{image from here}I FEEL MOST AT HOME: at home, indoors, curled on the sofa with my laptop, reading in bed, creating in the kitchen. When all is tidy and neat. Family near.
HOW I FEEL WHEN I'M THERE: content, calm, at peace.
WHAT I VALUE MOST ABOUT THE PLACE/ SPACE / COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE: a little tricky because we are imminently moving to the seaside, but for now I value that I live in the suburbs but on the edge of London. Family are close. When we move I will (hopefully) value being able to see the sea every single day, and to walk along the bays and the beaches.
A FEW OBJECTS IN MY LIVING SPACE THAT I CHERISH OR TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN: I've realised that I have little around me that I cherish (objects, that is). I don't tend to hang on to things, I de-clutter radically and often. But I've realised that this is a *want*, that I'd really like to have special things around me, objects that I connect with. For now I think it would have to be family photographs and my laptop which connects me with the world. Fresh flowers too.
MY DREAM HOME IS: hopefully, hopefully, very close.
IF I COULD HAVE BEEN BORN INTO A DIFFERENT CULTURE OR TIME PERIOD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN: Hmm, not sure.
I LONG TO TRAVEL TO/ AND ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO VISIT IS: I love New York. I have a longing to visit Japan (based on reading lots of Murakami and watching Lost in Translation so I'm not sure how accurate this fantasy is!).
MY PERSONAL SANCTUARY IS: Not sure I have one at the moment but a bedroom like the one in the photo above; a hot bubble bath.
I AM AT EASE THERE BECAUSE IT IS: That bedroom because it is calm, warm but uncluttered, with some luxurious and comforting touches.
A COMPLETELY LUXURIOUS/ OUTRAGEOUS THING I'D LIKE TO OWN IS: a villa on a Caribbean island. I'm sure there's more...
I COLLECT OR HAVE A LOT OF: nothing really. Oh, books, of course...
2 comments:
These posts are quite timely, as I'm completely immersed in house-y stuff at the moment, as I'm painting and re-organising The Room of Doom, (otherwise known as the study/music room), and am examining my relationship to my home and what it means to me at this stage in my life. Adding bits to it, and letting go of this and that.
Home is the basis from which so much of our lives takes its shape and expression isn't it?
Definitely so, particularly for me. I find that so much of what I treasure and value in life is home-based. More so than 'outside', I'm finding. Or perhaps that is just because I don't have a particularly nice garden at the moment. We are moving home shortly and I am completely obsessed with interior decoration mags and blogs! Good luck with the Room of Doom- what are your plans for it?
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