Are You in Transition?

Everyone's life goes through times of *transition.*  We flow from one phase into another. Whether you're engaged to be married or on your way to becoming single again; having your first child or the last one leaving the nest; being ill, but on your way to healthy....most of us are in some type of transition. We in the Northern hemisphere are in transition between summer and autumn.  Here are some examples of transitional interior styles (traditional infused with modern). Are you in a transition or have just come through one? 

Labor Day Decor

The USA is observing Labor Day, but I'm posting about a different Labor Day.  I have a friend who's pregnant with her first baby! We're all eagerly awaiting her painful ordeal, her walk through the valley of the shadow of death, the longest day of her life, her labor day.  I'm past child-bearing years, but still like looking and shopping for *baby stuff* for my friends. Do you?  Maybe you're expecting or someone close to you is? At any rate, let's celebrate LABOR DAY decor!  Beautiful white and neutral nursery; Adore the padded headboard on crib; fabulous bassinet; Elegant pink and cocoa crib set; Very French and Pink Nursery; Happy Labor Day...no really! 

 

Buh-Bye Flesh. Buh-Bye Cream. Hellooo White!

Buy a home, along with most of its furniture. Swoon for white hydrangeas. 

2. Take a bedroom that the precious, previous owner painted *flesh.* (sorry about the blur; my arms ached from moving furniture). 

 

3. Did I mention the previous owner stuck the wallpaper seams down with bathroom silicone caulk (UNDER the flesh-colored PAINT)? You know that shiny, bright, rubbery white stuff guaranteed to never come off and also repels paint? Yeah that's it in the photo below the tape. It was every 18 inches. *sigh*  So, masking tape a line and texture above.

4. Be inspired by dried hydrangeas.  Take down fan and super-cheap trim.  Put up vintage chandelier with real Austrian crystals. Add wooden library panels and custom trim.  Put in wide plank pine floors. 

5. Paint woodwork hydrangea and the walls a coordinating coffee color. Don't bother with a comforter, wall art or permanent drapes -- it's just so you can live with it until....WHITE! Glorious Norwegian-inspired white!  

6. Behr is my hero.  

7. Low luster covers in one coat.  It took maybe 30 minutes to paint.

8. The second gloss coat made my heart sing.  

We painted the walls and ceiling "Mountain Gray" a stone-gray white. It's still curing (as is all the furniture I'm painting white). We haven't even put the chandelier plate back on the ceiling or plug covers on, but as things dry I'll post the progress if you'd like. Am I crazy for painting it ALL WHITE???