DECORATOR'S REMORSE

At my job, I get to see a lot of people's homes. I see big homes, small homes, messy homes, clean homes. I see homes by Kirkland, homes by Pier 1, and homes by brand names I can't pronounce, much less afford! You'd think after all the homes I've seen, I'd have come up with some good ideas of my own.

But no.

My  decorator's remorse  is inevitable. A trip to the hardware store & two coats of paint. Such is the length of my commitment to a color scheme, and I'm blaming Pinterest. Someone ought to be blamed for my indecisiveness. What's the first website I turn to for inspiration and ideas?  To which website did I pin 20,000 images to a B E D R O O M S  board and no two have a single pillow case in common? Which website is responsible for the chevron pandemic of 2010? How about for taking C.S. Lewis quotes out of context as the basis for hipster religion? Maybe that's a different topic, but you get the point.

That's right. PINTEREST. I love it & hate it; don't you?

Pinterest often robs me of my originality & creativity! I'm too busy staring at a screen admiring other people's homes and not busy enough actually living in my own. I love creating, and I want to create a home that is true to myself. That means it will never be perfect, and it will never be finished, and I'm okay with that.

And I know, I know. You saw a great quote on Pinterest the other day that more beautifully articulates what I just said.  ;)

End rant.

HONEYSUCKLE WAY

About a year ago, I put a contract in on my first home! I'm not married & don't have any kids, so it was a big milestone for me. I remember going several times to look at my empty place, imagining with my sister (& roomie) all the things we could do & how beautiful it would look. It was CLEAN, had new laminate wood flooring, and was painted neutral throughout: a perfect blank canvas. We talked about the furniture we owned or had acquired, where it would go, what we needed to buy still.. I imagined how clean we would keep it. I imagined all the classy dinner parties we'd host. Even though it looked the same as all the others on the outside (just with different cars covering the front porch), I knew ours would be 1000x's more fabulous inside!

Fast forward 10-ish months: this place is looking only slightly better than a college dorm room. Ok, maybe it's a lot better than that.. but GEEZ, furnishing and decorating a home is expensive, and around here, we're livin' paycheck to paycheck! We have to work with what we already have. We're sucky at hanging things levelly. We are the epitome of DIY fails. I think we inherited our non-handiness from our dear ol' dad.

So what I'm saying is: this is an interior decorating blog written by a girl who isn't very good at interior decorating! I DO appreciate beautiful interiors; I SO appreciate them! As a child, my mother subscribed to House Beautiful and Veranda. I took Interior Design in high school. Back then, it all made sense because it was all pretend. Work with an imaginary $10,000 to design my dream bedroom? No problem! But this is the journey & the struggle & the triumphs of a young girl decorating on a budget.

Welcome to Honeysuckle Way!