I enjoy testing my willingness to push myself out of my comfort zone for great reward....and this week I had to challenge myself.....My kitchen renovation and design has evolved and morphed from its original places......it is the nature of things, and a project with such moving pieces.....so once the walls were created and all there, it is a lot of wall, up top and below some......and painting it all light would lose the features of the kitchen.....I have stone for the floor and wood for the countertop....and in my travels I saw this picture of this beautiful deep green with this piece of art I loved....and when I showed the contractor the art, he mentioned the green being perfect for the kitchen, and we both thought it would work.....but it is a BOLD maneuver.....the most beautiful green, truly......but it is spinning the kitchen in a new direction, but one I think I will absolutely be in love with when it is all said and done.....and I had to challenge the part of me that wanted to be cookie cutter and have the standard kitchen that you see here and there......but this kitchen from the beginning has been part of me.....the figuring out the way, and negotiating the way......the dreaming it up and the eventual manifestation......and when it is all said and done it will be like being in the forest......in nature in every way.....a beautiful and unique space completely my own......earthy, heartfelt, and so much more.....and to get here I had to push myself out of my comfort zone......not opting to play it safe and be bolder in my decisions, and luckily my contractor is perfect for that.....he has been wonderful and understanding and helpful.....giving me room to figure it out when I needed to, and offering up input and support when I needed that too....and if I am honest I am a little uncomfortable still even though I went for it......because it is so different for me......and I am hoping the end result is what I think it will be...........a lovely cozy, chic, rustic, space, bathed in this gorgeous green that makes me feel like trees are all around.........as we look at the stars out of my giant skylight......I am all in now, and the final push has begun.....I think I will have a floor next week! And things are unfolding quickly now.....but I guess my point in this blog is my remembering that at any age we can be subject to peer pressure, and rolling with the crowd or what we think is acceptable, and this journey for me has made me feel separate many times.....and it has been OK......in that separation I have found myself:) So it would make sense that my kitchen is uniquely and perfectly my own......speaking the language and light of my soul..........I can't wait to unveil it:)
jperuso
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