Into Home

“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fine and Dandy Print via PaperMoth

Life list #18: Turn my apartment into a home

“I hate my living room. It’s making me batshit insane”

“Sooo, throw pillows?”

“….”

“Well, I read somewhere that new pillows can help fix things”

“No, throw pillows would be like putting a Hello Kitty bandaid on a stab wound. This is more like if I don’t get rid of that God awful futon I’m going to rip the stuffing out of that sucker”

“So no throw pillows”

“Actually, I think I’ll get some of those too”

Buchanan Apartment Sofa via Pottery Barn

People ask why I don’t buy as in a house. A HOUSE. I shudder when that comes up because buying is so permanent. I also don’t shovel driveways or clean gutters and if leaves fell on my yard, I’d probably just say “That’s NATURE. Leave ‘em!” I’d be a terrible owner which I have fully resigned to and I am ok with that. Some people just aren’t meant to have big yards until later in life if ever. I like leaving all the yucky stuff up to someone else.

But it’s a waste of money.

What about parking?

What about permanence.

I reply with the delicate nature of my own sanity. The way I’m perpetually teetering along and how anything that can make me have to stress less is good. But I’m redoing anyway: Another coat of pant, new prints. Michael’s is having a sale so double mat gallery frames were in order. And a new sofa. Definitely a new sofa.

I just want to want people to come over. I want to come home and be happy to be here. I want to sit at my table with tea in a buddha bowl, my laptop and fuzzy socks and I’d like to do so in a place that brings a smile to my face. More color and whimsy and less “Welcome to my funeral parlor”.  My eyes have gone wonky from poring over Apartment Therapy and Decor8. I’ve never been much into design blogs but suddenly every thing looks so delicious. Let the games begin.