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by | Jul 3, 2015 | #PIinspired, All Things Furniture, blogging, built by Matt, Chairs, decorating, design, Design Board, dining room, eye candy, hardware, Inspiration, Living Room, Uncategorized

Good Morning from the beach! I’m sitting outside enjoying my morning coffee and wondering if I ever have to come home. Do I??  Maybe nah. We’ve been digging around for inspiration while gearing up to work on some projects both at my home and for...

All things furniture #15 features

by perfectlyimperfect | Nov 18, 2011 | All Things Furniture, Furniture Makeovers, Project Gallery

You know you can’t wait to paint something when you see an incredible furniture transformation?? That’s how I’ve felt all week…I just keep seeing these amazing makeovers and all of this creativity!  It’s what made me decide to have a...

the military desk & an all things furniture link up!

by perfectlyimperfect | Nov 17, 2011 | All Things Furniture, Furniture Makeovers, Project Gallery

Today’s one of those days. One of those days where everything seems to be going not necessarily wrong, but just off. I can’t get/keep Ava happy and content, and I’m slowly beginning to grow gray hairs.  Hence, a quick post and a link up! I’ve...

All things furniture chalk paint features

by perfectlyimperfect | Nov 3, 2011 | All Things Furniture, CHALK PAINT, The Painted Furniture Co.

Happy furniture-focused Thursday, friends!! As much as I hate to do it, I think we’re going to semi-pause our furniture linky party around these parts. I know, I know….I’m sad, too.  But…it’s only because I really want a little more time...

all things furniture (funky) features & link party # 13

by perfectlyimperfect | Oct 6, 2011 | All Things Furniture, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Project Gallery

I don’t know why I’m so excited to be writing this post today, but I am! Maybe it’s because I finally had a chance to sit down and look through all of your gorgeous links, and maybe because I found some pieces and folks today that I just thought were...

all things furniture features & link party # 12

by perfectlyimperfect | Sep 29, 2011 | All Things Furniture, Furniture Makeovers, Project Gallery

Thank you to everyone who commented on yesterday’s letter to the birthday boy.  We are certainly concerned, but we are content in the waiting.  He started some meds yesterday and is quite the groggy fella, so I’m actually watching him build an empire with...
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We’re packing and donating today, but I snuck in We’re packing and donating today, but I snuck in a little painting this week...this accidental palette makes me feel all the good things. Happy long weekend! 😊 #paint #thickpaint #paintpalette
Weird art for weird humans. My kind of thing. ♥️ 🎨
You are always moving through it. No matter how s You are always moving through it. No matter how slowly, or how painfully, or how gracefully even (some days), you are always moving through it. It is already happening.⁣ ⁣ Don't ever forget this truth...while some days feel like years and some heartaches feel like they will never fade, even a little, you are moving through it already. It is as sure as the hurt you feel: The next sun is already rising to meet you.⁣ ⁣ #truth #writer #writersofinstagram #movingthroughpain #thewayoutisthrough #quote #quotesofinstagram #wordstoliveby #perfectlyimperfect
Having my color charts displayed may be one of the Having my color charts displayed may be one of the simplest pleasures I’ve enjoyed during this at home/weirdness. So happy it’s Saturday & bacon & eggs are about to begin. And all the coffee. Have a good one friends...and tell me, what’s something small & simple that brings you joy in your home right now?? 😊 #colorchart #colorstudy #painting #wreath
And in light of yesterday's post...this one's for And in light of yesterday's post...this one's for you. You were never meant to be one thing. You were meant to be everything. 🧡⁣ ⁣ #quote #quotesofinstagram #wordstoliveby #writer #perfectlyimperfect
If you're like me, you aren't super crazy about ha If you're like me, you aren't super crazy about having your picture taken. There are a few, though, that do sort of encapsulate who you are as a human, and this is one of my few favorites of myself. It was taken a few years ago, at the home of a client in Texas in the middle of an oiling town, where we were prepping to style and install our restaurant design. I love that this moment captures me, and little nuances that are me, then and now. It's almost like looking at myself through different eyes. Funny how photographs and art can do this.⁣ ⁣ My hair on top of my head, my feet bare, wearing hole-y jeans (because I will always), a paint brush in my hand and a glass of wine beside me. I'm wearing the necklace I've worn everyday for the past five years or so. I'm wearing my classic ray bans...I like fun things, but I like simple jewelry and un-flashy glasses and bags (shoes are another story) and when I find something that works for me, it just sticks. I'm painting vintage tins we would use for holding succulents that would sit atop each table in the restaurant. I can guarantee you I am thinking & feeling these things in the few minutes leading up to this moment and the few following:⁣ ⁣ What a beautiful sky.⁣ This wine is fabulous and dry and ridiculously cold.⁣ Why didn't we just buy little planters?⁣ It's fun to paint with my friend, though.⁣ It's fun to have fun.⁣ I am so grateful for this, but I am so deeply sad. My hurt is so deep and wide it reaches the ends of the earth.⁣ Look up at the sky.⁣ Breathe it in.⁣ You're okay.⁣ And you're not okay at all.⁣ But you are here.⁣ You are alive and you are loved and you are here.⁣ Hang on.⁣ Ash says something silly or I say something irreverent.⁣ Laughter.⁣ Picture snapped.⁣ Crap.⁣ She took my picture.⁣ Give me the phone.⁣ Okay, okay.⁣ Smile again slightly.⁣ Look up at the sky.⁣ You are okay.⁣ ⁣ Isn't it bizarre how we can be simultaneously full of joy and pain all at once? I love having this picture saved in a folder on my computer. So I can look at her. And remember that I get to be brave and bold and happy and deeply sad all at once if needed. She was okay. And I'm okay. ❤️
You know, I spent the day in sessions with @thecre You know, I spent the day in sessions with @thecreativeexponent mentoring group & community, talking about all this GRACE we have to give ourselves. This GRACE to start slow, to begin again, to love hard, to fall, to climb, to work smart, to rest when we need to. This last few weeks...it is only by GRACE I’m here. I’m tired and worn and having a hard time doing all the things I’d like to do in a work day. And this week is about being here, in this home, being with this family of mine and helping my mom. And while the list is still there, and the photo shoots will wait, I couldn’t think of a better thing to share than this. This picture that represents the shoots that didn’t happen last week, the mountain we all had to climb to get here to find love in this way together, and the GRACE we can choose to give ourselves when life is bananas. The list isn’t going anywhere, friends. You’ll get it done. I will. In the meantime, I’ll do what has to be done each day for my business, & I’ll care for the people I love. I’ll braise pork chops and bake cinnamon rolls and I’ll be okay not getting every single thing on my work list knocked off. I’ll love them well. And I’ll love me well, too. Let’s love ourselves so well and so deep and so wide GRACE can’t help but ride the waves with us, carrying us to simpler days. Let’s remember to let ourselves be carried. P.S. I shared this pic on stories not too long ago...and one of the greatest joys of my life is watching my parents fall in love again, with this man & how he loves me & our family. Talk about being carried by grace into beautiful moments...this picture is literally worth a million words that can’t possibly convey their meaning. #writersofinstagram #grace #family #balance #wordstoliveby
Posting tonight at “not the right time.” Just Posting tonight at “not the right time.” Just up too late thinking about painting & loving & living. Knowing we’re all feeling different things and all the same things. Don’t ever forget how unique you are. Don’t ever forget how universal you are. How your unique perspectives are a voice for universal problems, for universal pain. For universal hope. For all of us. You are needed, love. You are absolutely needed. ♥️
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