Slowly but surely, the new house is beginning to feel like home. Things are starting to find the places where they will belong: baking dishes here. Pots and pans there. Appliances. Clothes. Bathroom supplies, kitchen supplies. Food even. As things are put away, the house begins to look uncluttered.
After living in a big house that I could never quite keep up with, this house is wonderfully simple. Two bedrooms, one bath, the pantry, and a combined livingroom/kitchen. I can sweep the kitchen, bathroom and pantry in ten minutes. I can plug the vacuum into the receptacle in the hall and vacuum the whole house in about the same amount of time. This morning, getting the house in order took about an hour. I watered and weeded the gardens. I fed cats. I put diatomaceous earth around the foundation of the house (ants), and dragged building scraps to the burn pile.
I had cucumbers from my garden in dill and sour cream for lunch. Now I am sitting in a quiet house listening to crickets outside and wondering if it is going to rain. The clock strikes the hour: 1PM.
I am marveling at my own contentment. I realize that this quietness is what I have been missing.
Nothing beats being in your own calm tidy space, time to breathe.
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful beautiful house! I always say that, if we ever move, I want to move one item at a time, put it in place and when the new house is full - sell the rest! Your new home is so peaceful and calm and uncluttered. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks and sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteHome sweet home.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a comfortable home and I am impressed by all the work you have done. Now what happens to your other house? Do you sell it?
ReplyDeleteIt all looks like HOME! You've done it.
ReplyDeleteYou've built and begun to feather a cozy nest.
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