Okay. Here we go.

It’s been a looooooooong time since I have actually blogged about decorating and interiors in personal journal form. These days, I find myself teaching, sharing and educating in my posts. Not that I haven’t been obsessed with interior design, its just that other things in life have taken up a lot of my attention. But now that I have purchased my own home, I can’t help but long to document and diary the process in blog form like I did for so many years. September 2008 (14 years ago) I wrote my first blog post about decorating my apartment in Los Angeles. Funny to think back on how many apartments I’ve had since then. ;) I’m hopeful this process will be enjoyable and inspiring, too.

It’s always been my dream to buy my own home and at the start of this year, I declared 2022 would be there year it would happen. However, with the ridiculously crazy real estate market and because I choose to live in an incredibly expensive part of town, quite honestly…I didn’t think it was going to happen.

June 14th, 2022, I got a notice from my building that it was time to renew my lease or choose to move. I decided to put in a transfer and deposit on a bigger apartment in my current building, because we have completely outgrown our cozy little apartment (toys are everywhere!!). That evening, I had a dream, I couldn’t sleep. A voice came to me and told me that moving into that apartment was a mistake and that I shouldn’t be wasting money paying someone else’s mortgage, that I should be paying my own.

So, that next morning I woke up and looked on our local real estate market website, in Houston they call it HAR. I put in a budget limitation and decided to just see what might possibly pop up in my price range. Typically, nothing in the area I currently live is in my range, so I considered moving farther outside of town. However, as luck and magic would have it, there it was, a cozy little townhome, first day on the market, right down the street from where I currently live in my price range appeared! Literally like magic.

And just like that…I found my perfect little home! (Now the next 30 days were not so smooth and easy but I won’t get into that in this blog post, you can tune into the podcast for the longer version of the story)

Built in 1972, a perfect little 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome in a gated community is our new cozy space and I was so excited to discover that this sweet space is a 4-home in numerology, you can read more about that here. Another things that I loved about this home, was that the walls were painted a bright snow white! I’ve seen so many homes painted in colors that were drab and ugly and did nothing for the space.

Everything in sparkly, bright white gave the energy of a fresh start and I just couldn’t wait to start a new chapter of life in this pretty white home.

July 22, 2022 I closed on my home and got the keys. That very same day, I had a contractor come out and get ready to zhush up my new home. I am not one to mess around. I like to get things going quickly, I think its the Capricorn in me.

I immediately got out my feng shui bagua map and began dreaming of what colors I want to fill the space with. Color is the magic of your space and what you can use to enhance and MANIFEST what you want in life. I teach everything in my High Vibe Home workshop, so if you are interested in learning about this check that out here.

PICKING OUT THE PAINT COLORS

Anytime I set off to decorate a new space, I think about how I want it to feel. One of my favorite places I’ve ever been is Tulum and I knew I wanted it feel earthy and cozy like that. Earthy, exotic, lots of textures, neutrals with pops of natural colors. I have an entire pinterest board with images that have inspired my design vibe, you can peek around here.

I recently created a collection of my crystal jewelry for a few girlfriends and their new wellness spa called Tulum Wellness. If you are in Houston, you must go check it out. The second I walked in, I fell madly in love with the interior and I just knew I wanted my home to be slathered in that Tulum-y , olive green. Here’s the view that really got me!

The color green in Feng Shui represents growth, fertility, abundance, renewal, fresh life force energy and vitality. It helps to forge new pathways of growth in life, it supports you in bringing in money and it also brings a fresh life to family.

Luckily, the master bedroom sits in the upstairs areas of wealth + abundance, fame and reputation and love + relationships. Green will enhance each of those areas so it was a no brainer to decide that my master bedroom would be green.

I went with a color called “Secret Garden” by Sherwin Williams and I am in love with it. It’s like a deep olive green that can almost look black depending on the light.

“Where else can I put some green?” I thought.

So, on the downstairs floor I’ve got a small powder bath and it sits in the Family + Growth area of the feng shui bagua…green perfectly enhances this space too AND I always think small rooms needs a dark color to really make them feel impactful. So, my little powder bath will also be in Secret Garden green.

I also always love to give each name I live in a home because that’s what the British do and also because, why not? Lol. My last place that I painted all black was called ‘Villa Noir’ and this time I’m calling my new home ‘Villa Verde’. (verde is spanish for green).

Right now, I literally want green everything!!!!

When I decide on paint colors, I always go with my gut. Just like when I select my crystals. Your intuition will always know what colors will feel best to you. I would constantly have to remind my clients that when you get in your head about picking a color, you’ll probably end up picking one you hate. When you calm your mind, tune into your intuition, you will naturally be drawn to the right colors for you. Everyone gets so into the colors, and the lighting and whats right and wrong. But no one else has your eyes and sees things how you do. It’s so important that you pick what looks harmonious and beautiful to you!

My sweet little boy knew exactly what he wanted for his room. He wanted his room to be red, his favorite color. However, that wasn’t going to work for a wall color. Lol.

So, I told him that might be a little much, so we can opt for something in blue or grey. Two colors that work on the south side of the feng shui bagua map ( where his room is ) really well.

He ended up going with a really beautiful color called Peacock Blue, which we both love. It’s so much fun to bring in your child to the design process, he loved picking out his favorite blue. I love helping foster and nurture his confidence in making decisions and trusting his own opinions. That was something that took me years to master.

As for the rest of the home, I wanted to leave it white so that I could layer it up with colors through art + furnishings. However, I kept staring at this photo of my old office at Villa Noir. I just couldn’t get those gorgeous black walls off of my mind.

So, I decided to paint one of the walls in my office (which technically is the breakfast nook, but I don’t breakfast so..) black. Just an accent wall to make the space pop like this one did so long ago. I will also be painting the wall where the tv will go in the living room black…(see the inspiration image below via pinterest)