Day 335 of 365 - A Space of Our Own
Something got me kind of excited yesterday. It was a YouTube video shared on social media of a tiny apartment in New York. I mean very tiny, as in 90 square feet! The tenant, a woman who works as a professional organizer, had made it quite livable. Now, I have no desire to live in New York City. I've never even visited there. But, I loved how she made the space her own, and also very functional.
I have never lived in my very own place, unless you count having a private room in residence for one year during university. Prior to that, and since, I have always shared living space with family members, roommates, and my husband. Though there can be lots of positives about sharing a home with others, I think it's nice to have personal space to call our own.
To that end, in the past couple years I've decorated our former guest room space as a room of my own. It was fun to chalk paint old furniture in pleasing colors, to choose throw pillows and other accents just for me. It feels like my space now.
When we lived in our last house, my husband had a den in the sun room over the attached garage as his space, once we no longer needed it for a bedroom. I had the smallest bedroom as an office after our youngest son moved out. Once we moved to our apartment, even though it is a spacious three bedroom, we have needed to share space more. Now that my husband is retired, it's something we are revisiting again. Since it's only been a few months, we haven't reconfigured anything yet, but I'm thinking the room we use as a den/office might need some reorganizing soon.
But, back to the tiny apartment. Seeing how she had organized so efficiently got my wheels spinning again about unloading more 'stuff'. When you live in a small space you can only have the essentials. As I've mentioned in other posts before, I've continued purging belongings ever since we moved into this apartment seven years ago. That is partly due to a desire to let go of what I don't need or use and also the belief that we may need to move to a smaller space again at some point. I want to be ready for that.
To me, it is not a comforting feeling to have a space crowded with too much furniture or accessories. I know this is a matter of personal taste, and that some people do feel cozy with lots of belongings around them. Right now, it feels like we have too many things in our den. To make it more functional for both my husband and I as an office space, we need to reformat.
I foresee a busy fall and winter here, now that I'm inspired again to get things moving and to create more space. I expect it will be a project which takes awhile, because, at this stage of my purging it becomes a bit more challenging to decide what stays and what goes. It will be less painful if it's done a little at a time. Ultimately, I hope we will create a layout which suits both of our needs for personal space.
I have never lived in my very own place, unless you count having a private room in residence for one year during university. Prior to that, and since, I have always shared living space with family members, roommates, and my husband. Though there can be lots of positives about sharing a home with others, I think it's nice to have personal space to call our own.
To that end, in the past couple years I've decorated our former guest room space as a room of my own. It was fun to chalk paint old furniture in pleasing colors, to choose throw pillows and other accents just for me. It feels like my space now.
When we lived in our last house, my husband had a den in the sun room over the attached garage as his space, once we no longer needed it for a bedroom. I had the smallest bedroom as an office after our youngest son moved out. Once we moved to our apartment, even though it is a spacious three bedroom, we have needed to share space more. Now that my husband is retired, it's something we are revisiting again. Since it's only been a few months, we haven't reconfigured anything yet, but I'm thinking the room we use as a den/office might need some reorganizing soon.
But, back to the tiny apartment. Seeing how she had organized so efficiently got my wheels spinning again about unloading more 'stuff'. When you live in a small space you can only have the essentials. As I've mentioned in other posts before, I've continued purging belongings ever since we moved into this apartment seven years ago. That is partly due to a desire to let go of what I don't need or use and also the belief that we may need to move to a smaller space again at some point. I want to be ready for that.
To me, it is not a comforting feeling to have a space crowded with too much furniture or accessories. I know this is a matter of personal taste, and that some people do feel cozy with lots of belongings around them. Right now, it feels like we have too many things in our den. To make it more functional for both my husband and I as an office space, we need to reformat.
I foresee a busy fall and winter here, now that I'm inspired again to get things moving and to create more space. I expect it will be a project which takes awhile, because, at this stage of my purging it becomes a bit more challenging to decide what stays and what goes. It will be less painful if it's done a little at a time. Ultimately, I hope we will create a layout which suits both of our needs for personal space.
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