Creating a new look by changing colors and decluttering............God's Remedy.

A sneek Peek.

Morning Sweet Friends,

How this finds you well and happy

and beating the heat!!  lol

I am well and very happy as my

daughter is coming in on Wed.

for a visit for a few days, and

I am staying indoors....Air

Conditioning is my friend!!  lol

Am finally getting around to do the 

post on our computer room/office. I 

have to tell you that for about the last,

 I would, say 4- 5 yrs, this room has

 had me totally stumped as to what

 to do with it. I was totally happy with

 it before that, but then I really needed 

a work table in here for my card 

making, so the TV we had in here

died, so that meant we had an en-

tertainment center that had no TV,  

which we hardly watched in here

anyway.....

so thought why don't we move it

 to the guest bedroom(hence the

 pic you see above) and move the

 drop leave table we had in

 there into the computer room. 

 Great idea right!!

So I thought.....

 until hubby needed

to upgrade our internet service so

 he could better work from home,

 Which is a good thing, but it also

 meant that where I was planning on

 putting the computer desk could not

 happen now... do to the stupid new

 internet hook ups, Now, don't judge

 me....I know I am not the only person

 who loves to decorate that is so thrilled 

with these electronics that we have

 to navigate.......am I right??

I digressed.....

So......it meant that the computer 

desk has to stay right where it is

(in front of the window which is nice 

but I was hoping for a lil change) or

we could move it to one other wall,

only it would look stupid....lol

as the existing furniture would be

too crammed together, so get my

drift......so since I couldn't do what 

I had planned I guess I sorta copped

 an attitude and just decided oh well,

it's just a work room anyway, so

who cares....then we started putting

some of the babies toys in here

and sticking things like cardstock

cutters and boxes under the futon

and electronics and old keyboards

under there and a few things under

 the table, then on top of the table

 too.  So it was just getting out of 

control and everytime I came in 

here I was frustrated cause I had

 thought and thought of ways to

 arrange it but never could come up 

with anything that I thought was

 gonna really look good.....and I

 am a woman who likes to make

 things look pretty and tidy and I

 know some of you will understand

 that disappointment. Oh and do you

 remember that I had even purchased

a new futon cover! That was because 
I had a $50 credit at Macys and was
 looking online for something to put it
 towards and happened on the futon 
cover which was tan as I already 
knew I wanted to go with a more
neutral color scheme. Then I found 
a skirt to fit around the table for just
 $15 that would to hide my supplies
 underneath...
Now I purchased both of these items
while envisioning my new room, 
before we had even moved 
the table....lol

Then about 6 weeks or so ago, out

 of sheer frustration and sheer

 hopelessness.........

I said Lord, I am so frustrated with 

this room, and just don't begin to

 know what to do with it....can you 

please help me figure something

 out ,this room is driving me crazy.

then I dejectedly went outside

 to sit in the sun to get some

Vit D and hopefully raise my

melatonin levels.........lol

I came back in about 15 mins.as

that is about all the heat I can take

 and all of a sudden I had this

 thought out of nowhere the minute

I set foot in the computer room........

Why don't you change the tablecloth

and get rid of all the red in here, and

 I was thinking yes, I am so over red.

Now that one thought.... 

got me started and many more came

 after that......as you have read......

 which I believe came from the Lord.....

You can call me crazy but I truly 

believe those thoughts were generated

by the Lord, as I had never had any

ideas like that before for this room so 

I know they were not my thoughts.

                                         So I went looking in my stash and

found a beige tablecloth with a 

blue topper,  so moved the babies

toys out of the room, and changed

up the table, then remembered I

had purchased a french look lamp

shade,  so changed that out, 

This swatch above was of the burgundy
 red tablecloth, I was so excited about the
 idea of getting rid of the red, I just plunged
 right in not even thinking about where 
this would take me, and never thought to
 take before pics, so I took a few to show

you some of the before fabrics at least.

                                   

This was the before lampshade

 and a peek at the fabric of the 
old futon cover.

Then put some new things on the 

table and was thinking oh wow, that

looks great with everything so far.

The New Look for the table
hard to see the lamp shade.....

So here's a pic without the
light on.........


Then I remembered about the futon

 cover I had bought years back....and 
some blue curtains I had used in our 
familyroom,  so got 

those out and hung them up and 

steamed them. But had to wait for

hubby to help me put the new
 futon cover on


This red check swatch below is a large
 napkin and I had 6 of them hooked
 together to make an over the window
 valance, which was cute, but ready
 for a change........for sure.

Here is the new look for the window
It made

for quite a nice change.  As I had 2

little french look plaques hanging on

each side of the window, so took them

down and the curtain hang over the

spot where the french plaques were.

Gave the window a whole new look,
which was what I was hoping for...

After I did the curtains the next thought

 was to get everything out from under the

 futon which we did that night, and after

we did it I wished I had remembered to

take a before pic,  but oh well....

I was amazed that just that lil bit of work

 I have told you about in this post had made

 such a huge difference in the room already,

 I couldn't believe it and I was ecstatic and

 hopeful, and thrilled that the Lord had 

answered my cry for help, and that He

 cared about how the room looked because

 I cared, and left me wondering why had

 I not thought to ask Him before now....

cause many times I do when I am doing

 a table, or anything I am having trouble 

coming up with an idea......

Reminds me of that scripture in

James 4 that says you do not have

because you do not ask God, or

you ask with wrong motives.

So this wasn't just a decorating 

experience....it was a spiritual

experience as well....in which

I am so grateful for...........

This is quite long already so guess

there is gonna have to be a few more

posts,  so stayed tuned for next 

Tuesday for more of the story.

Sorry there weren't more after 

pics but there should be in the

next post............

Have a Fabulous Week,

Love, Hugs and

Spiritual/decorating Blessings,

Nellie


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