Unique Hand-Painted Rooms
When people think about decorating their homes, they often think about "buying" things, and getting things finished. But a home can be an expression of deep needs for belonging and being able to express the self without fear of judgment. As much as a a house may belong to us, we may wonder if we belong to a home. It can be extremely therapeutic to consider one's home a process of self and family expression, rather than a showroom for someone else's design, or a showroom of market determined values. If you're decorating or modeling your house thinking only of its resale value, can you truly feel "at home"? Are you afraid that if you hand-paint a wall, as this wall in the picture, someone else will think your house "too funky"? Ah, as long as the walls are intact, the cellar dry, the electric wiring good, the plumbing operational, why not express yourself fully? You can repaint that wall before selling your house. But I also believe that a home w