The ?At-Home? Diaries: Nesting Instincts
I am still very much "at-home" in London.
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I am still very much “at-home” in London.
Life is opening up ever so slowly but still, our emphasis is at home. As we have all been aware, the home has suddenly become even more meaningful than ever before and how we use our spaces never more important.
Staying at home for such a long period has shifted my eye and how we live and what we use are in front of mind. Living in a big city, before the lockdown life, meant I was often out and about or working long hours; I didn’t cook or entertain very much so the kitchen and what was in it didn’t register all that much to me. Dressing the dining tables and making pretty settings was something I did quickly, without much thought and using the same plain white dishes I have had for twenty years. They are perfectly acceptable as are the all-white linen napkins or the raffia placemats – which change it up a little.
Fast forward to 3 months of breakfasts, lunches and dinners and I am bored.
I don’t like this word as I have always thought it is for us to find solutions to our boredom but in this case, I am and I need to change this. My feeling is I want a vibrant table, a mix of shades and textures – it doesn’t have to match – and it needs to have zing. I want to open the drawers and be excited about the table laying, not simply pl...
The post The “At-Home” Diaries: Nesting Instincts appeared first on Vicki Archer.
I am still very much “at-home” in London.
Life is opening up ever so slowly but still, our emphasis is at home. As we have all been aware, the home has suddenly become even more meaningful than ever before and how we use our spaces never more important.
Staying at home for such a long period has shifted my eye and how we live and what we use are in front of mind. Living in a big city, before the lockdown life, meant I was often out and about or working long hours; I didn’t cook or entertain very much so the kitchen and what was in it didn’t register all that much to me. Dressing the dining tables and making pretty settings was something I did quickly, without much thought and using the same plain white dishes I have had for twenty years. They are perfectly acceptable as are the all-white linen napkins or the raffia placemats – which change it up a little.
Fast forward to 3 months of breakfasts, lunches and dinners and I am bored.
I don’t like this word as I have always thought it is for us to find solutions to our boredom but in this case, I am and I need to change this. My feeling is I want a vibrant table, a mix of shades and textures – it doesn’t have to match – and it needs to have zing. I want to open the drawers and be excited about the table laying, not simply pl...
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