(The old thing I couldn't part with has found a spot in my bedroom.)
Have you ever loved and hated with the same level of intensity? Plowed to a rocking torment of guilt? Yet, at the same time, driven by gusts of momentary pleasure? Then down you plummet again - a riveting cycle of love - hate - love -hate...
Because finally, my "new" sofa set has arrived! I had to hold off delivery because I wanted the house in perfect order when it comes. It's not a big house, certainly not. R and I had to sacrifice space in favor of living in a pretty quiet and very safe neighborhood.
It's a gem of a find, this place, but when it comes to space it can get frustrating. It's a love hate relationship between me and this square peg. Like I resent it with impunity and love it by design. So ordinary and quite odd how the partitions of this bungalow have been sectioned. And the walls - ugh' the walls! Mistakes, obviously - but this is now home to me and my family. We have embraced each other's faults with graciousness and understanding. Isn't that what home is all about?
But funny how the arrival of new furniture can create such an entirely different mood. I'm feeling a little grown up now - blending colors and taking out some. I've drawn a complete picture in my mind and for sure, in a few months everything will come to be..specially the glass chandeliers.
It's growing on me this house, budding and blooming...like a waif wallflower, it's beauty slowly taking courage...the ordinary sanctified...much like me I know...
much like me.
It's growing on me this house, budding and blooming...like a waif wallflower, it's beauty slowly taking courage...the ordinary sanctified...much like me I know...
much like me.
Glad to hear you are loving the way your furniture looks in your home. I know what you mean about new furniture and what it brings with it.:D Listen thanks for stopping by my blog, the kitchen picture that's on my blog is not my kitchen, wish it were. It was Frida Kahlo's kitchen, the painter. If only it were mine...take care.
ReplyDeleteit would be so fun to see your home... to see you in the environ that you have created for yourself and your loved ones.
ReplyDeletewe are really living parallel lives across the world from each other aren't we?
ReplyDeleteI sold some old cast off furniture today in preparation of my new furniture delivery. One piece i felt a little tug at my heart when it was loaded on the truck. An iron and wicker sofa table that I bought in my single days. But I will cherish the extra space and it was really of no use to me anymore. I'd been shuffling it from room to room looking for a use for it and it was really just a space hog with no purpose anymore. But it represented a little portion of me. I remember the night in the rain when I bought it and how I struggled to get it to fit into my little jeep all by myself. (( sigh ))
You will in time create the home you envision. It's inevitable. I think change is always difficult at first, but after awhile, like everything else, one gets accustomed. I think this small, cozy and quaint house will become a reflection of who you are and I can't see that being anything other than beautiful. Congratulations on your new home.
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