well i use a tape measure to approximate the size of the room and the pieces of furniture with which i expect to decorate it, and then i make scaled cutouts using notebook paper and arrange them in various positions on a piece of paper until i decide which one i like and then i go ahead and move the furniture into position

Hence my desire to buy energy, natural resource, and metal mining companies. I also liked your idea about owning large blue-chip companies like Coke who will be able to weather whatever currency storm inevitably hits.

this feels forced