New Direction?

After I mulled over the idea of a retro style for the baby's new room, I started second guessing my long-term love of it. I get sick of things pretty easily, but I never get sick of the way Lyla's room works. That's because I didn't commit to anything crazy that I could't easily swap out or re-work. It's very versatile. I have striped wallpaper, wood cubbies, an antique bench, and a cow-hide lamp all working together in there, and somehow it meshes and I love it. It's the only room in the house I really love. Maybe it's because Lylie is in it. :)

I don't know how long I can love pale blue walls. In fact, we just had our downstairs painted, and they were supposed to be pale gray but are slanting blue. I already want to repaint the walls. I can barely live with the blue. Maybe it's because all of our old furniture suddenly doesn't match at all. I've been talking here about a revamp for weeks, but nothing has really happened. I feel lost. I can't commit. I'm confused about what moves to make. I definitely need a designer to decorate my next home. It's too stressful to do it myself. I am completely incapable of making decisions in my house. Or, I impulse buy, then it doesn't match or I hate it in a month. This is something I am definitely not good at. I know what I like, I just don't know how to execute.

I'm also nesting already. I have been cleaning out things like the junk drawer, my linen closet, my shoe "situation," and just cleaning house. I don't have a lot of time to clean or nest, so when I start I can't stop. I guess it's a good thing, but it's also annoying to only be able to do it once a month or so. What I'm trying to spit out here is that I am craving structure and style here, and it is seriously lacking. The place is also a constant mess which is making me slightly crazy lately.

So, this made me think more and more that I should go with a classic, simple, and neutral palette for baby bean's room. I want it to be serene, not freaky. Plus, quirky only makes me hate myself later. The other room was too quirky. I was about to buy the bedding for the old post, and I stopped myself thinking, I don't love this.

I pondered. Then, I got the new Restoration Hardware catalog. Thank goodness for chef boy-r-dee. Their new line was amazing for home, and the kids stuff moved away from the pink and brown/blue and brown scheme of the past that has been done a million times before. It was warmer, and felt so much more like real furniture than the candy pop stuff you see so often. I put a new board together with some stand-outs. I think I will end up doing some combination of these selections with some stuff I find elsewhere, but I feel more confident going this route. It seems more us. Like home.

Until my next post.