Home comfort or house-style?

Have you ever noticed how the most comfortable houses to be in are seldom – if ever – the most stylish?

That’s because they’re loved by their owners as opposed to created perfections designed only to impress others.

The final irony is that the homes which truly most impress other people are those created by their owners without visitors in mind.

You see so may TV programs these days from rock stars’ homes to people looking over new houses to buy – to wealthy people undertaking grand architectural programs to achieve a perfect look, that we forget the fundamentals: A home is a home is a home. It isn’t just a “house”, it isn’t a piece of architecture, it isn’t somewhere to try and be perfect or to present to other people, or to impress them; it’s somewhere for us to live in – to truly “be” in.

If others love it great, if they don’t, do you really care? And if you do really care, perhaps the best approach is to try and really look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why that is.

Similarly, if you don’t really care, but finding yourself really trying anyway – then why is that?

There’s nothing wrong with trying to create a nice home. But maybe there is something amiss if you’re merely trying to create a great house. And there’s a whole world of difference between the two.

So make a promise to yourself and your family to create a real home, with real comfort and you’ll all be happier for it. And because you’re doing this, you’ll also find it a greener place to be as you aren’t using up resources continually buying new stuff.

So be happy with your old cheap dining table and chairs. And stop trying for perfection.

Instead, have a look for things you love. The Harveys Furniture stores are choc fill of great ideas for homes rather than just houses.

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