Okay, so I've not really had an interest in doing a show house. Well, not until I was hoodwinked into it by a sneaky friend of mine! It began simple enough. I had received an invitation to tour the home and see all it had to offer. No big deal, right? As a kind gesture to this calculating friend, I decided it wouldn't hurt to take a gander. While there, in walks my friend with another designer and introduces us. Innocent enough, right? NOT!!! "Oh Rhonda, this is my friend Nikki, you guys should partner up and propose a room!" I'm looking at Nikki, a petite pretty little thing and I say..."Sure, okay! If you like?" Well to make a long story short, after evaluating all of her commitments, Nikki decided this really wasn't the best time for her to be involved and apologetically bowed out.
Okay, so here I am now having wrapped my mind around proposing for a space, am faced with the decision of not doing it or forging ahead, alone! That really was a frightening concept for me. Like I said earlier, I had no interest in doing a show house and for whatever reason, didn't think I was ready! I didn't think the time was right! I felt I hadn't done enough in my brief career to be going after something like this! Hmmm, I'm sure none of you can relate to this, huh? After mulling it over and getting into a few heated disagreements with a client, who is now a very good friend, (no need to name names, they know who they are), I decide to go for it! You know me, ever the one to consult with my spirit. It said to propose for the lower hallway. Number one, it'll be just enough to get my feet wet! Number two, everyone else will be proposing for larger rooms, not giving a hallway a second thought! Number three, if I'm going to propose a space, propose for a space that I will likely get! I mean, who does this because they don't want it? Although, in my mind, to make me feel better about not getting it, I decided it was a great exercise and the experience of proposing alone would be great for me...right! Anyhoo, I wanted it more than I was afraid of it, so my spirit was very strategic in it's planning!
At this point there were about three weeks before the proposals were due. I kept putting it off, looking for that divine inspiration that literally, never came! The Sunday of the week that it was due, Pete and I were spending one of those very rare moments together where we were just talking about nothing in particular, but everything under the sun, when it happened! Inspiration came, and it came, and it came! I sat at my dining room table and did four renderings. One of them was for a bedroom of my client/friend who challenges me every time we speak, and the other three are the ones shown here. Now that I had the vision, I had to research, source, and scourer the internet to find the perfect elements or at least something that somewhat resembled what I'd like to place in the space.
I finally found some elements that I would present, but only as examples of what I was looking for. I stressed over whether to color render or not. I printed several copies of the drawings and set about my way to use, at first colored pencils and then markers; but they never looked quite as striking as the clean, marker drawn drawings. So, I made the decision to not color render them, but to make my concept statement set the scene, the mood, and paint the drawings for me. I also thought it would be more impactful to mount each drawing on individual boards and present them in a brightly colored orange box. Since I couldn't be there to present, I imagined the judges opening my box and pulling out, one at a time, each board and laying it out for them all to see. One of them would read the concept statement aloud and along with each board my vision will be seen and understood.
It worked! Not only was I selected, I was given the space right next to mine which includes some mechanical challenges! Oh Father in Heaven! I am extremely excited and sometimes feeling totally out of my mind for thinking I could do such a thing! I am so that person who takes calculated risks. This one just didn't add up! First of all, I know nothing about what it takes to pull something like this off in such a short amount of time. Secondly, the expense of it! Christmas is coming up and I would like to eat and not spend it on a space that is not in my house! You do get where I'm coming from, don't you? What comforts me when I'm feeling whacked out and out of sorts is that these are the opportunities that God loves. I have no one to lean on but Him. Sure, He already knows the help I need and who's going to help me. I just have to seek Him and ask what would He have me to do today and who would He have me talk to. Where there is vision, there is provision! There is no testimony without a test!
As I move forward on this journey, I will take you with me every step of the way! Next week I will post pics of the space. Brace yourselves, they are less than inspiring! You truly have no idea! Oh! If you are an amazing artist, muralist, faux finisher or painter who is skilled in applying a metallic wall finish, or know someone who is and would like to share your/their talents and skills (and live in the Atlanta metropolitan area), shoot me an email! I would love to talk with you and see how we can possibly work together on such an incredible opportunity!
Make it AMAZING!
Rhonda
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