good quote about home decorating :)

sometimes i get suuuuuuuuuper overwhelmed when thinking about being a new wife and "nesting."  i feel like i have sooo many talented friends who r*o*c*k when it comes to making a living space look like a page out of a Pottery Barn catalouge.  and the craziest part of it all is when she says, "oh i just got that at a thrift store" or "oh i found it at a cool garage sale" or "oh i have an artistic friend" or whatever... the list can go on and on... and unemployed me, thinks to herself, "girl, do you have time/gas/money to search out thrift stores or garage sales & find that needle-in-a-haystack thing?" and usually the reality-check i give myself is, no, ella, you really don't right now, honey. 

so what's a girl to do?  

i want to have an apartment that's cutesy-tootsy and welcoming and shows off my style.

but what does a girl on a low-budget do when she doesn't even know what "her style" even is?!  henceforth creep in--- the feelings of overwhelmedness.

so praise the LORD that i finally read a quote that zing!-went to my heart & helped soothe my fears of being a horrid decorator/nester/whatever. :)

sweet melissa of The Inspired Room wrote,

"...But more than focusing on my decorating style and how amazing I might be able to make my home LOOK with lots of time staging or buying lots of stuff in a hurry for show, I like to focus more on my LIFE and let my style evolve as I experience the world around me."

  

ahhhh... preach, preacha'.  what a beautiful little sentence my heart needed to hear--- NOT just today--- but probably just in general, as i've been processing this idea of decorating for the last few years or so.

what do you think? :)  are you like melissa (and me, haha!) that have evolving styles?  or do you have a set pattern of how you're wired & what you're automatically drawn to?  is the concept of decorating a home overwhelming to you?--- or the most fun thing ever?  [if the latter, feel free to share any great ideas.] ;)