So yes, you can imagine that doing up an entire little thatched-roof cottage, for my actual job, is heaven on earth. But still, there’s this familiar sense of anxiety about it all. What if I choose the wrong things? What if I paint it all bright green because I think it’s edgy and then have to tell Rich to paint over it again because I hate it and it takes four coats of Obliterate before the green stops showing through? (True story.)