“You’ve been doing house stuff for the last two weeks” a friend complained.
“I’ve only been home for two weeks.”
The past two weeks have indeed been all about my house, but it’s finally coming together! The design inspiration post is coming next week, but suffice it to say that my taste is, as always, a contradiction but I think ultimately I’ve been able to pull together a really cool, happy space. It’s getting there.
This week, though, I’m most grateful for building a bench with my dad. In the coolest workshop ever (under my parents’ house).
This bench has, like most projects, taken a lot more time than expected, but by the time it’s done, it will fit in beautifully with my dining room table and chairs, which are not cheap nor handmade. When it gets a little stressful to have so much “house stuff” to do (and it really got me down on Thursday, wrapped up in a bunch of other junk about things I “should” be doing), it’s important for me to remember it’s really, really fun to get to do this from scratch.
I’m also grateful for bike riding, boot camp, wakesurfing, yoga at ABP, and my fam—always my fam.