This week the Tuesday 4 is all about our homes. Join me if you'd like.
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| The cats help our house feel like a home. |
2. How do you keep your house neat, tidy, and clean? Do you find it difficult? On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being neat, tidy, and clean, I would say that our house is about a 7. Sometimes it is worse, especially when we are under stress or working on a big project, and sometimes it is better, especially when we have invited people over. We try to maintain things as we go, but the whole house is rarely all clean and organized at the same time. As I have learned to get rid of clutter, the job of keeping things neat has gotten easier. Cleaning is not my favorite thing, but I try to do a little of it every day so nothing gets too far gone.
3. Are plants important in your home.. or collections.. or wall art? Is there a theme you like to create?
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| The jar for this terrarium came from my parents and the begonia was a volunteer. Many things in our home have some kind of personal connection like this. |
We don't have any big collections unless you count all of the rocks we have collected over time in the basement. Some day, we are going to curate them and Ward is going to make a display box for them. Some. day.
It used to be all the art we had had some kind of personal connection - painting of a favorite place, personal needlework, family photos, etc. But when we staged our last house to sell, I bought inexpensive paintings to go with the decor. You know, it's a lot easier to make something look good when you buy it to go into a specific place rather than trying to fit your odd pieces into the decor. So while we still have some personal things displayed, we are using our staging art, too. BTW, I'm using the word decor here loosely, and we have no themes.
4. What is a typical day/evening like in your home? A typical day at our house is rather mundane. Get up, do the morning stuff, feed the cats, clean the kitchen, etc. Then Ward starts work by going into the office and turning on his work computer. My work schedule varies from day to day. I can work either morning, afternoon, evening, or a combination. If I don't have to go to work immediately, I usually try to get some chores or errands done. In the evening, after catching up on our days and eating dinner, we settle in for an hour or so of mindless TV or reading with cats on our laps. We like to watch calm, simple things to slow our minds down before bedtime. HGTV and comedy reruns are our favorites for this. We do more than this, but this is the basic structure that our various other activities and projects fit into.
Until next time...
Note: I cut and paste the questions for the Tuesday 4 into the post and Blogger gets confused by this. Thus the various spacing and font sizes. Sigh. However, I'm still thankful for the free blogging service Google provides.
Pets DO make a house feel like home! I think you nailed it with your description of what makes a house a home. In our house, I would add that home is a place where we celebrate our quirkiness.
ReplyDeleteI live with very creative people (hence the quirkiness) and much of my "decor" involves spreading our creations around the house. We have pictures on the wall that my husband and daughter have drawn or painted; a couple of framed photographs that I took on different vacations; small wood-burned pictures that my son has done; throws that I have knitted; and so on. My husband loves indoor plants so we have some in Very High Places to thwart Max the plant-chewing cat. I like to think that I have arranged everything attractively. I like my home to look tidy, but I also don't want it to be SO tidy that my family can't feel relaxed. For me, it's about balance.
I think I would have a difficult time describing an average day at my home, since every day feels different. One thing that we try to do consistently is to eat dinner together. I like to have a touch point during the day to spend with my family.
Our house is definitely not so tidy that anyone would feel uncomfortable. I remember when we had our house in Houston on the market while we were living in it and we had it very neat. That was too neat and it felt uncomfortable. But it sold quickly, so I guess it was worth it.
DeleteYour home sounds like a lovely place in which to be, welcoming and comfortable. :) Your begonia plant seems to be thriving in its jar! I struggle to keep my house tidy and clean, but, weekly routines help. Decluttering helps, too!
ReplyDeleteBegonias seem to thrive in the terrariums. I took several small volunteers and planted them last year and they all did well. I'm going to do the same thing this fall.
DeleteYou do very well with your weekly cleaning routines. I never seem to stick to a routine. I just wait until I notice something needs attention and then address it. Perhaps, not optimum, but good enough for now.
I will tidy eventually, but each day brings another load of stuff from Mom's!
ReplyDeleteWe still have a lot of stuff from my parent's house in our garage. It is stuff that we weren't ready to get rid of, but not sure what to do with it. It's been almost three years, so it's probably time to look at it again. With a little distance, maybe we can make more decisions.
DeleteIts wonderful to have pets to come home to even if it means no houseplants! My usual days are very boring too.
ReplyDeleteGiven a choice, I go for pets. I have the whole outdoors to look at plants.
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