write few lines which shows that your house is a home not just a house
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What Makes a House a Home?
By Kate Riley • January 21, 2010
Did you ever wonder why the saying “Home Sweet Home” isn’t “House Sweet House” ? I think the answer is quite obvious. The word “home” has a much deeper meaning that is far more intangible.
Like many of you, I spend hours looking through the pages of design magazines, loving the images I see. I save thousands of those images in my files. I get ideas from hundreds of sources and store them all away for inspiration. When I eventually get around to it, I incorporate little upgrades here and there.
country living porch swingOne thing strikes me quite often whenever I swoon over fabulous designer spaces. Yes, they’re gorgeous. Yes, they’re mesmerizing. Yes, they make me long for a cleaner, more pulled together design in my own home.
Yet one thing is absent from all of those images, regardless of how perfect they are on the pages of a glossy magazine. Those images, those spaces, and those houses are just not home. A house is just four walls and a roof, but a home is made up of everything else inside.
A house may be decorated from floor to ceiling with the finest furnishings money can buy. But that will never ever make it a home. A home is a sanctuary. Home is comfort. Home is inviting. Home is a refuge from the world.
pb sweater throwHome is cozy. Home is lived In. Home is a pair of shoes in the corner, a blanket on the sofa, books and magazines strewn about, and jackets and scarves on the hooks.
Home is coffee cups left on the table and beds left unmade.
Home is where you wear your coziest clothing with only comfort and never fashion in mind.
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cute dog with chew toy
Home is where there are kids’ fingerprints on the windows.
And pet chew toys under the couch.
And pets who sneak up on the couch.
Home is where there is a junk drawer that needs organizing.
And laundry piling up.
Home is where you celebrate that there are messy piles everywhere.
Because those messy piles mean you have loved ones among you.