There is something nice about not having everything finished straight away.
When you're building or moving into a home, it can be tempting to want every room completed at once — the furniture, pictures on the walls, rugs, lamps and all the little things that make a room feel finished.
But I think there is something to be said for waiting.
Leaving a space empty for a while gives you time to work out what you actually want there, rather than buying something simply because you feel the room needs filling.
Letting a Room Tell You What It Needs
When we first move into our home, I think we'll have to resist the temptation to fill every space.
We'll need to live in the rooms and see how we actually use them.
Where does the afternoon sun come in?
Where do we naturally sit?
Do we really need that extra piece of furniture?
Would a room work better with less in it?
Sometimes you don't know the answer until you've lived with the space for a while.
And an empty corner isn't necessarily a problem that needs fixing.
It might just be waiting for the right thing to come along.
Mixing What We Find With What We Buy
I love the idea of a home where everything doesn't look as though it was bought at the same time.
A second-hand timber table might sit beside a new chair. An old cabinet might end up next to something we've made ourselves. There might be a piece we've had for years alongside something we only recently discovered.
That's the kind of home I'm hoping to create.
Not everything has to match. In fact, I think the things that don't quite match are often what make a home interesting.
And that's where the Renestory directory will come into it too — sharing the things we find, the places we find them and the products we're considering as we work out what actually belongs in our home.
A Home Doesn't Have to Be Finished
I think I'm starting to see that a home isn't really something you finish.
There will always be something to change, something to find, something to repair or something new to discover.
And perhaps that's part of the fun.
Rather than trying to create the perfect home all at once, we can let ours develop slowly, with the things we genuinely love and the things that have a story behind them.