Loving Your Home Where It’s At

Loving Your Home Where It’s At

There’s nothing like a snow day to make you think about your home—and all the little things inside it.

Imagine it’s 1994. You get a magazine in the mail—let’s say Southern Living. You flip through the pages and linger on ideas for your home. Maybe later that week you stop by Kmart and pick up a set of goose cookie jars or a few apple-themed plates. You might see a commercial while watching The Golden Girls for a new Laura Ashley bedspread. Maybe you and your friends chat about decorating ideas at your Curves meeting.

What you didn’t have was a constant stream of what’s new and what you should buy next. You didn’t see a perfectly curated life scrolling past you on a screen—someone else’s screened-in porch, dream bathroom, or flawlessly styled living room. There were no Amazon links for their pillows or tags for their Pottery Barn mugs. The comparison wasn’t endless.

Back then, you still bought things—but it was slower. More intentional. It took effort. It was harder to buy everything, or even to know about everything, all the time.

Today, we live in a nonstop culture of more, more, more. The bigger house. The newer car. The fancier couch. And for vintage lovers, the “perfect” collection. From every angle, we’re told that bigger is better—or that less and minimal is better. That we have too much, or not enough.

It’s exhausting.

BUT It’s time we start loving our home right where it’s at.

Last month I talked about slowing down and shopping with meaning. When we do that, it often takes longer to shape our homes the way we want—and that’s okay. When we’re not consumed by fast trends, we begin to choose pieces with intention. Pieces that tell a story. Pieces that feel like us.

Loving your home doesn’t mean it’s perfect. It means appreciating that you have a roof over your head. Maybe a cozy couch. Maybe a pet (or two) who thinks it’s the best place on earth. It means letting your home grow slowly, over time, instead of chasing what everyone else says it should be.

Your home doesn’t need to be more.
It just needs to be loved.