Switching Things Up
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Paula and Kel have a beautiful family room space that works well for small group conversations, watching TV together, big group conversations, quiet alone time...it's a soothing, cozy, comfortable environment, and I've been trying to figure out how we bring that feeling to our house.
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Yessa and I talked through ideas, and agreed that swapping the living room and the dining room was our best option. (Greatly influenced by using the room that has a window seat as the family room, in imitation of Kel and Paula's window seat.)
Buds is always a good sport about these crazy ideas we get, and despite us springing the idea of TODAY being the day we made the swap, he agreed and willingly helped pull it all together.
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I say we're all loving it, but Monkey still needs to decide if she feels too closed off if the family room doors are closed. We also need a rug in the dining room to keep it from feeling so echoey, and more lights in all the spaces.
We're not really sure what Mocha thinks. She prefers being able to see all her people as much as possible, and this new layout seriously hinders her ability to see easily. Overall, though, this is a big win.
More updates once the window seats cushions arrive and the new lights are installed. A good day's work.
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