Hold Fast to Your Dreams - Langston Hughes

HOLD FAST TO YOUR DREAMS is an image from Papaya Art - https://www.papayaart.com/

I've had this feeling of wanderlust for quite some time now...obsessing on my (overseas) dream home for the past couple of years, seeing it slowly manifesting over the horizon. As we've all heard it said before, God is in the details. And so...slowly but surely, I am working out every single little detail in a workbook. What are my motivations? Family. Reinventing life as I know it. Pursuit of beauty. Dreaming is free and limitless so I might as well dream big, and dream big in vivid technicolor! As past experiences have shown, I've had many dreams come true. I don't believe this is a matter of luck but, rather, a matter of being in alignment energetically with my earthly desires. It is quite an exercise in positivity and gratefulness, being focused and unwavering in the midst of disenchantment and negativity. My workbook is heavily focused on designing La Casa in the style of Mediterranean Provinciale. I have a hope chest of sorts - actually, a hope storage unit which I am filling with bits and pieces of the future: beautiful gilded and floral patterned French china, Austrian china, hardware from Anthropologie, white embroidered linens and tablecloths, crocheted pieces, embroidered Peruvian throw pillow cases, Kohler sinks and faucets, antique crystal chandeliers, some painted furniture, Missoni bedsheets (yes, the Target incarnation!), etc. I realize I have a long way to go and must be diligent with my shopping list. It takes years to establish housekeeping, after all. Estimate date to ship all these via containerized shipping is 2014.

And up in the verdant hills of Tagaytay, I can fully visualize country living in modern spaces with big beautiful windows framing the ethereal views of the lake down below. And my big, beautiful windows will be full-length all the way to the coffered ceiling!

I love the idea of designing spaces in the style of Tricia Guild, and her bold aesthetic of combining exuberant shades in window dressing and wallpaper patterns. The effect is funky elegance, a style close and dear to my heart. Of course, I would elevate the funk quotient by installing Hello Kitty somewhere in a corner. But, that's just me.