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