I feel myself (and my family) moving away from colors that
are easy and “trendy” and moving into ones that are bright and bold. Maybe it’s
because we just did a brave, bold thing, and it’s a bit of a hangover from
living this new life. I’m not sure. But I find myself gravitating toward color
and patterns and other new ideas that I might not have ever considered in the
house where everything was normal and comfortable and…the same as it had been
since we built that home.
Then the other day, my kids and I cleaned out the garage and
finished unpacking a number of our remaining boxes (the ones not in storage)
and as we did we found bits and pieces of our past. Things we’ve collected on
vacations or that we’ve just simply loved. And we got them out because in our
life of uncertainty, we have a strong need to have little reminders of the
familiar and the happy things from before.
And in doing so, I realized something. Yes, we’re thinking
bold and bright, changing up colors and ideas, but as I lined the tops of our
kitchen cabinets with bottles of sand and sea shells we have collected from all
over the world, I realized that color aside, the core of our style, the core of
our family, is very much the same.
Turns out, my fairy collection goes well with our new
beach-esque color scheme, and our art pieces still move us to smiles. So while
our style has evolved and cycled in a big way, we are still who we were before.
Just maybe more open, more conscious, and with a bigger, wider view of things.
And I think maybe that is exactly the point.
But, um, I’m still looking for a desk for my office, so if
you have a great tip on where I should look, I’d love to know.
