the joys of moving, creating a workspace and why I love a patio

Now that I have a final move date (the 23rd, yayayayya!!!) for transitioning into my new place I have been figuring out what I need (since I sold pretty much everything I owned when I left Ohio and moved back to Oregon).

While I think I have it mostly figured out, I have been trying to find the perfect workspace/table/desk that I can use for a variety of mediums (leather, paper, paint, and I am hoping to get back to silver as well, so it must be quite strong and able to take a good beating) , and that will allow me to store my rather large collection of paper and book cloth that needs to be kept pretty much entirely flat (this mostly means I need a large shelf underneath the work surface).

So I have been looking at work spaces.

If anyone has any fantastic ideas for me, please oh please let me know! :)

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I will also have a very tiny outdoor patio.

BUT its size will not keep me from thoroughly enjoying it. I will have a tomato plant, small herb garden, a very small grill and hopefully 2 chairs out there.

Here are a few outdoor ideas I came across in my browsing.

Though I cannot paint the door to my rental bright orange, I still dearly love this particular orange door and wanted to show you.

I am off to the Oregon coast this weekend. Hope you are all doing something wonderful :)

xo, ~s

All images found via Apartment Therapy.

outdoor living space love

These amazing, sunny days

that we Portlanders

have been enjoying lately

have made me think

about lovely outdoor

living spaces.

Here is one of my

very favorites.

I kind of want to live on this porch.

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found via

apartment therapy

a walk down the tracks

the beginning and the end

So, today I was thinking a little about forgiveness, and when enough is enough, and walking away, and endings and beginnings. Just a few little things. :)

And what I think is that there IS such a thing as too much. And there IS a time when you need to say enough is enough. And it IS ok – scratch that, necessary even - to do what you need to do to take care of yourself.

Sometimes things don’t turn out the way you wanted them to.
That’s just the way it goes.
We are all going to get hurt sometimes.
And it’s OK.
Easy even.
No need to worry or dwell or think it’s worse than it is.
The sun will come out tomorrow.
I promise.
So no worries.

Sometimes the point is just to do something.
To be BRAVE.
So let’s get on with it already.

Also, playing it too safe is not productive.
And making things really does make every day better.

now go have a good saturday night!

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Lucy loves the porch

It is a very small porch, but she is a pretty small kitty so it all works out...