That pretty much sums up how I feel. I would love to feel creative and into the holiday spirit, but it ain't happening. I'm blaming it all on pregnancy hormones. This time around I have been way more moody and bitchy. I hate it. I know, I could change my attitude, fake it until I make it, but that's too much work. I'd rather wallow in my misery. Blah, that's me.
Re-reading that last paragraph makes me sad. What's my problem? I'm usually pretty optimistic about things. This totally isn't me. Changes need to be made. Really, living in a constant 'blah' state is no way to live. I'm gonna pick myself up and MAKE things better. If I don't make changes now, then I'll turn out like those bitter, grumpy people I dislike being around.
Okay, now on to something more positive. Talking about my house and looking at house porn makes me happy. Here are some of my favorites.
I LOVE this room. I love the mix of neutrals with the soft green on the walls. I love the bamboo and other natural textures. I love the brown toile in the draperies. I love everything about it. I want this room.
I like this kitchen. I've always been a fan of white cabinets. We currently have bizarro
two-toned cabinets (honey & pickled green) that we will attempt to refinish, but if that doesn't work out we're painting them white. That island in the middle is really nice. I think I like this most because it is do-able. Not too big, not too small, just right. Oh, I'm also a sucker for
plaid.
The more I look at this picture the more I want to skip the whole cabinet refinishing and just go for the white. I'll have to work on my wood grain-loving husband...
I think I'd like a calming bedroom like this. We recently painted our
hideous master bathroom this pretty
blue/green color. I was planning on painting the bedroom a rich brown, but may continue the bathroom color into the bedroom, then use chocolate brown as accents, kind of going for the look of the first room I posted. I'll do a chocolate upholstered headboard, the bamboo shades with the brown toile curtains, use my off white coverlet and lots of neat throw pillows in shades of blue-green and brown. I know my husband will
love that (he so hates my throw pillows)!
And now from dreamland to the real world. This is one of my favorite views in my house. This is what I see if I'm laying on my left side in bed. I guess what I like about this is the mixture of the wood floors with the armoire and the big white crown molding. It's also nice how the light filters through the sheers of the french doors. It reminds me of a hallway in an old house.
Of course there are lots of eye sores I'd like do away with in my house. Besides the freakish cabinets I'd like to do away with this spiral staircase, but until we can afford a contractor to build a new 'real' staircase it will have to do. I think I'll try repainting it and covering the treads with burlap. These stairs lead up to my sewing studio and the attic. Oh, and that sofa is no longer there. We had the old sofa stashed there for a while when we first got our new one.
And then there's the floating mantle. I don't know what was going on when this was designed, but it's weird. (Please excuse my ripeness, but Alex was in there at the time.) I'm thinking for a cheap and easy solution I can just paint the part beneath and around the mantle white, so that it blends better. I think that will make it look less floaty. I know that we'll have to eventually remove the mantle and the the fireplace surround. But I'm not in the mood to put that much work into it right now.
Okay, I guess I've blabbed about my house enough. Ahh, I feel better already!
Here is my first embroidery project. I was first inspired a few months back by Amanda's embroidery of her son's art. I thought it was a brilliant idea. The challenge was getting Lily to draw something, as she isn't much of a drawer. She'd much rather color a coloring page. I finally got her to draw a picture of her Grandmother's house. I think she did a pretty good job. That big flower on the right is a sunflower, because Maw-maw Brenda grew some sunflowers on the side of her house this summer. I made this as a birthday gift Maw-maw Brenda, which is this Friday. I sure hope she likes it...what Grandmother wouldn't?
