What is the perfect home?
Are you tired of the pressure to have a perfect home? Do you find yourself scrolling through Instagram, comparing your living space to the perfectly curated images of others? It’s time to let go of the notion of perfection and embrace the beauty in imperfection.
In fact, when it comes to DIY home makeovers, the most exciting transformations often come from unexpected places. From repurposing old furniture to finding creative ways to reuse household items, there are endless opportunities to revamp your space without breaking the bank or contributing to waste.
In this blog post, we’ll explore the idea that perfection – especially the perfect home – isn’t what it’s cut out to be. Instead, we’ll discover the beauty in imperfection and the potential in the most unlikely of places. We’ll dive into DIY home makeovers that focus on renewing and revamping things, whether it’s upcycling old furniture, finding creative ways to reuse items around your home, or taking on fun and unique projects that breathe new life into your space.
So, let’s embrace imperfection and get ready to revamp our homes in ways we never thought possible.
Perfection is…
taking something new and making it look old
and buying books for $1 and ripping the covers off.
Using a big wine bottle, wrapping raffia around it to make it appear more antique-ish.
Buying something for almost nothing and loving it.
Perfect is embracing that awful stain, and loving the table even more!
or getting the dog that no one wanted and she’s the best we’ve ever had.
Perfect is buying creepy stuff, just so I can spray paint it 🙂
imperfect trash can look good.
I ‘ve heard that these two aren’t always perfect either!
I’m always getting funny pictures from my daughter, that I can’t show on here!
All of this is Perfect to Me!
Don’t let being perfect make you crazy!
Embrace imperfection, I do!
It’s keeps me smiling!
Do you have imperfect things that you embrace?
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Great finds Debbie! Thanx for coming to the party!
HA! Those creepy owls made me smile Debbie! LOVE THIS POST. And those boys are just adorable! Thanks for linking up 🙂
So true!
My son loves owls, but they seriously creep me out!
I love your imperfect dog!
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Love this post!
I think the only things I do embrace are imperfect things and people ….
The only perfect One is God.
It it’s the imperfect things in life that get the most smiles and joy, than I’ll take a dose of imperfection any day please!
Love this.
The sweet pic of your “imperfect” doggie is the one that stuck out the most to me! We rescued a Pomeranian from the SPCA a couple of years ago. She passed away from old age last summer, but I have to agree with you—she was one of the most devoted, loving dogs. Imperfect rocks!! 🙂 Visiting from Nesting Place today!
I love the owl, I’ve been known to do that too:) In fact I have a rooster knickknack that needs a coat of white paint!
I’m now following you on Linky Follower, hope you will vist too!
Visiting from the Nester’s!
I share your sentiments! Except…maybe not about the creepy owl 😉
I embrace my imperfections (and I’ve got lots)!! Love the creepy old owl – so funny what a bottle of spray paint can do!
Kelly
Great perpective Debbie! It applies to so many areas
Cute post, Debbie and so true!
I did get a chuckle out of the creepy owls though. lol
Love this post–well said! How wonderful to find fellow bloggers that understand this.
Well said, friend! The sweetest stuff in life is the imperfect. If you wait for perfect, you miss the boat! Love this post!
Well said my friend, well said! Imperfection is what makes life so much fun and unexpected!!
Fabulous! There is no perfection out there anyway so we might as well embrace our individuality and rejoice in it. We weren’t born to be carbon copies of each other.
(and I’ve had a couple of those animals that nobody wanted, too. I agree, they are the best pets ever!!)
xox
Gosh Debbie, I love this post! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO not perfect, and I love it that way:) In fact, either are my projects LOL!
Love this!! oh so true..mostly in ourselves…Embrace imperfection, its who we are!!!
Hugs,
Karin