white & fuzzy

guess who has a new rug in her new cube?

i'm in the process of igloo-izing my very light tan cube. 
simplify, simplify, simplify
de-clutter

& wear green crocs!

home make-over.

some of you might remember when i first moved in to the barn loft. i remember painting the green wall, and almost crying. not because the serpentine color is so rich, but because it was symbolic of settling down...of making home.

saturday morning, i woke up with so many thots. they swirled and swirled until i caught them all and made them sit down on a piece of paper (well, many pieces of paper). then, out of nowhere i had a vision for my space. i quickly drew out the new upstairs floor plan & schemed when i could rearrange everything.

later that afternoon, i told my friend about this idea over a 3pm lunch, and he said he would help me move right after we stopped by the good will. so...we scuffed the floors, pushed, pulled, and turned the loft into a space i feel like i can keep growing into.

with that... here's the simple home make-over : everything i own, shifted around.

please visit brooke's site missuloveu for some whimsical expressions of all things she loves. she (and her work) are a delight.

what i realized later was that it was no coincidence that my morning thoughts were intermingled with the vision for this space. this new layout symbolizes where i'm at in life: grounded & expansive. and that's exactly what i had been journaling about.

the barn: welcome

so it's finally happening. i'm moving.
i figured, get a bunch of friends over and have a painting party on friday and voila, i could move in!

um. it hasn't turned out exactly as i had thought. although the 1st floor isn't that big...there is a lot of surface to cover.

on thursday, i stayed up prepping all of the downstairs and taping the edges so that we could have fun painting the rooms. i figured my friends and i would be done around 6pm if we started around 11ish.

over 10 hours later, only the bathroom is "complete." (it still needs the trim around the door painted). the bedroom's ceiling is complete and the rest of the walls are all primed so that i can paint the room it's actual color.

i have pictures, but will have to post it later. here are a few teasers from today's work-in-progress session.