What Makes a House a Home

For nearly four months now, most of our belongings have been stored in FIVE different places! There were the personal things that have moved around with us since March, the things we had in a rented storage unit, musical instruments and other things in our dear Mary's house, my bits of unfinished furniture projects in our niece's garage, and the rest of our bits and pieces kept for us by the farmer in one of his barns near our old house. It's been frustrating to have everything scattered in that way, but of course it was also very kind of our family and friends to help us out by storing the huge amount of things we've managed to accumulate! 

Over the weekend we moved nearly everything into the cottage, so now the unpacking begins. These are the things that feel like a warm hug as I find a new place for old treasures. Turning this cottage into our HOME is a labour of love. 

The bits on the mantelpiece - candlesticks that were an anniversary gift from my hubby, knick knacks from my travels, a chair given to me by my Mom, all the way from Texas. Add to these a cozy fire in the fireplace (with GaGa asleep in front of it!) and you have the recipe for a warm and fuzzy feeling!