i haven't changed our rooms around in years. since all my creative energy has been directed at chasing lightning bugs, i do my best to keep the house feeling like my house, but i barely keep up. yesterday i was hit with the urge to lighten things up and change things around. the living room revolves around edgar, and i needed to find a way to make that work for all of us. so i started moving furniture and vacuuming and washing floors and baseboards and ended up with the nice airy summer feeling to my house that i'd almost forgotten was possible. i need table space, because although i have my studio next door, i still bring work home for the evenings with tom. so i created a little table area in the living room that doesn't feel like it's taking up half the room. and in the library/dining room, i took a couple of leaves out of the dining room table and moved it into the window where we can sit for meals without being in the crowded and dark end of the room. maybe we'll actually use it now instead of balancing our plates on our laps more often than not. the rooms are open and spacious again, with all the same furniture, just mixing it up. it was certainly time!!! edgar's not thrilled with the change, but he'll get used to it.
I love what you've done!!! Can't wait to see.... I bet it feels so good!
ReplyDelete" lighten things up and change things around"
ReplyDeleteI am into that too my friend. Looks like your have been doing a marvelous job : )
The table looks lovely by the window, which I'm sure will make it a more inviting place to dine. I am also into lightening things up these days.
ReplyDeleteI love your new layout! I have been doing the same thing that you have. Washing walls and baseboards and moving pictures and paintings to different locations to give the place a different feel. Everything feels fresh again and ready for summer.
ReplyDeleteLovely to get a glimpse into your gorgeous home... Edgar's expression says it all though :-) We have a round table in our kitchen now - after years of always owning (don't know why?) a standard rectangular table - I can honestly say I'm a converted soul - I feel like King Arthur must have when he realised "this will catch on" .... :-) xx
ReplyDeleteedgar is still not used to it. he won't sleep at night, he enters the living room with great trepidation. but the house feels better and easier to clean......now on to the upstairs.
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