My first home design

We like furniture and art work with a back-story and meaning to us. My friend, Joyce Sunada called this intentional decorating. For ideas to give order to your house and how to pare down your belongings to those you truly treasure, see my book summary of Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.  Of course a home provides a safe place for children and adults to relax, experiment, and play.  A home’s functionality and needs ebb and flow with a family’s developmental stage and number of members.  For example, some dedicated parents turn their dining rooms into play spaces for their young children. Of course, one day they may choose to turn it back into an eating space, or a reading space or whatever best serves their circumstance.

How to make your home.

For years people have said, “I love your home. It’s warm, welcoming, and cozy.” We have had at least three realtors say, “I would like to purchase your house myself.” How did Les and I discover how to make our home, sweet home?  I was blessed with a mother, a poor-farm housewife, who used to watch home design television shows. Yes, before the Home and Garden Television. She would then transform items from my grandparent’s attic or the local dump into useful household furnishings or decor. Interestingly enough, my brother Jamie McLaughlin became Vice-president, Residential Design for one of Ontario’s largest construction companies. Jamie generously designed our present house.  Here are some tips for warming up your home, sweet home.

Make your sweet home.

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