lose myself in it...

When I buy a picture or piece of artwork to put in my house I know at first glance whether or not I like it. That is the easy part. Now the hard part for me is deciding exactly where I will place it in my house. Sure when I obtain pieces they are specified for a certain room in the house, but I must then set it on the floor or against the wall and wait. For some reason I must casually walk into this room for a few days - maybe weeks - and see how it strikes me and whether or not I will be able to live with it that high or that close to the other item hanging on the wall. I take consideration into every part of decor that hangs on these walls.

So when my dad made a comment a week or so ago about my basement walls, it just now hit me tonight what I wanted to do. He mentioned that he thought I might draw some of my characters on the walls instead of just painting them an all over color. That stayed in the back of my mind and tonight I was inspired as to what I wanted to do. I picked up my pencil and sketched some words on the wall. Now mind you this is the beginning process, but I am pleased with what was accomplished tonight. What I was really excited about - was a new project in the house!

I love my house projects, but more importantly I love to be inspired! I love to have that idea in my head that I can see and play over and over again in my mind like a mini movie that I am putting into production on the walls of this home. I love acting out my crafty ideas and putting these hands to work constructing something that I made. I look around this house and see me everywhere. Its in the items that I have chosen to keep in my house and on the walls, and the placement of everything in its own order that most of the time only I understand in my mind. My mother and I have a condition which we call "Monk doesn't like that"(inspired by the tv, which we love). This condition at times causes us to not stand for that picture to be unlevel, or why we moved that trinket a smidge to the left. We move or change these things and say, 'Monk doesn't like that'. I'm surrounded by bit of me all over this place, and love how it makes me feel. This house has and always will feel like my home because of the parts of me I have put into it. I have changed every room of this house and added sometimes a sprinkle, and other times a gush of Erin to them. I look around and I smile. I feel such a sense of accomplishment. Not that my decorating or artistic ability is so wonderful, but that I have worked hard enough to get this home and make it my own. I am very blessed in this aspect - and thankful for it! I am also thankful for the inspiration to keep making this place more and more all the time. I am ready to have fun with this new project and hope to continue to become inspired!