Creating A Space You Call Home

Make Home A Place You Love To Reflect

When it comes to creating a space that has a homey feel, you want it to be a place that you can feel relaxed and reflect. When we have places in our home that make us feel good…make us reflect on the joy and gratitude we have in our lives, our hearts are more full and able to give that joy back. Make sure you have places in your home that allow you the freedom to be who you are and to reflect on who you want to keep growing into.

The extra time many of us have these days is a great opportunity for us to meditate or pray and really get in touch with our feelings and emotions. We can do this by ensuring our space is clean and uncluttered. Clutter can make us feel anxious and when we feel anxious, we’re not able to fully be present. Set up space that is painted in calm, soothing colors and has some of who you are–a family picture that sparks a special memory or a fun piece of art that makes you smile.

Having space where you can curl up and read, reflect or even snooze makes your home a place you enjoy being.

Be Inspired!

 When you’re creating a space you love to call home, you also want it to be a place that you feel alive and inspired. A perfect way to do this is to bring lots of natural elements into the space. Sometimes it’ll be some gorgeous greenery that you care for year-round. Other times, it can be as simple as a seasonal bouquet you bring in for immediate gratification and inspiration. Consider having natural elements in flooring and furniture so that you can get in touch with nature and the gifts it brings, even when we are quarantining at home. A warm color on the wall with a beautiful bookshelf full of inviting words can’t help but make you feel you can conquer everything!

While we certainly are dealing with a new normal, we are also finding how much joy we can discover in the little things of life. When it comes to creating a space you call home, it’s important that it reflects who you are, brings you joy and leaves you feeling fulfilled as you spend extra time inside your home.

Bringing Joy To You And To Others

 When it comes to creating space you call home, you also want it to be a place that brings joy to others. Kennesha Buycks’s book Restoration House: Creating a Space That Gives Life and Connection to All Who Enter is a beautiful book that will help you create a place that not only restores your soul, but helps you create spaces in your home that give joy and life to your loved ones and friends who come in. You want your home to be a place that makes all feel loved and welcome, and Buycks shows you how you can make purposeful design decisions that will turn a house into a home.

Ask And You Shall Receive

 When it comes to creating a space you love to call home, it never hurts to bring in professionals! Melinda Slater of Slater Designs is a designer who helps you bring out the story of your home. Slater believes design is just another language we use to express our stories in the home. When you want to create spaces in your home that sing with joy, bringing in someone who specializes in doing that can make your heart sing too.

When it comes to your home, it’s nothing less than sacred. It’s your sanctuary and your respite, and you want it to be a place that you not only call home but feels like home in your heart too. Don’t be afraid to make it a reflection of your personality, and to fill your soul in the process.

about

Karen Rae

I was becoming an empty nester, a woman of a more interesting age and in transition. Sound familiar? I was at that place where we question our purpose, value, and worth and what in the world are we going to do with the rest of our lives.

I noticed women have a huge hunger to belong to a community of women where they can feel safe, share openly from their heart and have other women to do life with! This is why I created my Fave Lifestyles.

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