
working with your house
Every home has a personality. It might be quirky, conservative, playful, regal, humble, sleek… The home brings something to the table. While there are some homes that need to be stripped to the bones and entirely reworked, most homes just need for you to cooperate with them – let them be what they are and bring out their best qualities. As I’m working on this new home, first of all, I’m falling more in love with it every day. I was admittedly a little disappointed that buying an old house wasn’t going to happen at this season of life, so this house felt like a compromise. A really good compromise, but a compromise none-the-less. As our family and belongings have populated the space, I have come to realize I was selling this home short…misjudging it simply because it was young. One of my wise readers put it well, “All old









