Painting in our life

Silly things can get us to think on Godly things such as painting our home.  We painted my daughter's room this past weekend and I started to think about my life in God's hands.  There is so much to say about God and His love and grace in our life.  Just imagine with me this thought I have....

As I would brush the paint on the walls and see the strokes cover the old paint I could not help to think that God's love covers our old self like that.  Even more then our old self how about some of our current self? Paint can change, transform the room and so does the love of God.  

Pondering on all of this I also thought about how many times a house can change it is design.  Like in fashion one day it is in and one day it is out....haha I took that from Project Runway. What I am trying to say is that despite how many years a house can be it will have had at least one more coat of paint through the years.  Our lives will have more then one coat of paint regardless of what we say or do God can and will cover us with His love. So in that I find such expecatncy to know that the strokes of God's love is covering it all leaving His grace to be my color!

If they can do it then why can't I....WE DID IT!

That's right! We went for it and painted our living room! Saturday morning we woke up with the urge to just paint the living room, just to go for it.  We watched a few 'how to paint' videos on YouTube which really gave us that confidence that we could accomplish the task at hand.  My husband ran to Lowes and bought the Valspar paint, rollers, edge brush, and whatever else he thought we needed. This really took away some of the fear in doing things our self.  My favorite part in this experience was working with my husband. In some way it just brought an extra strength to our marriage....we can do anything together!

If they can do it then why can't I....Paint continued

 I am setting July as our paint project month and so we have been sampling paints.  We picked up paint cards the last time I blogged about our process however the colors bombed. I have the whole look, design in my head but cannot get it out so our walls have patches every where of paint.  It is getting to where I am just going to paint white because the mess is past 'oh were sampling paints' or 'oh you know we have kids'.

We are looking at have a blueish color in our living room to blend with the dark leather/camel suede sectional we have and the darker woods. The halls and kitchen looking at a tanish/yellowish that will blend with the living room yet help make it seem open and bright.

In midst of sampling paint I am processing in my head 'oh my goodness we are going to paint ourselves'.  I continue to think that my main concern is edging.  If your great at it I will not mind if you want to come help us out because that would just be inspiring and appreciated! 

BUT tad-ah! We have selected our colors! Saturday night we happened to be watching HGTV when there it was the look we are going for.  Not exactly but the palette and tones and feel of welcome to our home.  Ultimatley not only are wanting a home where are kids will grow up to be all who God has called them to be but a home for others to feel the love of God.  So we see this house as a vechicle for raising our children and reaching people as we invite them in.

I was able to find a picture, even though it is not quite like seeing the whole space and colors but you can get the idea and link to the design we are going for:

 

Cape Cod Cozy HGTV Summer Homes

If they can do it then why can't I....Paint

I am setting July as our paint project month.  My husband and I went to go look at paints at Lowe's on Saturday and returned with questions like 'do we know what we want', 'do we know what we are doing', and 'can we find an interior designer'.  Even though there was a bit of trepidation in can we do this I am not giving up in my desire to this on our own.  If they can do it then why can't I?

We returned with one sample and will test the paint in a few areas around our house along with some other colors once we go back.  In my quest for inspiration and tips I was directed to http://www.younghouselove.com/ where she has such a good post on Keeping Things Cohesive With Paint.  Something in the way she has mapped out where in the house she painted has really helped me in narrowing down what I want the end paint project to look like.  I am ready to venture to Lowe's again for two or three paint samples in creating a color palette for our house.  I can see this now in my head how, with the color we choose, the house will look like.


These are diagram that really brought cohesive ideas in my not so artistic brain:

My engines are getting reved up for this project...well at least the part of finding the color that will emphasize the welcome we want every person to feel when they are in our home.  Taking one bite at a time as I know the actual laboring part will be that labor.

If they can do it then why can't I?

I am looking at embarking the journey of painting (and if successful some other do it ourselves projects) our home with my husband.  The painting that has taken place in our house since we moved in was contracted.  However I am feeling like I, like we should do it if all these other people do...why not?

• Maybe why not because in certain projects I do not have the patience.
• Maybe why not because the edges are intimidating....I am perfectionist so if I think it is not going to be straight then get a professional
• Maybe why not because patience......

Okay so in trying to make this list of 'why not' I am seeing that there really is no reason we cant do it!  There are so many blogs on people who redesign their home or show how to that I can grab inspiration from.  I invite you to join the journey of "If they can do it then why can't I"?   I will post our true honest pictures regardless if they look good or bad.......here goes to building my home even if I am not creative, artistic, crafty or handy!

On this note we are headed to search for paint....