New Stuff!

I've recently added some stuff to my house that makes me very happy. Today I acquired my third piece of furniture here that is now residing in our hallway. The hall used to feel very big and empty, but is now serving a dignified purpose. I can finally keep my towels and sheets not in my bedroom, and the other cabinet serves very well for kitchen overflow (since we don't actually have a pantry. I had an idea of what I wanted, and then went to the IKEA website, and found pretty much exactly what I had drawn as an idea. So I printed that out, complete with measurements, and took it to our local carpenter. Though it took him a few weeks longer than originally planned, with some prodding he was able to get it done. And now it is in my hallway and gorgeous. I'm looking at it and admiring as I write. Yay.

I also recently got some curtains made. My previous curtains were floor length and, dare I say it, ugly. Not that hideous kind of ugly that is unbearable, but rather a more gentle ugliness that you gradually become accustomed to, then occasionally really look at it and say, "Wow, that is really ugly. How have I lived with that for so long?" Besides which, it did not go with my bedspread at all. But now, through many trips to the used clothing market (though all these trips were unsuccessful) and the luck of a friend buying fabric that ended up not working (thanks Lyndy!) and a visit to a fishing shop to buy sail cloth for the lining (even though I apparently bought the wrong kind) and the work of Mama Sophia, after 9 months of ugly curtains, I finally have some curtains that I love. My room looks bigger and much lighter, and that makes me very very happy.