Amazingkae

Moving furniture and redecorating is always cathartic. This time, my goal was to look at my home differently and think about the space in a new way. This time, I actually did far more than I thought – the dining area is now a formal living room, the formal living room is now a non-traditional cozy area to have a meal, curl up and read, or play games by the fireplace, the den is the new comfy area to watch TV, and the great room on the ground floor is being redecorated now using the black rug (making the space more formal but unexpectedly working perfectly). Granted, we had to get a few new pieces and move a few other to storage, but it’s all coming along beautifully. The best part? On an everyday basis, I am more able to enjoy my time in the new space – and we love the new furniture we picked up for the den. The only tricky part is figuring out how to handle dinner parties and entertaining large groups if we’re trying to serve sit down meals to more than 6 guests. Time to hunt for a new antique table with extra leaves! Otherwise, I’m calling dibbs on sitting at the kiddie table with the younger peeps and chilling out with the pups underneath my feet.

Okay, so I hate clothes shopping. But I love having good clothes even more. That’s why when I lost my favorite jeans into a sea of storage totes during a recent move, I decided that rather than waiting to unpack I needed to buy a few new pairs more.

Shopping online to buy clothes is one of my favorite ways to make my clothes more eco-friendly. By buying recycled clothing, I’m extending the useful life of manufactured items. I’m also saving myself time and conserving resources by not having to drive around hunting for jeans that fit right at a bunch of boring shopping malls and department stores.

Because good sellers take and list comprehensive clothing measurements and some brands almost always run true to size (whatever that size is), I can pretty much figure out exactly what will [and what won’t] fit. Lazy of me to cheat and get out of trying on a plethora of clothes that are not pre-tailored to fit my measurements? Perhaps… but I’ve been shopping online this way for years and I absolutely love doing it.

Finally, a table wine to go with steaks and heavy red sauce pasta dinners… full bodied, opens up well to breathe, and did not splinter my brain because I’m allergic. How nice was it to sit and sip wine with dinner like a normal person? I might buy out the Total Wine store of this winery vintage and version.