We always apologize. "Oh this is just such a mess" or "excuse the orange wall, we're repainting soon" or even apologizing for lack of furniture. HELLO! why do we do this? The whole planet knows that when you first move in, it takes time to go from zero to awesome...so why so many sorry's?
We agonize over paint. I know I had up to 10 color swatches on our living room, all of varying shades of beige, for nearly a week before deciding. So I sympathized when I saw this at BRAD's house:
The wall is yellow. There are 3 yellow paint swatches pinned to it. It has been this way for 6 months...
We ignore our gut instincts and lament over the perfect shade. Or we (me) impulsively nab a $5 gallon of whoops paint and do this:
Which brings me to another observation. We ALL make mistakes. The above guest room color was one of mine. BRAD's was ripping out his weird bedroom carpet before realizing how crucial it would be come his first vermont winter.
We delight in the details. I can't tell you how happy this light fixture made me...
even though I KNOW nobody else would give it a second look.
Finally. we love. we love hard. I love every squeaky floorboard, every muddy backyard ditch, every crazily wallpapered closet of our little home.
Do you notice any typical home dweller behavior?
Yup - I constantly apologize about my house! We didn't even have a housewarming party because I didn't want people to see our house so empty and unfinished. Now it's been almost a year since we moved in and I am kicking myself. It's not about everything being perfect - it's about celebrating the fact that we have a HOUSE! Oh welll...we live we learn :)
ReplyDeletep.s. super cute light fixture!