We're living in our home and decorating it--together for a change! Hubby is proving to be surprisingly good at the furniture buying thing!
My rule when packing to move was if I didn't love it, it didn't get moved. We arrived with very little and now we're almost done furnishing our new home. My rule for the new remained the same--if I didn't love it, I didn't buy it. Of course, hubby had to love it, too. The result is a home that is comfortable and full of things we truly love--with one exception, but that's another post for another time. The other benefit is that, even though most everything was purchased at different places at different times, it all coordinates.
The one thing that truly surprised me was that our style is much more contemporary than I thought. No wonder I was never really happy with our previous furniture! I was buying what everyone else expected me to buy, instead of what I truly loved. I was buying for what other people would think. Never again.
We even found a painting done by a Villager for our living room at the art show yesterday. Saw it from a distance and fell in love with it! It's hanging in my living room and it makes me smile every time I look at it. I love that painting.
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