Patience. At least I think I am patient. : ) I don't buy anything I don't love just to fill a space. I will wait to find the absolute right thing and/or save $ to get it. When we moved into our new home, we didn't have living room furniture. DH wanted to hurry and get something but I wanted to wait to fill the room with items we loved. So glad we waited. We still need a rug in there but I have faith it will present itself one day!

prettybluehouse, I have that very same super power! LOL My family thinks I'm crazy, but I no longer go to thrift stores to browse to see if they have anything I've been looking for, whether I knew it or not, but go when I get that voice in my head that says "Go. NOW". Every time I have listened I found exactly what I want/needed.

Research. Digging up options. Give me a quest.

I can see a mental picture of the the room decorated the way I want it to be and, therefore, can make decisions very quickly. I think it's because I've moved so many times and set up so many different floor plans with the same furnishings.

I also learned a valuable lesson about letting go of a plan if one of the elements isn't available. It's easier and far less frustrating to come up with a whole new scheme than to search for an imperfect replacement for an unavailable element.

I have several superpowers. The most frustrating thing is knowing what I want, but it's not available yet. Usually becomes available in a couple of years.

Like Fun, I can visualize in my mind a room or house. When we were building, I could look over our plans and visually walk thru the house. I'm currently decorating a new house in my mind, a second home, but won't know for a few months if/when it will become available. The not knowing is driving me insane!

I've been told by many people I'm great at decorating, especially accessorizing with unique items. Like theclose, I don't buy to fill a space but wait on something meaningful.

My grandmother had that superpower...knowing exactly where something she wanted would be. You should have seen her during weekend yard sales. She'd drive around, feel like she should go down this street, and find the perfect kitchen table!

I've only done that with gardening...my pine tree I had been checking on all summer went on clearance and I just knew I should go check on it. I had no idea it was on clearance, but had a feeling I should drive across town to go see if it was still there.

My superpower...being able to go to Goodwill and find at least 5 really great things for the house. I don't get to go very often :)

Here's a close up of a Vanderwolf Limber pine....

And our little pine tree between the two red-twig dogwood shrubs.

Mine too runs along the lines of Allison and Run. I usually know what I want and I do not "settle". I know I will not be happy if I don't use what I see in my mind. Sometimes it is hard to find what I'm looking for and it may take a long time. We love antiques, and it's not to say that I don't sometimes walk in a store and see something that I know is perfect. Using what we love, what has meaning, etc. I'm good at finding a good price on items I want, but if it's something I feel is pricey, I'm willing to wait instead of settle for something else. Is that a power or a weakness?

Like @sas95, I have the knack for picking out the priciest option available. Even when it's less than obvious....

I can walk into someone's ELSE's room and figure out exactly what's "wrong."

In my own rooms, it's not so easy, though.

I'm a vintage magpie and enjoy serendipity.

I've had a passion for decorating as far back as I can remember. My mother tells me she started noticing it when I was four. By the time I was eight, I was driving my parents to distraction rearranging their's and my grandparents furniture and decorative pieces when they weren't around. I can look at a room, an arrangement, a wall, a piece in a thrift store and immediately see the possibilities. Easy and quick visualization of specific possibilities is how I'd describe it. And, I can make them happen pretty easily, too. My paternal great-grandfather was an artist, My maternal grandfather was an artist. My uncle, mother, sister and brother are or were. My artistic ability in that direction is pathetic. I can barely draw stick figures . . . but I do have a good eye for art. So, with that glaring lack of talent, I collect art instead of create it (LOL)!

My super power is that I can think outside of the box and get very creative especially with DIY projects in our house. I got it from my dad who loved updating rooms and making things, nautical things for our home when I was a kid. We did projects together all the time so it comes to me rather easily. Little did I know then those times would be some of my most treasured memories. It's a space I can't visualize done that I have the biggest problems with, like our darn living room.

Much the same as it is in many aspects of my life, I have no real talent but a good deal of "showing up" and "giving it a try". In other words, no fear and persistence ;)

I love colors and fabrics, and I have a good spatial sense which helps with things like layout, scale, and traffic flow.

If I see something I want, I build it. I've never taken wood shop or anything of that nature...I just like to play around. For example, I wanted a new kitchen island, but did not want to spend the money, rip out the electrical, or tear away the tiles underneath it. So, I "gutted" it and rebuilt the whole thing.

BEFORE

AFTER

I don't have any :-(

I'm not sure that I have any superpowers, but I'm usually happy with my color combinations and other people often compliment my arrangements of items, on bookshelves, tables, etc. And I can always pick out a lamp that costs 3x however much I want to spend. But that's not a superpower so much as a curse :-)

Being organized.

Wow kangadr! You did an awesome job. I too love doing woodwork and changing things up to match what I really want.
Here's one of my projects. Not as detailed as yours, but most definitely a change.

Justgotabme, thank you! Nice work yourself...that is gorgeous!!! I love it! What a difference!

Great thread! Ditto Sueb.... :)

Vignette's. It was one of the things that I became 'in charge' of at Bombay Co. when I worked there for years. Perfect place to let my 'Vignette Super Power' fly free since we used to always call it the Tchotchke Palace. lol!

So, that's your secret the_foxes!

My super power is I can look endlessly through piles of decorating magazines to find good ideas to copy ;)

I can typically balance form and function. The ex would always pick plain ugly function without any regard to form. Ugh!

Being stubborn. Really stubborn and persistent. I won't stop until it looks "right". That may also be my kryptonite.

kswl - Your decorating super power is your ability to collaborate with your awesome decorator.

edited to add - My super power does not engage during all my of my decorating efforts. It seems to only work for obscure details that 99% of the world will not notice.

After trying to force square pegs into round holes as a very young first time homeowner, I know how to decorate with what a house "wants." Not that a Victorian needs to be a like a stage set for Charlie's a Aunt, but how to reflect the homeowner's personality and still have the decor look like it belongs in its context.

sueb- totally!

My husband says I am great with graph paper and creating new layouts, etc. for houses and rooms we've remodeled. He also tells me it's real easy to move things on paper. Not always so much in real life.

Ferreting out every little bit of storage space in a small house, and building a closet, or cabinet, or shelf, to use it up. And re-purposing cast-off objects (pieces of junk) for new uses.

I have a good sense of proportion. I can tell right away if something will or won't fit a space. That's where my decorating prowess ends.

Definitely my visualization 'capabilities'! The picture in my minds eye usually matches up to the completed project, whether it's furniture placement or a flower arrangement. I don't know if it's a 'gift' or something learned thru trial and error, but i've been playing the 'decorating game' since I was in my early twenties,. My parents purchased new 'blonde' bedroom furniture and gave us their mahogany Federal style furniture which I immediately painted an antique white, since I hated 'old furniture'. Of course I wouldn't do that now, but that was the start to having something unique and I followed my vision. I also believe vision and imagination go hand-in-hand.

lavender_lass,

Same thing here w/ my gardens. Most of my plants come off of the clearance table. Since I don't 'garden great' it fits my philosophy of 'you need to be tough to be in my garden'.

I get so stoked overtime I look at our $2 Silver Leaf Maples and Bradford Pears growing in all of their glory providing us w/ some shade & birds w/ homes.

I came home Saturday w/ a van full of $4 Butterfly Bushes for a couple of gardens.

Fearlessness. I will try almost anything in the name of "pretty"! I love re-purposing, junking, sewing and even painting.

Diane

Foxes- I love those deals! I wish I could find some $4 butterfly bushes. There haven't been many for sale here, the last few years.

And I always tell my plants., "You have to be tough to live on the farm. So toughen up buttercup." LOL (That last part, courtesy of Ray's Dad on Everybody Loves Raymond)