| Can you tell the difference between entering | | | | reflects something about the people who live |
| a house and a home? If so, what makes the | | | | there. The walls, bookshelves, and furniture |
| difference to you? Is it something about the | | | | are all a part of the decorations that fill |
| way a living space looks that helps you | | | | this home and make anyone want to spend time |
| decide? Or perhaps it is a feeling, something | | | | there. |
| about the atmosphere that makes a house | | | | |
| different than a home? I guess that there are | | | | Most everyone I know wants to have a home |
| many factors that could account for the | | | | rather than a house. They want their living |
| differences we all experience as we enter a | | | | space to feel lived in, inviting, and |
| living space. For me, one of the biggest | | | | special. They want their home to reflect who |
| things that helps me determine whether a | | | | they are and the things they care about, and |
| living space feels like a house or a home is | | | | they certainly want it to be filled with |
| decorations. | | | | amazing colors, great textures and smells, |
| | | | and a lot of great decorations. |
| You know how it is. You enter someone's house | | | | |
| and look around to see nothing but blank | | | | The good news for you is that regardless of |
| walls and minimal furniture. You silently | | | | what your house looks like now, you can |
| wonder how they live in a place as drab and | | | | transform your space into a wonderful home by |
| uninviting as this. There is no art work, no | | | | doing a few simple things. Don't be afraid to |
| color, and certainly no sense of ownership | | | | experiment and try risky things in your |
| and pride about the house you are seeing. It | | | | space, after all, it is your own. If there is |
| seems like they haven't put in any time to | | | | a crazy color or a unique couch that you |
| adding decorations or the touches that make a | | | | like, just go for it. Gather ideas from |
| house seem like more than a house. | | | | friends and buy a few decorating magazines to |
| | | | see what is in styleas you begin. |
| Enter house two. From the time you walk | | | | |
| through the front door all of your senses are | | | | No matter what you decide to do to transform |
| awakened. There is a wonderful smell coming | | | | your house into a home, make sure you fill |
| from the candles burning throughout the | | | | your home with great decorations that are |
| house, and the lighting of the candles isn't | | | | truly your taste and that allow all of your |
| too bad either. The house is bursting with | | | | guests to feel welcomed and comfortable. |
| color and personality, almost as if it | | | | |