What does it mean to live in a romantic and feminine home? What is romance really? I feel like I should know the definition of it but when I try to type it out, I can't. Because to me, romance is a feeling. It is an emotion that stir from deep inside of me. Romance is love. Romance is surrounding myself with things that make me fall in love with life all over again. Creating a feminine home is to appreciate and cherish everything about a woman. I love women. Ok, that statement sounds a bit wrong when I type it out but I do. I have always been a girlfriend type of a gal. I love my girlfriends. I always get confused when I hear other women say they don't have a lot of girlfriends or don't like to be around other women. I love being a woman and all the qualities that we encompass. I am forever amazed and inspired by the strength and empathy and giving nature of women. Just like me, my house is unapologetically and wholeheartedly feminine. Recently I brought home Romantic Style by Selina Lake. The girls and I practically live at the library. I rarely buy books but I utterly and hopelessly fell in love with this picture from the book. I am sure it was me and everyone else who has read the book. So it came home.
Ahhh...that dresser. I can't stand how beautiful it is. I love how vibrant and girly it is. The funny thing is I don't even like color. My whole closet is black or gray. My house is pretty much a gilded monotone. But this...oh this...I have to have. I have an old and beat up dresser in my workroom that needed serious TLC. What's better to transform into a beauty than a tired and sad little dresser.
I knew that if I was going to paint a bright color, it was going to have to be heavily distressed...detailed...but faded.
I did a coat of Annie Sloan chalk paint® in Old White then a coat of gold glaze followed by Annie Sloan chalk paint® in Florence. I love it when layers of paint are blended together. It must be the painter in me.
I put it in a little neglected corner of our living room. Now it is the first thing I see when I walk into the room. I love pieces that command your attention. From afar I am attracted to its beautiful color but its faded charm and details call out to me for a closer look. And I might as well enjoy the beautiful blooms and might even be tempted to smell the flowers. For that few minutes, my mind is in the present moment...it is not traveling back to things I cannot change or wondering forward to moments I cannot predict. That is the most peaceful gift I can give to myself.
I hope your day will be as vibrant as you are.
Love,
Victoria
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