“Cushions and rugs, goblets and trays and half-full decanters cover
every surface- all of them in a riot of colors: vermilion and umber,
peacock blue and bottle green, gold and damson plum.”
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Here's my project. We bought the condo in February, but we moved in, officially, October 6th, 2021. Due to various dramas, it has taken this long, almost 2 years, to fully unpack, and purge myself of useless clothes and material objects. But we are almost there, and that space you see, is about to be my new office! It was my office when we first moved in, but I was a little freaked out, and wasn't appreciating it very much, so I moved all my stuff downstairs. To say I didn't appreciate the room, or the condo for that matter isn't right. I HATED THE PLACE! I WANTED THE PLACE TO DIE. I, IN FACT, HATED THE WHOLE SITUATION SO MUCH, THAT I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO NOT BOTHER TO UNPACK, BECAUSE WE WERE LEAVING IN A YEAR, SO WHY MAKE WORK FOR OURSELVES1
LOL. A year has more than come and gone, and we are not only still here, we are the proud owners. It's home, good, bad or otherwise. Mostly it's been good, except for the occasional package being stolen off the porch. That happens everywhere now. And recently we took proactive steps to try and keep that from happening in the future. We installed a back up security system with RING. I feel safer now, and much more comfortable. So, life marches on. I hope to have my office painted by October, but that might be unrealistic, as we are working on several projects around the house, and it's almost time for the birds to start migrating again. I am moving along with this project, but at a pace as slow as molasses. Why so slow? Partly because I am tired. Partly because I don't want to exhaust dear hubby over it, and partly because I want the to room to speak to me about how it wants to look.
When we decorated the kitchen, the walls screamed, PAINT ME WITH A HAPPY COLOR, YELLOW WOULD BE NICE! So we chose a vibrant shade of yellow. Squash Blossom. It makes the kitchen feel inviting. It makes cooking fun. Now it says, GOOD MORNING whenever we walk in there. The living Room is done in dark colors of black and rust tones, and this fall we are painting one wall a beautiful BEHR color called, Colorful Leaves. I don't know which way I will go when it comes to a color for my office, there are so many choices, and I have A TON of curtains to choose from as accessories. sometimes I take a look at all the curtains I have accumulated over the years and I am so grateful I have them, but OMG (eye roll) how many damn curtains does one woman need? Oh well, like I said, I am grateful I have them because the curtains, my candles, my owl baskets and my earth tone pillows will pull it all together.
This project is good for me.
I kinda want to use the Monologue I bought a while back. It's such a lovely light shade of lavender, but the color I had in my office last time, Purple Gladiola, was an amazing medium color of purple, that was not at all blinding, but rather deep and calming. Like lavender does for the senses, that color relaxes me. But on the other hand, so did Monologue. Oh my, I am just not sure yet which way to go with it. There is a lot to still figure out.Which, believe me, is a good thing right now. On a happy note, the other morning I was in bed, it was around 6:30 am, and I heard the sound of ducks, or perhaps, geese, flying over the house. I was a beautiful sound. It was the sound of autumn.
