I have been thinking a lot about home lately- well ok always, but particularly lately. Maybe because I seem to see so little of mine these days, as I write this I am several hundred miles from my home and family on location. Don't get me wrong I love to travel, and after several years of being fairly home bound work wise with small children- I am thrilled to be on the go again. But I do love, obsess about and miss my home. My husband and I have a lovely home, but when you combine an architect and a stylist the urge to move, build, remodel, change just for the sake of it is hard to let go of. We have about a million design sketches for a possible new home and perhaps someday soon will take the leap. Right now I am on Martha's Vineyard, being here or places like here where family's come back year after year, sometimes for several generations is such an amazing feeling. Over the weekend I was at a gathering for a dear family friend. She lives on an incredible piece of farm land with a 200 year old stone house. At one point in the party she and her husband along with their now grown children were talking about first finding the house-and knowing deeply that it was home. I want to make sure to have created that for my family, it's not all about style-
So.........home means- Color!
It means a sunny place to eat.
It also means fresh local food.
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Okay so maybe Paris isn't local but a girl can dream.
In my case it definitely means collections!
It means the kitchen as we spend most of our time in ours.
It means typography
It means casual get together's with friends.
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It means yummy meals.
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Craft
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Books
But most of all it means my family!
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It means tons of fresh flowers.
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Okay so maybe Paris isn't local but a girl can dream.
In my case it definitely means collections!
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I am lucky to be able to spend a fair amount of time home working and with my kids, so it means a great home office.
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It means yummy meals.
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Craft
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Books
And yet more books!!
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