I picked out a colour called "Swan Wing" for all the trimwork in our house. The name sounded beautiful and sad (I've always associated swans with a kind of noble sadness) and as the woman who mixed the colour for me said "well, it's white."
If I had an infinite amount of time (and patience to live in a torn apart environment) I would scrape all the layers of paint off of all of the woodwork in our home. Layers upon layers of faded olive and peach and cerulean blue, all obscuring a rich warm wood. I've previously moaned over how much wallpaper we scraped off the walls of this house initially, but right now there's nothing I'd rather do than chip away inch by inch the remnants of all its past lives. A cathartic process which I've come to actually enjoy, I suppose.
Sometimes though, you just have to cover things up with a fresh coat of paint. It really does make everything look better.
2011 was so good to me. It was one of the best years yet. I am sad to see it go, but I am also humbled with gratitude for all that has happened, and all that will continue to happen. That means the hardships and the blessings.
I haven't really given much thought to resolutions. I once read that if you make small resolutions all year, instead of in one big go, you'll have a better chance of sticking to them. So that's what I try to do - keep doing, keep making, keep thinking, keep trying, keep learning, keep changing, keep failing, keep improving. All that stuff. I try to do it all with a good heart.
It's pretty much all that I can do.
5 comments:
I love the grey on the walls.
The name of the white paint reminds me of the story "The Swan" by Roald Dahl which is exactly beautiful and sad.
(Ooh, good ole internet. If you're not familiar you can give it a read... I read it when I was pretty young and it stuck with me http://www.angelfire.com/md/Topperites/swan.html)
thanks chloe! the wall colour actually has kind of a purpley tinge to it, which is really nice.
and thanks for the story. i love roald dahl, and am going to read it right now!!!
I can see the purplish now in that first picture, even lovelier!
And I hope you like the story and it doesn't make you terribly bummed ;)
It was such a moving story...and secretly, I kind of like being bummed out. :)
Lovely colour, lovely thoughts about small goals, from a lovely person. =)
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