Bekah's Bits: Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

Saturday, November 09, 2024

Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

Good morning and happy Saturday, friends! This week has been one for the books here in Shafferland. I’m still adjusting to Braeya’s absence. I told Ryan that every time I open the curtain to our closet (where she loved to sleep) I expect to see her there. Lexi still goes bounding to Braeya’s food bowl location every morning looking for stray leftovers. It’ll take us a while to get used to this new way of life. Thanks for the sweet cards and messages checking in on us this week.

While we work through that and more, I have run across a few things for your day today! Enjoy!

ONE.

I might be saving this one more for myself than anyone else, but I’ll let you peek in on it too. We aren’t really an orange kind of home (no offense if you are!), but I have a couple of really nice pumpkins I bought years ago that are very orange. I liked this tutorial on transforming them to a more neutral color to fit the décor. (Might also help if I thrift some bright orange pumpkins along the way!) I don’t really want to get rid of what I have simply because of a color clash, because what we have is in really good shape and we already own it!

TWO.

What are your thoughts on two-tone kitchen cabinets? (One color on upper cabinets and a different color on the lowers?) I used to really dislike this, but it’s growing on me, and this post offers some explanations on why it can be helpful. There are also some ideas of color combinations to try! It’s something we’ve tossed around in light conversation (for someday) simply because our kitchen is on the smaller side and feels dark with the dark wood and floor and countertops. I’m not sure if we’ll ever do it, but it’s fun to consider and explore!

THREE.

Holidays can be wonderful and they can be hard – and they can be wonderfully hard. I’ve certainly had years when I dreaded holidays with everything in me. Dreaded being the misfit at gatherings. Dreaded being alone. Dreaded all kinds of things. There were years I went to great, expensive lengths to protect myself from hurt. And while I generally enjoy them much more in recent years, I appreciate that there are still many who find them hard for one reason or another. Here are some words that might help if you find yourself in that camp. And even if you don’t, read them. Maybe they’ll help you understand someone else sitting around the table.

FOUR.

Do you have a hard storyline in your life right now? We probably all do, if we’re willing to be honest about it. I was one the phone last week with one of the wisest women I’ve ever met, and as she listened to my hard storyline and genuinely sympathized with my hurt and fear, she said, “I just want to encourage you to worship today. Just worship. Put your focus there.” So I did. It was hard. I cried all the way through it. It wasn’t pretty or glistening or picturesque. But I did it. And I subsequently found so much encouragement in this post by Ann Voskamp. Maybe something in this piece will bring you peace! BONUS: I also heard this song this week and loved it. Maybe you need the words.

FIVE.

Why am I just now learning about walking holidays??? They sound dreamy! Apparently if I want to try one, there isnow a chance to do so right here in the United States! Would you do it? Hike from one inn to the next and let a courier transport your luggage?

SIX.

I’ll go out on a limb and presume you probably don’t have 158 million dollars to spare, but if you did, and if living high in the sky overlooking Central Park in New York City was your dream, I have good news for you! There is atwo-floor penthouse for sale. The listing pictures are all generated, it appears, but they’re still fascinating, as is the floor plan that is also included. I love a view, and this one delivers, but I would be SO DIZZY!!! I don’t think I need 8 bedrooms and a private reception hall – or a ballroom-scale grand salon, for that matter – but it IS kinda cool. And if that just isn’t your thing at all, but living in a repurposed barn is more your style, I have good news for you too! For a much lower price tag, you can buy this one! I really like it – especially the penny floor in the foyer.

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