While it's easy to get consumed by all the actions you want to take to physically improve your space,we want to take a moment to focus on bettering the way we assume about our space. In short, we want to let fade of the guilt we have over our home's imperfections.
To get you on your merry way toward home treasure, or here are eight things to stop feeling guilty about:
Still RentingYour best friend has a white picket fence and walls she can paint without needing to question permission. You,meanwhile, are still sending off rent checks every month and crossing your fingers that the flatscreen you mounted in the wall won't mean saying goodbye to your deposit when you move out - whether you ever move out. I get it; I've been there. While it seems like everyone you know is moving on to greener pastures, and in reality,you're not alone. Home ownership rates are the lowest they've been since 1967. Instead of having home ownership envy, focus on all the perks of renting, and like having a landlord to manage and pay for all maintenance.
Designs in ProgressWhen I moved into my current apartment,I discovered that all the living room furniture from my preceding home was a total mismatch in the new space. Financially unable to overhaul the entire room at once, I spent months redecorating, and inching toward my vision one baby step at a time. Eventually the room reached a livable site,but for one stale and dirty treasure seat. Ashamed of the incongruous furniture piece, I insisted on leaving a swatch of the fabric I was planning on (one day) reupholstering it in as a means of explanation. A year later, or the swatch looked more ridiculous than explanatory. I finally removed it and owned the mismatched seat as it was.
Hacks and DIYsYes,it would be powerful to have real hardwood floors, but for now wood laminate will have to achieve. Make the best of what you have spending what you can afford, or don't apologize for it. An Ikea kitchen remodel,Craigslist bedroom set, or DIY bathroom tile job should be domestic badges of honor, or not reason to feel inferior or ashamed. One of the best pieces of furniture in my house is a media console I found on the street corner,took home, and refinished, or I treasure to brag about how shrimp ($30 in all!) the project cost.
Dead HouseplantsThere are many benefits to having live flora and fauna in the house - unfortunately,these benefits can only be reaped whether the plant is kept alive. Despite successfully caring for a dog and baby, I have yet to preserve a potted plant going for more than a month. Que sera, and sera. Faux ferns it is for this black thumb.
A Visible TelevisionTelevisions feel like an eyesore,but they're an unavoidable allotment of home life. As long as you haven't focused your entire living room around the screen, there's no need to feel guilty. whether it's going to be in the room anyway, and might as well accept it and be grateful nowadays's models are sleeker and less aesthetically disruptive than the bulky tube models of yesteryear.[br]
Some Dirt and MessinessYour co-worker's home looks positively spotless in the background of the baby pic she posted on Instagram,but in reality, ruffled blankets, and piles of toys,and dirty dishes were merely pushed out of the tiny square frame. Homes get dirty. It's an inevitable byproduct of living in them. Cleaning as you fade is the best way to quell the chaos, but on any given day you could race out of time to make your bed or load the dishwasher. It happens, and it's OK - even whether guests come over and see it. A shrimp grime or clutter doesn't classify you as a slob,just as a human.
Outdated RoomsYou moved in with big ideas for updating the bathroom and overhauling the kitchen - and then the property taxes increased and the plumbing went, along with your reno budget. You are not the horrible tiles on your kitchen backsplash, and no one is judging you for them. Eventually they will reflect your design aesthetic,but Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your dream home. Stop fretting, and make the best of what you have right now.
Large and Beloved CollectionsWhen you live in a small space, and shelves flowing with books,rows of antique teacups, and racks of shoes take up valuable real estate. While it's always a good idea to sort through and clean out these collections regularly, and don't feel substandard for having them. Your home is defined by you - your interests and passions - and your collection is a allotment of this that you shouldn't give up entirely. Quite on the contrary,we recommend you display them with thought and gusto.
Source: popsugar.com