their choices to decorate their apartment.

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John is excited and is over confident in selecting beautiful home décor items for his space. He goes ahead with buying a gray colored plain sofa that has a rough texture. He proceeds on with buying the same exact color lamp without realizing that it would completely merge with the color of the couch. Later towards his expedition, John picks a light wood table that is a complete mismatch with the rest of the décor and ends his shopping with an inferior quality machine made rug. Well, he is ecstatic and is of the notion that he has made the right choices while his wife must have totally messed up on the other hand.

Alex is furious that her husband doesn’t trust her choice and carries on in hunting for a complete home décor set on her own. Having an aesthetic sense and using her blend for creativity, she picks a gorgeous handmade good quality rug in soothing blue and gold with an intricate pattern. Her idea is to match the rest of the décor with the rug that simplifies the entire process. Next, she proceeds with buying a neutral color couch with pillows matching the rug and lastly a lamp that is a perfect conglomerate of colors that compliment the rest of the décor. She is on top of the world and feels confident about her choice.

Alex and John finally spill the beans regarding their choices for their apartment. John feels embarrassed for not trusting his wife and ends up over-spending for a décor that was a total mismatch. Towards the end, they went ahead with Alex’s choice and agreed upon the fact as to how she was smart enough to pick a high quality rug and then match the rest of the décor around it.

Bottom line is that never under-estimate the choices she makes or doubt her selection. Happy Women’s Day