Simply Sweet~ "flawed" decor

What makes a home really feel like "home" to you?

Is it having all the furniture matching and sticking to a certain look to the exclusion of all else?

Some people are uncomfortable unless a room all matches.

Do you prefer formal Victorian period details to more relaxed modern contemporary styles?

As much as I love delicate china settings and lace in my decorating scheme,

I find I also need to balance that out with some rustic time-worn things around me to make me feel "at home".

I am really quite eclectic in my decor and certainly not a purist when it comes to "style"!

I simply forget about any rules and put out whatever makes me happy.

And if that means some old paint-chipped furniture must sit alongside a traditional polished antique piece - so be it!

I've never been one to slavishly try to re-produce a particular period look in our home.

Mis-matched things are what I enjoy working with the most and a room that takes itself too seriously leaves me cold!

 

Whereas, a little simple earthy imperfection makes me feel warm all over.

I like the "honesty" of things that have been well-used and don't mind showing it!

To me, a home is a place where flaws and imperfections are accepted as part of life.

 And not just that, but appreciated and cared for as well.

Beauty can be found just as much in the humble things around us as in the seemingly perfect.

It only takes the will to "see" it.

The texture of a fat pumpkin's irregular wobbly grooves.. layers of old paint showing through on a table..the big nose and crooked smile of a Raggedy Ann make me feel good.

They're all a bit quirky and simple...just like me really  :-)

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