Becoming Home : Our Rental Townhome

As an expat living in a foreign country( US in my case ), undecided on how and when we return home, I always felt misplaced and misfit. In spite of having a beautiful family, having my daughter here in US, I never felt at home in our apartment.

Our Current Home


The initial days
Yes, that was home for a long while.

That was until I figured out what caused it - the typical expat life with a commitment phobia  to anything regarding the place I called home. An unbearable burden for someone who especially loved a good design and tasteful decor.

So I started taking measures to counter the uncomfortable lifestyle. I discarded many of my gathered,temporary adjustment commodities in our house for more thoughtful,mindful furniture,threw in a few pillows on the sofa, shopped for a few window panels, started replacing e-books for real ones and collected/created some art - basically turned our apartment to our home.

Here are some snap shots of our home for now.







So,what do you think? Designing and decorating the living spaces-does that make any difference in our outlook? How do you approach your home - a place to ' stay for now' or a place to ' live the dream ' ? 

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  1. A place to live the dream..No doubt about that...

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    1. Thanks for visiting Shefi. This is the very first comment. It makes me incredibly happy.

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  2. The transformation is amazing and the happiness that it gave me was miraculous! Way to go! !

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    1. Thank you Shanti. Your opinions are more valuable to me than you think. Please do keep visiting.

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  3. I have been lurking around on your blog (as you can see ;)) , and I totally agree with this. When we moved into our current apartment, I was determined to make it home. My husband kept telling me 'we are just renting'.But I don't understand that argument. I truly believe the place u surround yourself with affects your mood, and you should take the time to make it livable - whether that's going to be a year or more !

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    1. So True Vinaya, I was feeling so misfit and out of place in my own home - one year or five, home has to be the place where you surround yourself with things we love.

      Thank you for lurking around :-). I love lurking around.

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