Creating a Home

This is the house we are selling.  I have loved this little house for ten years.

I have enjoyed decorating it for all seasons.

Our cats have enjoyed it too.

I liked the way it was nestled among the trees...

I enjoyed having flowers on the deck:

I appreciated all the little details, pretty front door and lots of windows.

I know I will miss this house.  I have been working hard to make the new condo feel like home though.  I have brought a lot of my favorite things that make me feel at home.

I brought this chandelier to use in my new dining room, and the Matisse print to use in the new living room.  I love how they both look like branches reaching upward.

I brought some quilts and my favorite rug.

I was fond of this fireplace in the house, and the clock on the wall.  I couldn't bring the fireplace but I brought the clock to place in the new living room.

And of course I brought many of my books.  I have enjoyed setting up the bookshelves.

Tolkien and my wizard collection:

James Herriott and little animals:

(Little things that make me feel at home.)

Oh, and I do have some flowers on my little balcony now…

As I go about creating a home in our new condo, I look back fondly on that pretty little house where we lived for ten years.  Sometimes I can't believe I will not walk into it again.