September has just eeked out on its last day a surprise for Andy and I, keys to our new house (well its not really new it's from 1985 which is the year I was brought into this world and it frankly needs A LOT of work)! Even though it needs some TLC, I have learned throughout the years that I have a weird sixth sense about houses. It's like an out-of-body experience where I know as soon as I walk through the door that the house will be ours. I knew as soon as I stepped inside we would be living here, I can't explain it but it has happened all 5 times we have purchased a home:
Oddly, I can be a very indecisive person when it comes to little things and you will find, if you continue with me on this journey, that is the case *sometimes* when making design decisions too, but I am human and I am sure you will be able to relate to how mind crippling it can be when there are a million choices! Sometimes I think the hardest part of design is too many choices. A psychologist named Barry Schwartz coined the term"choice paralysis" and argued more choices makes us less likely to take action and less satisfied with our ultimate decision. I completely agree and will share in future blog posts about the pitfalls of giving yourself too many choices (like with paint colors) and how it can steal the joy of the process by paralyzing your decision-making. I can speak to this because I have done it many times, and maybe I can help you avoid the agony.
But I digress, and this blog post is really about showing you the house we will be renovating for the next number of months so I created a little video "walkthrough" to show you the before so we can document everything from the very first day! The video was taken when our offer was accepted and today the house is officially ours! (Apologies on the size of the video, I have learned to take videos horizontally to create full sized videos...its a learning process.)
It's a big day, but not time to pop the champagne yet, it's time to get work. We will save the champagne to celebrate when we can get to a stage where we can move in. That should be soon, but it also feels very far away. I am excited and nervous with anticipation to begin this project, but as my coach used to say back in my competitive sports days, nerves prove it means something to you, and isn't that the truth because this adventure of renovation, blogging about it and starting my own design company means A LOT.
Stayed tuned, this is just the beginning.
Brianna
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