I remember when I first started writing about my home, it was totally real time.  Photos were barely edited much less styled, and I never thought twice about things like dust on the floor, lego people on tables, & ugly black cords.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

And while I never started caring much about those, when this blog became partly about decorating inspiration, well, I had to think about those things.  It was never about perfection, but people are reading some of the posts because they’d like a little more inspiration & a little less dust.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

So there was a time when I photoshopped out every speck of trash, and every black cord in my home that I missed during a photoshoot.  And while I’m not a martyr just yet (because I still use photoshop), some things are just around.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

Like the ugly black cords that hang from my sconces in the foyer.  They’re here.  They hang. On the white wall.  They’re ugly.  They’re a pain to photoshop out.

But they’re just cords for God’s sake.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

We all have them.

The foyer still looks just fine, and no one is on this blog for perfection anyway.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

But I’ll not lie to you.

I’m still photoshopping out the truly annoying bits.  Like a spot light that covers up a vase on the mantel or a feather that falls on the table in the middle of a spring tablescape.  Truth.

Perfectly Imperfect | Ugly Cords & Simple Decorating

But I shall not photoshop out the puppies that come to visit during a shoot.

Shan’t.