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Kitchen Reveal

by perfectlyimperfect | Sep 29, 2014 | before and after, decorating, design, Kitchen Renovation, Project Gallery, Styling, white

It seems like half a lifetime ago when I first mentioned working on the kitchen.  The bulk of the work was done in a couple of weeks, but we took our time finding the right hardware and breadboards and you know, the important things. Waaay back in the day of...

Winter Wonderland Christmas Mantel

by perfectlyimperfect | Nov 30, 2010 | Christmas, decorating, painting, white

It’s that time! I should have never bragged that I would get 3 mantelscapes done, because it’s definitely not happened.That’s okay….give me some time.:-)Plus, I’ve told you I couldn’t decorate for Christmas and I’ve been...

Guest Bedroom End Table Makeover

by perfectlyimperfect | Oct 20, 2010 | bedroom, before and after, flea markets, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Project Gallery, Styling, white

Hey there!  Finally coming at you from the Baltimore area today….really loving it up here!  Love the weather, the history of the cities we’re visiting, love the leaves that are actually turning the shades of Fall…just LOVE IT! I also convinced my...

Whitewashing vs. Dry Brushing

by perfectlyimperfect | Oct 12, 2010 | Dry Brushing, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Project Gallery, tutorial, white

I’ve gotten so many emails (if you’ve emailed in the last week, I promise, I’m working on replying 🙂 on this topic, that I thought it was appropriate to write a post on whitewashing vs. dry brushing. Sometimes choosing a treatment for a piece can be...

White Aged Vanity Tutorial

by perfectlyimperfect | Sep 28, 2010 | before and after, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, Project Gallery, tutorial, Video, video post, white

Sometimes I feel a little silly when I write tutorials, mostly because I’m afraid most everyone is thinking how simple these steps are. And they are! I didn’t take photos of every step, but this should give you a good idea how I achieved the finish....

White Aged Antique Vanity

by perfectlyimperfect | Sep 22, 2010 | before and after, Dry Brushing, Furniture Makeovers, painting, Perfectly Imperfect: Restoration, white

It seems as though I just have to work a little harder to hang out with you guys lately.  Me, my computer, and my phone are all on if-fy terms as of late. All in the past for today and we’ve got a new computer request for Christmas.  Anybody got a used macbook...
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Love is soul work. When we've walked down the pat Love is soul work. When we've walked down the path to a hell of our own and come out on the other side, what we fought for is precious. The balance we found is sacred. The joy we found in ourselves is holy, and we know, deep down, we will never go back to life as we knew it before.⁣ ⁣ So when something comes along, especially a person, and knocks that balance off, it is terrifying. It is on the edge of offensive. Because the mind will say, "no, you can't have me." But if we let it, if we are open, the soul will say this, "No one is having you. You are sharing yourself. And if you decide not to share yourself, let it be because you decide that is right, and not because you have decided already you cannot."⁣ ⁣ Falling in love after deep loss and healing is BANANAS. It is a little treacherous, even. But love is soul work. It is for the mind and body and heart, all wrapped up softly in soul. The soul-led choices in my life have been the most full. Scared, but able to just say so. Brave, but not because there is no fear. Assured, not because I know the outcome, but because I trust myself.⁣ ⁣ These little acknowledgments of our true, whole selves are the key, I'm convinced. To whole living, not so disrupted by fear and anxiety, but stopped by them, for a moment, only to decide which direction they should go next.⁣ ⁣ Pain is living. Fear is living. Living means to allow them to walk quietly beside us, and turn inward for the whole direction that comes next...from the soul.⁣ ⁣ -From Chapter 14 of The Middle and a little extra. The video of the chapter reading posted yesterday in case you missed it! ❤️⁣ ⁣ #love #quote #quotesofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #loveafterloss #loveoverfear #soulwork
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

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