Coming off the high of a “new” kitchen I am seriously considering redoing my bedroom. And when I say “redoing” I mean – doing something. Painting, Shabby Chic-ing, Wallpapering the ceiling. Something. For the last two and a half years it has been a place to sleep and change. There is no life. No Me in there. Green walls left over from the previous occupants. A bed, some nasty furniture and an ironing board smack in the middle that serves no purpose but to hold transitional stuff.
Wall Art.
I suppose that for the past two and a half years I’ve looked at this little apartment as temporary. A stop in between on the way to somewhere else. Somewhere else – like marriage. Maybe that’s at the heart of it. I hoped to marry. I hope to marry. And Move. Or at least expand. Or at the very least, move out of that bedroom.
But here I am, ready to own it. It’s my place. I need to Make it My Place. A place I want to be. A dwelling.
dwell [dwɛl] vb dwells, dwelling, dwelt [dwɛlt], dwelled (intr)
1. Formal, literary to live as a permanent resident
Clothed with Joy 
Do it!!! Bloom where you’re planted. Make that room your spot and a place of beauty and rest, a little garden.
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I like the “little garden” idea…
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I’ve been feeling that way about our “starter” house. For ten years I expected to move on. Now…. I think we might be here forever. Changing my thoughts means changing my heart about this place.
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I agree about changing the heart. It seems to be where everything starts.
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Take down the ironing board…..it’s a start…..i love wall words too, i have a Kahil Gibran one on my kitchen wall.
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I did! The room feels so much bigger.
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“Wherever you are, be all there”- Jim Elliott. I have always loved that.
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The further I move down this journey of life, the more I realize that, even though I think I am “all there,” I am not. I need to be intentional about it. Good quote! Thanks for sharing.
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