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1 " ... I take my cues from "Flylady" Marla Cilley, who says, "Housework done imperfectly still blesses your family."... we delight in what we can do, however little. "
― , Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round
2 " We long to create because we were made by a creator.God is in the business of creating places for his people. He is the original homemaker. So here we are in the gap somewhere between the garden and the city. We are made to crave beauty. We are made to crave home. "
― , Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff
3 " Instead of calling plastic décor fake-- or it's fancy sister, faux-- I refer to it as pretend. It's pretend because using it and believing it's real is a workout for the imagination. We all know there's no way those tulips could survive the night in the wreath on the front door, so we are all silently agreeing to pretend together. "
4 " Every year, I'm shocked at the abundance of growth, life, and wholeness that seem to happen in a matter of weeks. Half the year we live in Eden, the other half on Mars. "
5 " In her book Wild, Cheryl Strayed quotes her mother as saying, "There's always a sunrise and always a sunset, and it's up to you to choose to be there for it. Put yourself in the way of beauty."Left to my natural self, I'm more inclined to put myself in the way of Netflix than in the way of beauty. But putting myself in beauty's way is a perspective-shifting practice that grounds me....I've decided that it's part of my job as a child of God to do so, to look for beauty in the natural world. "
6 " Fall has a big job of taking us from summer to pre-Christmas. "
7 " The race to the bottom is just as meaningless as the race to the top because the focus is still on the race. "
8 " Unnecessary noise is the most cruel absence of care that can be inflicted on the sick or the well. —FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE "
9 " In the same way that we need a rest or a Sabbath every week to help us slow down, focus on what's important, and reconnect us with God and those we love, what if we gave our eyes a visual Sabbath at home? "
10 " Each item in your room has a voice and adds to the chorus of the room. The more stuff you put in a room, the louder it gets. We often don’t even notice the visual roar our rooms create until we make them quiet. It’s time to quiet your space. You are going to remove as many voices as possible from your room so you can see it with fresh eyes. This means you’re going to temporarily take a bunch of stuff out of your room and give it a chance to breathe. "
11 " When home feels out of control, no matter what the reason, unsettledness and anxiety can seep in, and then the chaos becomes internal as well as external. Our home influences us both positively and negatively. it's wise to take notice and make a few small, immediate changes. "
12 " God is in the business of creating places for his people. He is the original homemaker... It's no wonder we sense that making a home is an important calling... We were made to crave a home. That's not a bad thing! Let's move forward with creative purpose to make a home that serves us well, so that we, in turn, can welcome and serve others well. "
13 " Be sure your surfaces [in your home] reflect your purposes. "
14 " In her book The Reluctant Entertainer, Sandy Coughlin writes, “Excellence is working toward an attainable goal that benefits everyone, while perfection comes from a place of great need — usually the need to avoid criticism and gain praise and approval from others. "
― , The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful
15 " I’ve finally figured out that almost no one is living in their dream house. And I don’t know anyone whose life has gone exactly like they would have planned. You make the best choices you can at the time with the information you have, and then you deal with the consequences, and that’s the part where your life happens. "
16 " Everyone gets to decide how happy they want to be, because everyone gets to decide how grateful they are willing to be. — ANN VOSKAMP "
17 " Homes are happiest when they are being used. Sofas are meant to be sat on, chairs are made to be pulled around when needed, favorite items are meant to be displayed. "
18 " We like to tell ourselves that we are insisting on perfection for the betterment of those around us. But really, insisting on perfection is a self-centered act. "
19 " Is your home just another place of unmet expectations, to-do lists, and exhaustion? Or is your home a haven, the safest place on earth, a place to come back to, a place to heal, a place to create, a place to risk and simply be? You get to decide. "
20 " IN ORDER to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel "