Hi friends! Thank you so much for weighing in with your thoughts and opinions about the backsplash tile in the pantry! You all are the very best sounding board a design-obsessed girl could ask for! Today I’ve got another question for you, but before we jump into that, I want to take a minute……
We’re moving in to our seventh house in 9 days! (I’m actually writing this blog post from my office at the new house because the wifi has been connected over there!) After 18 months of dreaming and planning, I can hardly believe how close we are to the building finish line! But it’s more than that. I’ve been feeling all the emotions lately. As someone who has never in her adult life lived in a state longer than 5 years, it feels so good to be in a place where I feel comfortable calling it home. Charleston, South Carolina, feels like home.
Home. Gosh, that’s such a lovely word.
This move, building this house, it’s about so much more than a structure. It represents making a decision to really settle down. And after 19 years of being “on the move” this shift feels really significant.
I’ve been in a packing frenzy, so I don’t think it’s really sunk in completely yet. But I’ve been trying to really soak this time in and be fully present, rather than letting the chaos and exhaustion overwhelm me.
Anyway, I want to say thank you to all of you who have come along on this journey! Your thoughts, insights, encouragement and excitement has made the building process so much fun!
Of course my mind is spinning with decorating ideas, and I can’t wait to get in and unpack and get going! I’ve decided I want to start small. I want to unpack and live in the house for a little while before taking on any major decorating projects. And here’s where I need your help!
Which small space should I tackle first?
The Powder Room?
I’ve already created a working design plan for this little bathroom, and it calls for bold, patterned wallpaper! Insert praise hands! I’ve been wanting to play with a fun pattern for a while now, and this tiny powder room feels like the perfect space!
But then I wonder if I should wait a bit longer and live in the house a little while before committing to a pattern. Which makes me wonder if I should maybe take on…..
…The Laundry Room…
…as my first official decorating project in the new house?
The harlequin floors are such a great jumping off point!
And there’s really not much else that needs to happen in here. I will most likely leave the walls white, so that the white washer and dryer will “disappear” into the walls creating the illusion of more space.
But since I opted to skip cabinets in here, I will need to add some kind of shelving/ storage for laundry soap and things. And I want this little space to feel kind of chic……can laundry rooms even be chic? I think YES, right?! With the right vintage accessories…….it could definitely lean chic.
I feel like the laundry room might be the perfect room to start with because I could really do anything in here without having to think too much about how the decor of this space will flow with the rest of the house.
Laundry rooms are so gangster like that. 😉 They don’t care what the rest of your house looks like. They walk to the design beat of their own drum. 😉
But what would you all want to see first? A Bold, Patterned Powder Room or a Chic Laundry Room? Let me know! Which project sounds more fun and interesting to you?
That’s so hard! Where will you spend more time or see more often???