Change Has Come...

Change of plans. Change of life. Change of heart.

I'm SO there. 

First, I was going to GO GREEN. 

It was practical. I'm a very practical person. Ask anyone.

But my heart just wasn't in it. 

Though it meant more work,

a lot more paint, and a new sofa, 

I got excited and started CHANGING MY PLANS.

New plans included painting this:

At first, I was going to distress it so you could see some green.

Now that is painted and as pristine as a piece like this can be,

I just can't do it. Something about this pristine coat of

new white paint just feels right. There will be other chippy

things in this room, so for now it will stay like this:

Trust me. It still has plenty of character.

And I have to find a new old hasp to replace the one that was

broken when this piece fell out of my friend's truck. Yep, it survived

except for the hasp. It's very solid. I think someone kept tools in it.

I'm pretty sure it will stay in my living room, but it might

move to my bedroom when I see how things

start fitting in. It will work either place. My living room

will be Industrial Elegant Cottage Style.

Industrial = wire box, silver & gray, mercury glass lamp, and old chest

Elegant = French picture frame, vintage photo frame, cement planter

Cottage = old books, flowers from my garden, candles 

It has become apparent to me 

that I like contrasts.

I love complimentary colors together.

I love old and new together.

I love rough and refined together.

I love elegant and industrial together.

I love modern and primitive together.

I also love thrifty. Everything in this post 

(except the candles and lamp shade)

is from either a thrift store or a garage sale. 

Word for the Day:

Romans 7:6
But now, by dying to what once bound us, 

we have been released from the law 

so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, 

and not in the old way of the written code.

May you always know which old things to keep 

and which new things to welcome!

-Revi

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