I’m almost done painting this room,
I really need to do a dining room progress post!
Paint is Behr All in One: Studio Taupe (a warm gray)
Living Authentically
As many of you might know, one of the underlying themes of The Inspired Room is living authentically at home. And in order to live authentically, you have to be deliberate with your choices — it is important to consider your purpose and intention for your home and life.
One of the ways I live intentionally is I have specific but realistic goals I want to focus on. And I have a whole list of things that are just NOT going to happen this year. What is NOT on my list is almost as important as what IS on the list. I have to say no to a lot of things I would love to do, they just aren’t right for me now.
So, here is the short list of things I do want to work on around my house this year!
Goal #1
Say good-bye to swine.
Same goal as last year. I have a real aversion to my mauve, flesh toned walls. They just make me feel unsettled. And if something actually makes me feel miserable in my own home, I have to deal with it. It might take me longer than a year to paint every wall in my house, but I’ll give it my best shot in 2011 and whatever I manage to do will be better than nothing, right?
I have a few areas of my home that I’d like to transform in more ways than just paint, but I’m not going to put unnecessary pressure on myself right now by calling them “my goals”! But don’t be surprised if there is are quite a few mini home projects in my future. For now, my goal is painting.
Goal #2
Make changes to how we use the space we have, so we can function more efficiently.
We’ve had an incredibly busy life and schedule since we moved here. Our house has not been our top priority. But it is becoming more clear to me how we could use our space more efficiently and how that efficiency would contribute to our well-being. So I definitely have some plans in the works to create a home that really works for us, and it might involve a few fun projects along the way.
Goal #3
Love living in our home.
I don’t want to focus so much on how to improve our home or make it more beautiful that I don’t leave time to just enjoy being in it! That means we have to pace ourselves. I’m not the kind of girl who gets a project done around the house every day, or even every week. Sometimes a month goes by without doing a project. And that is all for good reason (yes, it’s intentional!), living has to come first.
What are your goals for your home in 2011? Let’s discuss!!
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i have desperately tried to make our home a place we LOVE. not to JUST be pretty…but comforting. it’s hard to do with 4 kids, 2 dogs, homschooling and my studio is in my home!
my goal is paint some of those rooms that just make me sigh and don’t excite me or comfort me. i need colors i WANT to live in!
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My plan is to finish painting my whole house, too! Every single wall needed repainting when I moved in June of 2010. I’ve done less than half. Lot’s to do!
“swine”, lol! That cracked me up!
Love your blog. I just posted something on my blog about cleaning/organizing for the new year. Seems everyone is on a kick to do that. I’ve already started making a new giveaway pile. We just gave a bunch of stuff away about 1 month ago!
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I got carried away at Nester’s, cuz I could finally see what I wanted everything to look like *done*, thanks to Emily’s post &analogy to canvas & a place to create. So, having read up on your authenticity, and *having* to be realistic, here goes. I broke mine down by rooms, to literally finish each one top to bottom-incl painting walls, ceilings, and selecting that which will be “done in the sun”-a la driveway. GOAL ROOMS/AREAS 1)DiningRoom current drag&drop, future home of promises to dear momma (89yo Sat/tmrw!)-aubergine,oak,&turquoise/aqua; 2)Kitchen-incl ripping out all cab’s,making the sink wall *all* backsplash-sheet metal! Turquoise&bicycle yellow! 3) CenterHall,stairs Up,Up hall; 4) Enclosed porch cum office, AC&heated, OfficialDisasterArea–back to Office on smaller scale, Sewing/Knitting, with antique twin 4poster as daybed for naps and/or sleeping porch. Real guest room up, waits til 2012. I have some furniture concoctions&colors up my sleeve for the downstrs, not tellin’ what pcs am gonna bolt together yet, heh heh. If there should be a miracle and I can do the LivRm&back entry/bsmt stairwell too? Gravy on top o the smooshed tatoes.
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Instead of a year goal, I have a six month goal, since my husband deploys this weekend for half the year. I would like to repaint my bedroom. Carrington Beige by Ben Moore, which is a greenish gray, and touch up my kitchen cabinets with Ivory Tusk by Ben Moore too. Maybe touch up my flower planters too for the front door. I hope I can get it done before he returns, it would be one less thing on his list.
I appreciate your comment that living has to come first. It is real easy to me to get caught up in what I love doing rather than feeling it’s okay just to love and be loved without doing anything. Great perspective!
I have so many home goals, i don’t even know where to begin…thanks for the inspiration Melissa!
xo
M
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I have a goal to finally get all the painting done….
another goal…make my home “My Home” ….I tend to get lost in all the wonderful ideas out there in blog land and love so many ideas I want to do them all.
I need to learn to be me and just me…with a little help from blog land. {not sure if that made since =}
Thanks for your wonderful blog
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Your swine comment had me laughing. I pictured little pig tchatchkes scattered all over your home. I actually looked up to make sure I was reading the right blog! I can relate to the walls and I too want mine painted this year along with the sage green (yuck) trim the previous owner left me.
Paint party anyone?
Your Friend,
Deborah
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You know what, I agree I get lots of people who find me from your blog. I think it is because you have the cool feature that mentions what the last blog post was – very clever. It often gets my attention as well.
I had to be very realistic about what I can accomplish around the house this year too, as it is going to be a busy year – what with my son getting married, my daughter off to university, and me going on a volunteer trip to Bangladesh in the summer to teach in the Speech-Language department. All exciting things, but they all take time, money, and energy away from house projects.
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I love the shade of Gray that you chose for your walls. I can’t get enough gray right now. We finished our basement a couple months ago and we painted the walls “Slate” from Restoration Hardware. I thought it might be too dark for the basement, but its really not. It has made the room look so dramtic with the white trim. Love it!
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I love your intentionally and I love your intentional goals.
Fondly,
Glenda
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I easily get overwhelmed by all things that I feel need to be done in my home. I’ve been here 10 years, and its time to replace the carpets. Since this is a big expense, since I might be going with hardwood, it might be the only thing that gets done this year. But I am okay with that, as it could drastically change the look of the house!
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ORGANIZATION! I do not have a house, I have a teeny tiny apartment, a husband, and two adorable kittens. We do not have space and I am constantly pulling my hair out, and am tempted to just throw everything away and start from scratch. We are also recent graduates with astronomical debt and all furniture and home items were free, a.k.a. not my style. So I want to spruce up what we have and make it my own. And if I could do that and not spend any money that would be fabulous.
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This time of year I have the constant itch to REdecorate! It is amazing that just 1 new home accessory can justify painting the entire room. I’m inspired!!!
My goal is to not be afraid of change. We’ve been in our home for 8 1/2 years and things have stayed pretty much the same since we moved in. I see so many wonderful ideas and get so much inspiration from blogs, but I don’t have the courage to take the leap of faith and make a change. It’s really silly, I know. It’s not like changing the wall color is that scary, it’s just intimidating. This year my goal is to change one thing at a time. At least that’s a start.
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I have big plans for my house this year. I live in a old home that my husband and I renovated about eight years ago. Since then, kids have arrived on the scene, slowing things down considerably and we’ve just been busy living life.
There are some small things that never got finished on our reno, other things like peeling paint on the exterior that is just routine maintenance. I’ve never really hung a lot of pictures on the walls or felt like I’ve completed any rooms.
So, my plan is to deep clean and decorate room by room. Wish me luck! I enjoy reading your blog, it truly is an inspiration!
I have wanted to paint in my house for years now, but have been too scared of picking out the wrong colors. One of my goals is to just do it. We also really need to totally redo our walls in order to paint, so the first goal would be to get rid of the gross grasscloth (I know grasscloth is in, but not this early ’90′s mess!). Once I figure out how to do that (it’s plastered somehow to paneling), it’s all about elbow grease. : )
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My main goal is to make it livable without it feeling cramps. It’s not a big house and have a lot of stuff, so I either have to find places to fit everything or some stuff is just gonna have to go.
Great post and really great and achievable goals. Thanks.
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Oh, I forgot to add that I love your paint color. It really is a warm gray.
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