*MASTER BEDROOM REVEAL!*
Making over this room was always about more than new paint and new furniture. It was about a new start, a new strength, a new hope. It gnawed at me everyday for over a year that this project wasn’t finished, but now that I’m writing this from my completely done bedroom… I get it.
I was supposed to take months and months and months to finish this. I was supposed to cry because of the holes in the ceiling and be disappointed at unbuilt furniture. I needed to take time to envision what a new room would look like. I needed to paint swatches on the wall to see if they felt like me, and to struggle finding the right rug. I needed to take days of rest.
This make over taught me that in life, you can’t rush out of the uncomfortableness. You can’t hurry to patch a hole in the wall with paper. You can’t just pick any paint color. You can’t replace your 20 year old furniture with the first cheap thing you find. And most importantly, you can’t just close the door and walk away, pretending that the mess doesn’t exist.
So I took my time. I didn’t settle for table lamps when I really wanted beautiful, hanging lights. I didn’t buy an in stock bed because it was convenient. I didn’t hire painters. I waited for all these things to be delivered and come together on their own time. I (reluctantly) asked for help from family and friends, and I spent many days wiping away tears and sweat in order to make room for happy and calm. And now, I get to open my eyes every morning to something fresh, something I created just for me. It’s not perfect, and it’s not what I ever thought my room would look right now. But it doesn’t have to be because I’m also learning that somethings can turn out even better than what you thought of on your own.
