This is home (to me)

Having been established in my apartment for two years now (eeps), I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’ve turned the blank canvas that it was for such a long time into a home.  It’s true what they say about seeing something every day; you aren’t able to appreciate your progress until you hear good things from others.  When my friends dropped Finny and his overnight bag at my apartment, they remarked upon how nice my place was, which took me back a bit.  Admittedly, I still have my twinkly Christmas lights still up, which give it a nice festive flair - not sure if I’m going to take those down this year.  To me, my apartment is just home and the cave that I run away to when everything/one else gets too overwhelming.  And there are also those few improvements that I’ve continued to delay.

Such as that area rug that I've been talking about buying for the entire time I've been here.  Pretty sure my mom asks me every week whether or not I've purchased one.  There is nothing wrong with rugs that I’ve seen, either in store or online, except that they are all pricey and it feels like such a permanent decision (if I ever have to choose carpet, I’ll be in trouble).  The colour, the pattern, the size - too many decisions!

I have also been putting off buying a humidifier.  I’ve been waking up feeling like death with a sore, dry throat, exacerbated with the heat running because it’s been frigid outside.  Part of it is denial that I’m an old lady and need a humidifier to sleep and wake up comfortably and part of it also that all of the humidifiers I’ve looked at are ugly as sin and remind me of my childhood and bloody noses.  I welcome all beautiful (and effective) humidifier suggestions.

Honestly, to me those are not fun things to buy.  Case in point, I just bought a very nice onesie with the money I could have been saving toward a good quality rug.  Don’t even get me started on looking at drapes.  And seeing how it’s taken me two years to fill my apartment with things, I don’t think the additional space from buying and moving into a house is necessary.  It would most likely take me another decade to fill up the place and not make it feel like a tomb.  But maybe if the house was small enough, like the mid-century remodeled house featured this week at under 2,000 square feet.  And even if I couldn't fill it up with furniture, I'd work really hard at filling up that closet with lots of shoes.  And more shoes.  And then I'd use the additional closet space for my bookshelf overflow that I'm bound to have.



Comments

  1. Wow. That is a niiiiiiiiiiice home. My jaw dropped at the price though, that is a serious steal. I'm living in the wrong country.

    Sxx
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  2. nice!!! that said, why do places need to be filled up with stuff anyways??? you know the saying, things you own end up owning you. don't you dare by a carpet!!!

    ;)

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  3. Oh, what a handsome little fellow! :)

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  4. Oooooo...that closet....I wouldn't mind having that! And that's really wonderful to read about your place, Rooth! There's no place like home:D

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  5. This is a great space! (Although I'm so tired of realty websites using HDR or whatever to shoot their pics and make everything look almost 3D). I'm all about small, smaller, smallest. I think we need a house tour of your apartment next!

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  6. That's a really lovely place! I would love to move in and decorate it the way I like it. I know how you feel about the rug. I am looking for one for ages but cannot decide. The ones I like are always so terribly expensive. My Christmas lights are still up as well and I am not planning on taking them down. :)

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  7. I hear your place is awesome, but you need to stock more Cheezits. :)
    I like the house. After replacing the front door, I could be very comfortable there. Nice find!

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  8. Oh this house is nice! I really like.

    H & I broke down earlier this month and perused Amazon for a humidifier. We eventually ended up purchasing the Vicks UV Germ Free one. I love me some Vicks so we also bought the Vicks Vaposteam. It was my life saver at night when I was sick almost 2 wks ago.

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  9. i have so many areas of my house that need attention. and it's like musical chairs, by the time i get one space done and then another and another, it's time to go back to the starting point (it might be the small house plus three boys thing i have going on - 2000 sqft sounds enormous to me!!). i love that little porch. i am all about the patio, that's my escape . . . not so much in the winter months which is probably why i hate them so much. i need my escape! xo

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  10. I love this house and could definitely live in it. I think your own place may not feel special to you because it's slowly evolving to reflect you and your style so you don't notice it like other people will.

    I think this humidifier is nice but I think you have to refill it twice a day. http://store.leibal.com/collections/11/products/bottle-humidifier and I really like the animal shaped ones at Target because I've never really grown up.

    I totally get the carpet thing but I use carpet tiles left over from work projects so they're free and I have no commitment to them. When I'm ready for a new style, I send them back for recycling.

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  11. Are we gonna see a sneaky photo of your place one day? ;)

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  12. I think I'm the only person I know who prefers apartments to houses. I just don't find the idea to have a ton of space I don't really need appealing, somehow. I like this house, it's a nice size!

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  13. Love the eeps!!! Haha...I know what you mean about the apartment rut. Whenever I buy something for my apt, I stop and think "maybe I should wait until I buy a home".

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  14. Ahh, I'm seeing so many nice rugs but they are way, way over my budget, and the rest are entirely meh. I'd be able to cope with decorating if only there was unlimited money, but that probably applies to a lot of things in life!

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