#home thoughts

[eleplay]

i looove the pale yellow and pale blue with pops of brighter yellow and red. why is jeremy allen white here

[system-of-a-feather]

Honestly relevant to the previous shit post earlier today about hom(e)ophobia being the opposite of agoraphobia and it being "a thing we have" (joke) like...

We've been thinking about what makes a home for us what with the stage in healing and life we are in, and also our fiance is working through some trauma stuff and his panic disorder - before it started getting better - was getting concerning as it began to teeter briefly into borderline agoraphobia

And its really made us realize a thing. A lot of people see their home as The Place They Live, and so their home is a safe place, the default place they are when they don't have any explicit plans. It's a safe and predictable place to "idle" in

But I realize we have never.... really considered that a home could be seen as such. Yeah we've known that on like a definition and logical sense, but emotionally? A home - for us - has always been the place you return to after engaging in life. It's more of a lion's den or a crow's roost than it is a Place I Live

I don't Live at my Home. I Rest at my Home

And the idea of living at my home.... I don't really know if I think that is better or worse than what I do. I'm not too sure if I think it is good or not to "live" at home - not on an emotional or logical level. I'm really ambivalent about it.

I think the truth is that there is something to learn from both perspectives of what a "home" is (especially in relation to life) and being able to jump between the two is the ideal

But I dunno, its a new concept and thing I've been thinking about.

I'd love to hear any input anyone who has any additional thoughts or rambles on this concept might have cause its been a thing I've been pondering on and off with my parts for like... a couple weeks and I'd love to see some alternative perspectives and insights to the topic.

So.... *hands over mic to anyone that wants it*

[macrolit]

Oh, to be in England now that April's there And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now!

“Home Thoughts,” Robert Browning

[eleplay]

ok this is the only "hiding your tv" thing i've seen so far that i like. folding shutters that become a painted piece when closed-- cute! i do wonder if the depth of its recess and the doors get in the way of viewing from certain angles at all

also i like this quilted tissue cover their friend made for them as a gift, that's so cute... (ive wanted a tissue cover for ages--not that i think that i need to dress up/hide a tissue box for any reason, but it's an object i always have around due to shit sinus disease and it would be nice to give it an opportunity to be a Decor Piece as well. alas it's a rather low-priority indulgence. maybe one day)

[superstormspell]

Turning an Empty Space into Home, One Decision at a Time

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layouts. storage. lighting. materials. so many choices, all at once.

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maybe interior design isn’t really about trends or luxury. maybe it’s about turning uncertainty into comfort. about making a house slowly feel like home.

[kereeachan]

It's really funny as someone whose parents love house reno shows (and is thus often subjected to them) how LITTLE I'd actually change about my home just over two years after moving in. I'm in a place just under 700 sq ft and it's like...I love so much about it. Not much needs changing. We painted two rooms before move in and later replaced one light fixture. But there's really very little that is annoying.

Like...move the spare room's closet doors out a couple inches so they shut over the washer and dryer. But honestly I don't USE the closet for anything but them so unless I need water heater access the doors not sliding is ok (I remove then replace them for water heater access--I've gotten pretty good at it).

Hire electrician to put the bathroom light and fan on different switches instead of one switch. That does drive me fucking nuts.

Potentially replace water heater five years or so in future. It's the oldest thing and even then it's still pretty good according to our last inspection, just need to maybe be ready 5-10 years from now.

MAYBE move main shelf and rod of bedroom closet up three or four inches? Idk, it's well made wood construction, great load bearing capacity as-id, it's be more convenient to be slightly higher since I double hang but I'm a little worried to fuck with it to be honest.

And...that's about it. My place really is just this...perfectly laid out just under 700 sq ft 2-bedroom. A tiny yet somehow amazingly functional bathroom (whose sink counter I LOVE). Ditto for kitchen, it's a small but full kitchen, works great. And a wood burning fireplace because it's an old building (built in 1940s, reno'd in 80s).

It's just neat to have gotten such a good place as my first owned home.

[pronebarbie]

thinking about how the house from “mother!” is my dream home, actually