Nesting

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I am currently happily fixated on interior design even though my aesthetic has absolutely no formal training on the subject. I just like looking at pictures of other people's homes--to have an idea of what I consider as homey. We are moving to a new, modest-sized house (what others might consider as really small and too urban) that fits our lifestyle and budget. While my fantasy world considers the image above as the perfect interior (in a parallel universe where light fixtures do not exist, homes self-clean, there is no such thing as money, and time has been suspended in 1600s Europe)--I prefer pragmatic, affordable, understated elegance.  The home has to look nice, be comfortable, and should be easy to maintain--yet still instill a little bit of pride so as to freely invite family and acquaintances on special occasions.  Oh, it should also be accessible to essential locales and amenities, whether places of work, schools, churches, hospitals, and most especially---supermarkets. Food is a basic need of man.

It is a fact that I tend to romanticize the mundane.  Hah. Whatever rocks one's boat, right?