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“Without black, no color has any depth. But if y “Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow – no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that’s real.” — Amy Grant
We haven't even fully healed yet from a global pan We haven't even fully healed yet from a global pandemic, and the world is reeling from recent events that have many of us thinking, "What is happening to humanity?"⁠ ⁠ I can only do so much from my little corner of the world (and the worldwide web), and I respond as I have always been: with hope, that things will change for the better. A foolish hope, perhaps, but hope that exists nonetheless.⁠ ⁠ I love what I read just this morning from poet and writer Maggie Smith, about choosing to be optimistic rather pessimistic. I hope it's okay that I quote her here; some food for thought in these uncertain times:⁠ ⁠ "Something unexpected—and, frankly, life-altering—happened when my marriage ended: I realized that I could no longer afford to be a pessimist. I could no longer allow my worst thoughts to gather twigs and ribbons, and make a permanent home in my mind.⁠ ⁠ I realized that pessimism wasn’t going to get me out of bed, or get the coffee made, or pack the kids’ lunches, or do the laundry, or make any deadlines. Pessimism wasn’t going to help me or my children. And so, in a very dark time, it occurred to me that being optimistic moment by moment was a gift I could give myself. Even if whatever I’m hoping for doesn’t materialize, I am feeding my spirit in the meantime. I am not poisoning the present with worry or despair or defeatist thinking.⁠ ⁠ Today I think of myself as a “recovering pessimist.” I know that optimism is not at odds with wisdom. It’s quite the opposite. I think of cynicism as cool but lazy, while hope is desperately uncool—it has sweaty palms and an earnest smile on its face. What I know to be true is that one hopeful person will accomplish more than a hundred cynics. Why? Because the hopeful person will try."⁠ ⁠ 📸 by @styledstocksociety
It's back to school time!⁠ ⁠ Homestyling schoo It's back to school time!⁠ ⁠ Homestyling school, that is 😉⁠ ⁠ If you're an early-bird student of mine, you will now be able to access the first few modules of the Refresh Your Home on a Tiny (or Zero!) Budget course. Just go to the Welcome email I sent you and log in, using your preferred gadget or device! 💻📱 ⁠ ⁠ If you want to enroll, you still can! Just click the link in my profile and check out all the details on my online homestyling course. ⁠ ⁠ This course is for you if…⁠ ⁠ 👩🏻‍💼 👩🏻‍💻 You’re a busy, working mom (or dad, or human being) who wants to create happy, loving spaces for you and your loved ones.⁠ ⁠ 🙅🏻‍♀️🤷🏻 You no longer want to feel confused about what your rooms and spaces need.⁠ ⁠ 👩🏻‍🔧👩🏻‍🎨 You have no time to take on a full-on decorating blitz of your home, but you do want to learn the styling and decorating ropes…so when you have a few minutes or hours to spare, you can work on your home, bit by bit, without feeling the overwhelm.⁠ ⁠ Sounds like you? 🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻⁠ ⁠ Check out the full course details through the link in my bio! 📸 by @styledstocksociety
The countdown is on!⁠ ⁠ The first module of th The countdown is on!⁠ ⁠ The first module of the Refresh Your Home on a Tiny (or Zero!) Budget course will drop on June 1, 2020, Monday, at 9:00 a.m. Philippine time.⁠ ⁠ That means you have this weekend left to gain lifetime access to the course on a super-low, early-bird rate. After the course goes online on Monday, the price will go up.⁠ ⁠ Here's what you'll get inside RYH:⁠ ⁠ 1. How to look at your space and determine what’s wrong or missing⁠ ⁠ 2. The right questions to ask when you’re “auditing” your space⁠ ⁠ 3. How (not where) to find inspiration, without going down the Pinterest or Instagram rabbit hole⁠ ⁠ 4. A strategic way of decluttering and organizing—minus the overwhelm⁠ ⁠ 5. How to shop for items you can use to style and decorate—without buying anything new⁠ ⁠ 6. Interior styling principles you’ll apply over and over again⁠ ⁠ —not to mention the worksheets and downloadable resources you can use over and over again, in any and every home you live in.⁠ ⁠ Ready to join us inside RYH? Click the link in bio!
When I first moved out of my parents' home, I was When I first moved out of my parents' home, I was so excited about finally creating a space I could truly call my own (well, rent). It was a 36-sqm studio with pink wallpapered-walls, stuck-in-the-90s wicker chairs, a worn and torn leatherette sofa bed, and fugly green lamps. I was over-the-moon excited, ready to decorate, eager to invite friends over for dinner and cocktails. A year into my lease contract, the studio looked pretty much the same, and I was hating every minute in it. As in, I loathed going home to it. I just didn't know how to fix things, nor how to make my rental furniture work. I kept buying these cheap decor, and only ended up with more clutter. Pinterest hadn't been born yet, but even though I bought all the shelter magazines I could get my hands on, I still couldn't make things work. And boy, did I hate that apartment. My lease contract required me to stay for a year, but when that year was up, I went looking for another place to move in to. This time, I enlisted my mom's help to style it up with my meager salary. I brought my own bed from home, bought sheets with hot-pink tulips, and a hot-pink lamp from the department store (I was into hot pink at that time). My mom told me to use her lovely white curtains from home, and she let me pluck a small bougainvillea plant from her garden, which eventually blossomed white bougainvillea leaves in the summer. I only stayed in that smaller apartment for six months, but those six months were among the most blissful of my then-young-and-single professional life. In sharp contrast to my very first apartment, this one was a joy to come home to. Every time I opened the door, I felt that familiar "ahhhh" set into my system. It was literally refreshing, and I had my mom to thank for the style guidance she provided. That set me on a path to bringing the same "joy of home" to other houses I've lived in, and eventually to my clients' homes. This is why I created the Refresh Your Home on a Tiny (or Zero!) Budget course. Hoping you could join me inside—lots have already enrolled, but we have room for more! Want to get closer to creating a home that you love and enjoy living in? Click the link in bio! >>>

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