Life is a funny thing just when you think you are on a path in life there can be road blocks, construction and detours. It’s how you handle those things that you come up on that determine your happiness. Over the years I have watch different friends and family go through many ups and downs. I’ve learned from watching people gather themselves after an event in their life and how they handled it. We all do things different but the end result is to be happy in life.
I have a friend I have been watching go through a life changing event. This was not a life or death event but one that would change her life as she knew it. I’m pretty sure I got on her nerves asking her “Are you ok” and “Are you sure you are ok”. She always smiled and said “I’m fine really this is what I wanted”. I admire her strength and the ability to focus on as she put it, this is what I wanted. Recently she needed a piece of furniture for her bedroom. She bought a small night stand from a friend. It was stable and okay but needed a bit of flair added to it. So I took over and gave it Blue Happy love.
Her apartment is so cute and she has done a great job at buying things that all work together. I love her color palette of gray, white and black. Sometimes picking a color palette is hard. We tend to want to add color to fast. It’s important to start with the basic pieces and stabilize your room with a neutral color palette. Once you do that decorating the rest of the room with pops of color will add personality and charm.
I painted out the night stand in a light gray on the lower body and dark gray on top. I had to do 3 coats of paint on both because the orange stain just wouldn’t go away. I wanted this piece to breathe some life into her bedroom with a little message that only she would understand. So on the side of the night stand near the bottom I placed a stenciled clock, overlaid by 3 flowers and finished it off with the word Live. I’m sure you are saying what the heck does that mean? Well it means “It’s TIME to BLOSSOM and LIVE”.The night stand will sit next to her bed and this message will be visual to her when she gets ready in the morning and ready for bed a t night. Just words to settle in to her day and night that are comforting. To finish off the piece I added new hardware and several coats of clear finish.
Stepping forward and changing your life is hard. Making decisions to take a path you have not traveled is a bold move. I applaud those that step out of their comfort zone and decide on happiness. So many of us sit and complain and never do anything about what makes us unhappy. Every event in life good or bad is like a box, some of use stop and focus on where the exit is to this box and we run fast towards the door. Some of us have to have time to focus on what is happening and what are the choices of paths to take. Some of us just sit down and wait for help to find our way out. There is really no right or wrong way to do life. Just look at it this way there are choices in life, watch the preview and if you like what you see buy the ticket. If you don’t move on to the next viewing until you find your Blue Happy life. Enjoy this Blue Happy Thursday it’s one in a million and you only get it once.
