Carlos and I bought our house the month before we got married and moved in the week after returning from our honeymoon. It is a 1962 ranch style home that we purchased from a couple in their 60s who were moving to the other side of the state. Partially renovated with an addition in the back providing a second family room, another half bath and more storage, this house needs updating (roof, HVAC, electrical, new tile work, face lift for curb appeal…) but it felt like a home the moment we walked in. It is warm and inviting and our eastern and western facing large windows provide the most incredible light at any time of the day. I don’t need much compared to my materialistic values of my early twenties. If I buy something, I donate something, my closet is refined and selected and I regularly purge excess. I don’t like it when everything doesn’t have a ‘home’ and though clutter sometimes piles up due to Carlos’s kinda weird mail and paper pile-making habits, our home is generally very well put together as far as organization.  Continue reading →