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I have fought against my own desire to move and have loved being settled. There are, though, good things about moving...
1) When you move you can have a really good clean out. I am a bit of a clean out queen and there are those in my family who know that if anything is left out too long it gets thrown away. They know who they are... It is hard to see the wood from the trees when you have been in a house for thirteen years and we have TOO MUCH STUFF.
2) It is exciting to plan the decoration of a new house. You start to think about the way you live afresh and can make some good changes.
3) I have written before about my love of a clean notebook. A new house is like that notebook. In this one you will get it all exactly right...
Well we are not about to move and we love our home but it is a home that is looking, well lived in. I am also craving all the things you get from a move. I have recently been inspired by a series on the site Apartment Therapy called The January Cure. They suggest that you can completely refresh your home in a month. I can't, but over the next few months I will be making little moves to de-clutter, get round to several little projects that we have been going to do 'one day' (like fix the banister and tile that extra bit in the kitchen), and freshen up some paint work.
I am collecting images on a new pinterest board to inspire me. The image above is one of my inspiration pictures. I see wood, baskets, white walls glass and natural objects. They are things that have been constant in my homes over the years. I am getting back to my basics.
My family were a family of movers a generation ago - every two years a different country, with children and grandparents in tow! Now we are a family of stayers, who all think we are going to move, this is just temporary, but wow, it's been 10 years now - how did that happen??....if my house ever manage to look like your amazing photo above I think I would faint, good luck getting there!
ReplyDeleteThe wooden plank floors are what I have dreamed of for years! A re-do always feels good.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post Karen. I like the idea of decluttering over a period of time too - it seems more achievable in the long term. x
ReplyDeleteI could certainly relax in that room - I love the combination of white/natural palette.
ReplyDeleteMoving is a double-edged sword believe me. Great for decluttering but even though we've moved to a lower maintenance house there are still many things to do/change (and my husband is no fan of diy and neither am I really). We have cream walls to paint white, new light fittings to buy the list goes on... So stay put and enjoy your makeover xo
Ah Karen that is a lovely image. I can only hope that one day I achieve a modicum of that level of peace in my own home! I am by nature a messy hoarder....combined with living in a tiny house with small children and all their gubbins it does not lead to a tranquil space! But we are in the process of putting in a new kitchen...after which I'm sure the rest of the house will look tatty in comparison so I expect we'll continue with the mission in other rooms. Good luck with your decluttering!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing I like better than a good clear out. I just wish my family felt the same way. For them, everything can be slid into the category of sentimental. And I love the piture you've posted. It's been one of my favourites for years. I just wish one could find leather chairs like that in western Canada.
ReplyDeletePlanning/hoping for something similar here. (I would happily live in that picture.) Bought a copy of Holly Becker's 'Decorate' for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteSomething deep in my psyche so longs to do a complete overhaul here too, but I live in a house of hoarders and if truth be told, I'm not good at throwing things away either - so if when you finish at your house, you still fancy a challenge - you know where you'd be welcome!
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean - a new house means a new project and a clean slate, two things I love.
ReplyDeleteWe've lived in our house for seven years now and it's just getting to the stage when, after the initial big re-decorate, every room is starting to look in need of some tlc. Chipped tiles, peeling paint etc. Nothing major but so hard to work up the motivation when there is crochet to be done!
Gillian x
Oh Karen, I have been obsessed with that Apartment Therapy series, reading it during night feeds on my phone. When I finally have a house and not abuilding site I absolutely intend to put it all in to practice!
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