But lately, I've been feeling the need to nest - to revisit my home. Perhaps it's the Fall nostalgia creeping in, or perhaps it's my Taurus nature taking over - but the desire to create a sacred space to hunker down in through the winter is taking hold in my mind. I want our house to be a comfy haven where we feel safe to create. I want the air to be flooded with music, conversation and smells of curry, spice, and peppermint. I also want to purge my space of anything that is no longer useful or beautiful - with that I've gotten rid of 80% of my clothes. The clothes I used to work as an ad agency art director in. The clothes I used to go to awards ceremonies in and even the clothes I got married in. My closet is now limited to a wardrobe of black, grey and white with a couple splashes of pink and a little bit of denim.
That said, here are a few things in our home that I've been enjoying lately:
Oklahoma City Market Bag by Apolis with ShopGood.
The wooden bowl carved by our neighbor from our tree that didn't survive Summer 2011.
Newspapers. I've been itching to do a project on newsprint myself.
A rug from my favorite antique store. It had to come home with me.
I know that feeling! We've been in our house for a year and a half now with only half of the house really feeling like home.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm super jealous of that awesome rug! and I just might have to run to ShopGood for that bag...like right now.
I like the cool, not-vibrant-ness of these photos. They look like what your house looks like a rainy day.
ReplyDeletePlease share more nooks - this is amazing. I really love that rug and your hardwood floors.
ReplyDeleteThis time of year makes me want to rearrange, change, update and get ride of old stuff to good will. I think it's the fact that you just want the home to feel cozy in the fall, lived in and loved.
Can you explain the appeal of nostalgia formats? I really don't see a point in releasing new music on cassette (or CD really) or printing a newspaper. I guess as an art project or something it makes sense but is it supposed to be ironic or just make you remember the way things used to be? I cant get excited about reading day old news that gets my fingers dirty or waiting for a tape to fast forward.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much love everything that's visible in that first shot; the chair, the bag, and what I can see of that dresser/credenza thing looks really cool. And the subtle palette of (what I can see of your home) is really nice. Looks like you're doing just fine to me!
ReplyDeleteIs it uncouth to own a bag with a city I don't live in on it?
ReplyDeleteWilling to share you favorite antique store with a local girl?
ReplyDeleteWilling to share your favorite antique store with a local girl?
ReplyDeleteZaida - Go get the market bag. It's in limited quantities so go now!
ReplyDeleteLiz - It was totally a rainy morning. And I exaggerated the feeling with a lil' bit of Photoshopping.
Kelly - XO
Blucadet / Kevin - It's actually purely aesthetic. I'm especially interested in the way ink and photos look on newsprint as well as the actual tactile quality of the paper itself. The stuff I'm getting isn't really for digesting news but more like a magazine - that you might keep for a while. Make sense?
Please stop assuming that everything I do is motivated by what you perceive as hipster irony.
Sarah - Ah, thank you! I do take pride in my home as is - I think I'm just ready to take it to a whole new level. Or maybe just refine, refine, refine.
Sporadic_Habits - Not at all! I think it would be fun to collect a market bag from my favorite cities.
Chelsi - Of course! I love Antique Avenue off Western near 44. Also check out Verdigris at 10th and Classen.
aesthetic is important powerful. sometimes, life moves so fast that and we are constantly reinventing and changing our lives that we need P.S. something to anchor us to a past. that bag is all sort of awesome.
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