So I drove past on the way back from doing the shopping and getting Oscar's hair cut and they were finishing the roof / putting the ridge caps on. It looks great! AND I saw a batch of windows on site :D
Over the past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about what makes a beautiful home. While obviously a good design helps, it really is the finishes and furnishings which make the difference in my opinion. The humblest home can look awesome with clever furnishings, colour and art. And even the most palatial home can look insipid and uninspiring or just meh.
The problem is no guts no glory. It's easy to play it safe with colour and art - but the result seems so insipid. But then there's convincing the husband that a lime green wall or a piece of art which takes up and entire wall is what's required ;)
Still have only the vaguest ideas of how I want to decorate this home. And those ideas change on a daily basis. Need to start another scrapbook!
You know what I find fascinating? Those delightful little surprises that go completely unnoticed until you are living in a house. For example, as you know we have only one bathroom(currently) with a shower over the bath and a small but high frosted window to your left when standing in the shower. I love to shower with the window open when it's raining. There is something so relaxing and pleasurable about watching the rain while in the shower! Who knew!
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