A little re-decorating fun

I've been wanting to re-style the blank and boring corner of my bedroom for a few months.

Before...

My mom and I had a wonderful day together on Tuesday, which included yummy lunch and a trip to Home Goods. Which really should be called Home Greats because wow, it's awesome. After our shopping adventure, I came home and arranged and re-arranged, and then re-arranged again, a few new purchases and a few pieces that I already owned.  And I really love the end result!  

AFTER...

I have a dream of making my own headboard someday, but until I make time to get that done, I improvised. I used a framed verse that used to be in the living room (my mom did the calligraphy!) and the mirrors that used to be on the wall by the window.  

(Yes, that's a stuffed animal on my bed. I may or may not tuck him in with me each night. Don't judge.)

I absolutely LOVE the shutter/frame thingy. It's my favorite. No, wait. The clock's my favorite. But then again, the lamp is lovely, too. Any how, I needed some brown on the other side of the room to tie it all together. I brought up a captain's chair I got from my nana's house (maybe from the 70's?) that I've been storing in the garage.  I don't love the details on the back part of it, so I covered it up with some fabric.  And added a hot pink pillow because that's always a surefire solution to any problem. 

Done and done. =o)

A good name is . . .

. . . really hard to choose. I'm detail oriented, so I tend to labor over decisions and every possible implication of each choice, even when it doesn't really matter. So, I'm not gonna lie, it took me awhile to settle on what to call this blog. But I love where I landed.

At church, we sing an old hymn by James Montgomery called "Forever With the Lord" that Walt, our worship leader, wrote the music for. The first verse says:

Forever with the Lord- Amen! So let it be!
Life from his death! We live in hope of immortality.
Here in this body spent, I with creation groan.
Yet, nightly pitch my moving tent,
A day's march nearer home.

The last two lines really strike me, because I think a lot about the idea of home. I love completing home projects, having people hang out in my home, making people feel at home, rambling around Home Depot, thinking about how to make a place homey. But, at the end of the day, this place and this world, are not my true home.

2 Corinthians 5 is a "my life's purpose" sort of chapter of the Bible for me, and it's where Mr. Montgomery must have gotten his inspiration for this song. It affirms our daily experience- this world is badly broken because of our sin, and it will be much better to be in heaven with Jesus someday soon. But, until that day, either death or Jesus's return, we have been given a beautiful task- to tell others about God's desire to be in relationship with each of us.

Sometimes those details that I love can tie me down and make me lose sight of that big picture. Or the difficult things in life can cause me to forget that Jesus will make everything right someday. So, I think I'll keep singing songs like Mr. Montgomery's that preach the Gospel of grace to me once again, and at the end of the day I'll set up camp, rest well knowing that God is at work, and look forward to the day when I'm truly home.

And maybe I'll blog about it.