Love

I meant to post this quote on Valentine's day, but the evening slipped away making origami hearts with my little sis. Every time I read this quote by Anna Lousie, I find myself nodding in agreement. Here it is:

"To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest, worth making, to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be."

Home love

This picture perfectly sums up how I'd been living since the time I first rented an apartment, up until I got married. I had a mattress, a second hand dining set (with metal chairs that would embarrassingly topple precisely when I had a rare guest over) and a Papasan chair - to sleep, eat, lounge and repeat in. That's it! Nothing more, nothing less. And I got along just fine. In my mind, I was a less-is-more person. I liked how roomy my apartment felt with its blank white walls and beige carpet dotted sparsely with all my material belongings.

And then something strange happened. Around the time I got married, I felt this all consuming need to sink my roots into the ground more firmly. It was almost as if I had been wandering and travelling light so I could take flight at the drop of a hat and it was finally time to jump off the wagon. 

I started with some basic additions - futon, bookshelf , side table, couple of sturdy dining chairs, TV unit and a shoe rack (most items from IKEA and Target). Then added a few accents like a couple of potted plants. Three wedding photos got framed and one hangs on the wall by the dining table. I also taped about 20 bare prints in a pseudo random fashion on a bedroom wall, similar to this.

I scoured the net for DIY-for-dummies ideas and pleasantly surprised myself by actually following through with few of them. Here's one that's as use-what-you've-got as it gets - Diamond collage .
But the description on that site is deceivingly simple. I read this and went "simple enough" to myself and started cutting out diamond shapes on some scrap paper only to realize there was quite a bit of geometry involved in making the pieces fit together for that mesmerizing 3D effect. Several diamonds later, almost on the verge of giving up, I decided to just wing it with the shapes I had on hand and ta da -

I just eyeballed the placements and there are quite a few crooked lines. But they aren't too noticeable from afar, I guess. I still have to buy a frame and hang it up.

So here's to adorning bare walls, one personalized touch at a time!

Cheers!

Numero Uno

It sure has taken forever for an avid blog gazer, such as moi, to create a blog of my own. So here I am finally (better late than never!), ushering in the new year with my first blog post.

Hoping this space will  help me organize my thoughts and someday tickle my ribs when I'm older and wiser. More importantly, here's hoping this blog has a longer run than my typical new year resolution.

About to hit the publish button now.

Cheers!