What a strange time we are living in. Gus and I are usually so busy that when I view our appointment calendar it stresses me out. These days I am finding our schedule to be rapidly freeing up and we have been, gulp, staying home. We are happy to stay home to keep us and our community healthy, and it has offered us an opportunity to reconnect with our home and each other. Yes, we work together and are constantly in each other’s company, but it has been wonderful to do more than discuss work. We have had a Monopoly game going all weekend and are binge watching Shetland. Being home so much lately has got me thinking about the things in my home that I love and that bring me comfort. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful home full of things collected from our travels, inherited from family members and picked up from our 22 years of thrifting together. Here are a few of our favorite things.
Gus and I Have Had This Buffet Since We First Started Dating. He Took the Time to Paint It Silver for Me a Few Years Ago. I Can’t Bear to Part With It Because It Serves Our Needs So Perfectly. The Lamps Were Scored at an Estate Several Years Ago. the Bottles Are From the 1950’s and Are Magnum Size. I Like to Think They Were Purchased at the Birth of a Child or a Big Job Promotion. They Hold So Much Joy and Promise.
2015 u2 Concert Poster From Barcelona That We Cut off of a Kiosk With a Wine Key. Great Story, Great Concert!
Bold Wallpaper in a Mirrored Nook Paired With My Grandma Katy’s Hand Painted Tiger Makes Me Very Happy.
An Antique Brass Lamp With a Leather Fringed Lamp Shade Makes Me One Happy Girl.
A Wwii Era Hand Painted Screen From Japan Hangs in Our Bedroom. It Is a Loving Reminder of Gus’s Aunt Dot.
Flowers From Our Garden. What a Joy to Bring Inside.