![]() ![]() They are the hardest working spaces in our house and half the time are filled with whatever we happen to be working on–from dinner to books to a project.īut when they are clear they are ready to serve us.Īnd the layered, cozy spaces are places in our home that don’t get movable traffic, they aren’t high demand surfaces that have lots of purposes. My cleared off spaces aren’t always empty–they just don’t have any decor assigned to them. The official, intentionally left cleared off spaces are: My Edie-fied, cozy spaces are filled with meaningful beauty, quirky tchotchkies, DIY art and photos those are: I designate some spaces for layers and color and pattern and groupings, and I reserve some spaces for simply nothing. I have a feeling I’ll always love both simplicity and abundance.Īnd I’ve finally figured out a way to enjoy them both in my small house. I see the art of doing more with less and having a few statement pieces that let the house breathe and I suddenly hate all of my junk and want to give it all away. Two days later I’m on a minimalist blog and I see cleared off surfaces, I see a wall intentionally left blank–for beauty and sanity’s sake. Sometimes I’ll go to Edie’s blog and see all of her beautiful patterns and layers and colors and she puts everything together so well and I tell myself that her house is the very definition of what I want my home to be and that it must be her ability to use her things in harmony that makes a home.Īnd so I start filling up all my surfaces and pulling things out of the basement so I can make this unfinished fixer-upper feel like home. I am constantly fighting two extreme decorating styles.
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