Photo by fa73
Yesterday was pretty productive around the house. I’ve mentioned before how I often rearrange the furniture around here and I haven’t done it in awhile. I haven’t been inspired at all, but lately I have been feeling like things needed-a-changing and there wasn’t much to de-clutter around here. We keep things to a minimal most of the time but I love the constant change that rearranging provides because it keeps things fresh and novel without having to add anything in or take anything out. It’s such a good exercise in creativity: rethinking about what you already have in new ways.
I wish I took a before + after picture so you can see what a huge difference it made to put the couch there and the dining table there and the TV here. But I wasn’t thinking blog-post material, so you’d just have to trust me on this one. Our living room feels more open and welcoming, especially since our TV is not the central piece anymore and has become a side accessory. And there are a lot more empty places that do not need filling in. I feel a creative energy from freeing those spaces.
Sometimes, all you really need is to rearrange the pieces in your life to create spaces you didn’t think you had and to discover a hidden beauty that you missed before, even though it had been there all along.
