This is how we are living in it right now, one month in. Where We Are Now – One Month In (Not Officially Decorated) So we redesigned the house to ensure that this main space was bursting with natural light.Īdditionally, as you can see the ceilings were stained very dark (almost burgundy) and the walls were also painted dark. The room had three west-facing windows, which were blocked with bushes, and the north window didn’t bring in too much light. One of our main goals (that we admittedly obsessed over, almost pathologically) was to brighten it in every single way. To recap: as you can see the living room when we bought it was super spacious but very dark. So after weeks of punishing myself, I’m lacing up and headed out on the court to win game 2. I made a couple of dumb plays, I blew an easy shot and I lost us this game. This renovation, this room, isn’t my last game. And I’ve convinced finally myself that this is not game 7 of the tied world series. So here I am, ready to talk through the regrets. This is why I chose to be a design blogger and NOT an interior designer with clients (where you can rarely admit nor document your mistakes). can avoid the same mistake or learn through my problem-solving. The real value I can add to the world is documenting my design process, and often making mistakes so you A. I’m not a perfect design expert, obviously. What I have to remind myself all the time is that A. And after weeks of being very angry at myself for it not turning out like I had thought it would, I’m moving through the regret and creating a solution with a heavy dose of perspective. But I messed up on this living room and it feels like watching myself miss a basic free throw to lose the game, over and over and over on the big screen. ![]() ![]() I feel like with this house, I (we) had a lot of incredible plays that we really nailed–big ‘running it back for a touchdown’ moments that I love so much. Here’s my armchair theory – due to the sheer volume of games you play, and how hard you go at it on the court, you are proportionately more vulnerable to getting hurt despite your experience and “expertise”. ![]() After doing this content creation thing for 14 years I consider myself a professional at documenting my design process in a very public way, yet like a seasoned athlete, the harder you play the more prone to injury you can be.
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