I mean besides discovering that my body is no longer 21 years old and I cannot do as much as I did back then. (Packing and moving boxes sucks at any age!)
Moving to a small home simply makes you take stock of what is important to you. What you CAN live without and what you CANNOT live without.
I have always considered myself a non-materialistic girl. Stuff is just stuff and you can always get more stuff. But in looking over what I have now in comparison to what I had when I moved from Colorado I found that I really have gathered more STUFF.
The difference is in what I gathered and the question is, how would my life change if I had to give it all up? Such tough decisions concerning what is essential to me in the house. The barn decisions were easy! Ten stalls with HUGE runs, a heated tack room, a feed room that can house all the supplements, pellets and hay, concrete aisle with cross ties and all close enough to see from the kitchen window. (I like seeing my Houdini and his gang since they cannot live in the house with me!)
But decisions in the home are coming a little more difficult. Do I want a dining room or do I want a library? Do I want a claw foot tub or can I live with just a walk in shower? Extra closet space or a big pantry?
So my decision? I want it all. Just not in a 4 bedroom house with over 2600 square feet. One bedroom will do and that will come after the barn is completed and horses housed well. I just need to scale down. And lose a more formal dining room. But I CAN do it all and I don't have to give up the things I absolutely love. Books. Photographs. Plants.
I love all the ideas from the Tiny House movement. My house may not be under 500 square feet, but the ideas taken from this movement will enable me to have exactly what I want.
LOVE IT!
loverly idea for a kitchen armoire!
Between the studs bookcases....yeah baby!
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