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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...

Darla’s Reveal!!!

by perfectlyimperfect | Apr 6, 2010 | antiques, before and after, Chairs, fabric, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Project Gallery, tutorial, white

First, let me say two things: One, my computer is going to a new place of crazy and i’ve literally been trying to upload pictures to blogger all morning long! Second: let me say that our house is turning into a flea market as we wait to get in our...

I Just Had To Show You….

by perfectlyimperfect | Mar 31, 2010 | Chairs, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Projects around the house, Reupholstery

DON’T FORGET, THE 100 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY ENDS APRIL 2ND!!  CLICK HERE TO GET ENTRIES AND WIN!!This HOT mess I’m dealing with!Remember the lovely (and hideous ) chair?  Ok, I know there are some of you that love it….maybe…and I’m...

Because it’s just fun to be silly sometimes!

by perfectlyimperfect | Mar 19, 2010 | Chairs, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Random, upholstery

ODE TO A CHAIRAlmost passed you by,But that tacky gold roping did catch my eye.Your hideous upholstery and terrible paint job,Pained me for you; I quaked with a sob.But wait! There might be hope stirring in the air;I just might save this gaudy chair.It’s...

Be Still My Heart….

by perfectlyimperfect | Mar 1, 2010 | antiques, Chairs, decorating, great finds, white

**FOR VINTAGE BOOKS GIVEAWAY, GO HERE** Because this beauty now belongs to me…..She will move upstairs with me to my writing room–that’s what I’ve decided to call it for now because “office” seems so stuffy–this will...

My Grandmother’s Treasures

by perfectlyimperfect | Feb 28, 2010 | Chairs, Family, great finds, Things I Love, Treasures

Over the last year and a half my shopping tastes have changed drastically.  My eye for detail is different.  As excited as I get over walking into Loft, I get just as excited over walking into a flea market.  My eye sees differently….pays...

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And as of now, we are officially in virtual school And as of now, we are officially in virtual school. 💫⁣ ⁣ Believe it or not, this room still looks pretty much the same, years later, give or take a few extra crayon marks on the rug. I homeschooled my two kids here, and once they went back to public school, this room sat mostly unused. And while we may not use it every single day, it seems fitting that before we leave this home I thought I'd live in forever, this room serves three little heads and hearts one more time. 🧡⁣ ⁣ Oh, and yes, we are accepting prayers and meditations on our behalf. Amen.⁣ ⁣ #homeschool #playroom #schoolathome #kidsdecor
How did I grow up to be the mom of a blue-haired g How did I grow up to be the mom of a blue-haired girl? I'll tell you how.⁣ ⁣ They told me I should sit this way, speak that way, faith this way, smile just so. They told me how to be so I could make it. So I could succeed. So I could be their woman.⁣ ⁣ And I did all that and more, and still found moments and years where I was flat on my face.⁣ ⁣ They didn't all tell me out of malice. Some told me because that's what they had been told. Some told me because fear led their way.⁣ ⁣ And somewhere, inexplicably and divinely along the way, I told them thank you, but I got it from here. And now? I smile how I want. I speak how I want. I faith in a way that feels wholly right to me. I succeed and I fail and I'm good all the time, not because I'm perfect, but because I am. I am, for better or worse, my own woman.⁣ ⁣ This journey is not about arrogance. Being wholly who we are is magic. Becoming more of who we wholly are, in fact, usually gives us great pause in spreading harm around us. Becoming who we wholly are helps us give other people permission to be wholly who they are, too. Becoming more of who we wholly are is about the deep searching that happens outside of us, but mostly within us. Searching for the deep, spiritual soul places that lead us back to ourselves and to each other.⁣ ⁣ May I raise my daughters to be just that. Light Workers. Light Bearers. Voice Sharers. To try out blue hair streaks and short cuts, to think differently than everyone around them. To love themselves so much that they cannot help but love the whole world.⁣ ⁣ Dang, even writing it makes me tear up. For you, my darlings, I hope.⁣ ⁣ I hope. I hope. 💫⁣ ⁣ #lightworkers #forourdaughters #womenofinstagram #littlewomen #loveandlight #bluehairstreak
If ever there was a time to truly see one another, If ever there was a time to truly see one another, it is now.⁣ ⁣ We are the same and not at all.⁣ ⁣ It makes this life beautiful. It makes this life hard. And it makes this life human.⁣ ⁣ I keep hearing voices say that people aren't good. That this time shows it unequivocally. And while I'm aware of all this evil or uncertainty or lows...I will try, I will always try to believe that we are good.⁣ ⁣ Because there was a time I needed someone to believe I was good. And I needed me to believe it.⁣ ⁣ You are. I am.⁣ ⁣ Our belief in ourselves and one another doesn't just make a difference. It makes ALL the difference. Truly seeing each other is where our magic is.⁣ ⁣ -S⁣ ⁣ #quote #quotesofinstagram #seeingeachother #writer #wordsforchange #wordstoliveby
My in-real-time, messy but not-to-me painting corn My in-real-time, messy but not-to-me painting corner of our dining room. I hope to spend time with you this weekend, you magical, ordinary, extraordinary spot. 💫 Have a great weekend, all! #studio #painting #beautifulmess
Maybe one of the greatest questions I learned to a Maybe one of the greatest questions I learned to ask myself (after plenty of therapy & seeking) ever. Everything is a mirror. Everyone we meet, every conversation we have, all of our relationships...are mirrors. Each of them showing pieces of us to us. The trick is learning to see, to really see, with eyes looking inward, and not only outside of ourselves. The trick is the learning. And the practice of asking what we can give ourselves we so long for others to. The trick of the learning is hard. Impossible sometimes. But beyond worth my trying. Love to you tonight, friends. Give something to yourself you’ve been waiting for. ♥️ #quoteoftheday #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writer #paintpalette #givetoyourself
Challenge accepted. Women supporting women today & Challenge accepted. Women supporting women today & every single day. Challenged by my client, friend, businesswoman, and incredibly talented artist @amycrewsartist! #womensupportingwomen
You never had it all together, anyway.⁣ ⁣ I wr You never had it all together, anyway.⁣ ⁣ I wrote this the other day, sitting in a doctor's office, during a scary portion of the visit, and a lot came spilling out. In short, I'll tell you this. I have this tumor behind my retina. It was diagnosed 2 years ago, and is called a retinal hemangioblastoma. While this one is benign, its existence is linked to all kinds of other scary developments. I've had a few surgeries since finding out, and while I am grateful for all it is not, I also acknowledge how scary it can feel to know it is there, with me. We get to be brave and scared and grateful and not okay with everything, all at once. You are never just one thing. You get to be more complex than that. So do I.⁣ ⁣ And the falling apart we allow in ourselves allows new room to grow, to change, to see entirely new things. Plus, we never had it all together anyway.⁣ ⁣ I talked more in stories today about writing this, that day, and my feelings around all of the falling apart/being okay quandary in general. It's all saved in Words and Words II in my highlights if you want to watch.⁣ ⁣ Be scared. Be brave. Be okay. Be totally not okay. Be human. 😘⁣ ⁣ #human #fallapart #writer #quote #quotesofinstagram #landscapepainting #art
This week was hard. That’s it. No qualifiers. No This week was hard. That’s it. No qualifiers. No big explanations. And sometimes when things are hard, and the world is pressing in tightly, I’ve learned to rest. To step away from the extra and the noise. I spent more time cuddling and cooking and holding my kids a little more tightly. And I made one thing. And all of this...helps me to remember this hard week will be next week before I know it. P.S. mixed my newest favorite clay/salmon color this week. That’s all I made. It was more than enough. Swipe to see the time lapse. Happy Saturday, folks! 🎨

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