Happy Friday!! Spring is just about in full bloom here in Atlanta and the feeling of infectious happiness seems to have come with it. There is just something about flowers that has the most magnificent effect on our mood, don’t you think? I think I’ve entered a new era of my life. I cannot get enough of florals, especially the soft, billowy varieties like hydrangeas and lilacs and even dogwoods and viburnum. It’s funny because I thought this would be a fleeting fling with blue and florals and I’d go back to my dark neutrals… but something about this combination is feeding the depths of my soul. I know. How dramaaaaatic! Wouldn’t you be disappointed if I offered you anything less? Hahahah
But the funny thing is… it’s not the same drama as the stark black and white interiors that have awaked our souls for these past few years, but something softer, lighter, more soothing and yet nothing has made my heart leap like this… maybe ever.
I thought I’d order a few pillows and some vases and some flowers and stick them in my storage area after a few weeks, but instead I’ve kept every single last thing I’ve ordered and continued to order more. I told Jack he needed to check my temperature! What is going on with this girl?!
There’s something optimistic and hopeful about this palette and the infusion of florals. It is… intoxicating. I can’t get enough… as in, I’m ordering blue tile samples, floral books, and even floral wallpaper. Gasp. I KNOW!! Insert Jack checking my temp!
I took almost an entire year to ask myself what my ultimate dream home would be. I tried a lot, visited homes to try out a few styles I thought might be the answer… and the funny thing is, that for all the running around and exploration… I found myself right where I started. I found my home… and not just in the sense like I have had for so many years while gallivanting around the world where I say things like, “wherever we are together, that is home!” But a true sense of peace that there’s no where else I’d rather be… no place I’d rather wake up to. I used to use the tag line “Helping others find their way home.” It’s probably still on the blog! Hahaha I just didn’t realize that when I set out to help others that I would learn so much myself. I mean, I started this journey online in my 30’s which obviously is the age at which we all become experts, right?! Hahaha.
Life is a funny thing, isn’t it? I doubt I’m done learning. Actually, I feel like I’m just getting started. (Though I may have said when we moved into our current home, “Dig a hole when I’m done and bury me in the backyard because I’m never moving again!” Which would have been very poignant if I hadn’t said that every time we moved. Hahahahahaha).
I have no idea where we are going, what room makeovers will come from this (or will it all stay the same??) but I do know this. There’s no where else I’d rather be and I feel damn lucky to be on this journey with my very best friends, true kindreds of the heart I would call you, on the journey with me. I am the richest girl in the world – to have so many friends all around the world. Wow. What a profound treasure.
I don’t know if you are on a journey yourself, or if you have it all figured out, if you are just getting started or if you are done, as in “stick-a-fork-in-this-one” kind of done! But I hope in my own little way that I can encourage you to see your home as something so much more than a place you sleep, but to see it for what it truly can be- the one place where you are allowed to be you, the one place your dreams can come true, the one place where magic can always exist… if you are bold enough to believe it is possible.
I love you all so much and thank God for each of you. I wish you a beautiful weekend ahead, and I hope I’ll get to catch up with you if you happen to be in our neck of the woods of the internet. Either way, I hope you will buy yourself some flowers and remember that they represent the magic that still exists in the world and there is no better day than today to bloom!
Your loyal, forever friend,
V
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