in the exhilaration of the where-we-are-going, of the moving to, i somehow forgot the where-we-are, and the endless inconvenience of moving from.
buying one house means - in our case - selling another, and for a tense while, our main reality will be uncertainty, and strangers strolling our private spaces, and tedious tidying, and the realisation that we have - tsk! - accumulated far too much, over the past years, of far too many things.
Well. I'm no Te Koop expert, but knowing what I know about the forced small spaces in the Netherlands (did you notice I didn't say "Holland"? High five me...), I would think you would want to suggest your place is even larger than it is: put a lot in storage elsewhere. You want it look as if a real family lives there, of course, not just some shoe maker from the Bastille, but cut the books down by at least half and so on...
ReplyDeleteAnd becuae photgraphy is all that -really- counts, put up a camera on a tripod which only fire every minute or so.
Sounds familiar... We put about 8 boxes of stuff at my mother's and took some shelves down to make it all look roomier. Also, I made the sales photographs myself on a brilliantly sunny day and with more wide angle than the estate agent had in his camera. Good luck! Oh, and before I forget: I love this picture, it has a nice feeling of waiting for spring to come.
ReplyDeleteI understand. When I moved to the US all I brought with me fit in two suitcases. When after 3 years we mover from one place to another (just two blocks away), we needed two trips with a small truck. Now, after other 5 years things have probably gone up exponentially...
ReplyDeleteI've found (after living in 3 houses in the NL after never moving in the US, not counting going away to a tiny dorm room at college) that moving gives you a great opportunity to get rid of a lot of junk. Sure, there's some inevitable stuff that you can't bother with and just dump into a box (usually at the end of the packing when you are running out of time), but we got rid of so much still. The problem is when you don't think you'll move anymore so you can't look ahead to cleaning out stuff. I think we will move again, but I'm not sure when it'll be.
ReplyDeleteAfter having moved 3 times myself in the past 5 years, I do understand what you will be going through. By getting rid of some old stuff (much of which you have probably forgotten you have), you make room for all the new stuff you will eventually adorn your new house with. And when you're settled in... it will all be worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteSuberb shot, Lynn, is this somewhere in Belgium?
ReplyDeleteSomehow there chairs look familiar, the name Fran�s Serijn rings a bell.
Great analogy between text and photo. Who is francois ;-)
ReplyDeleteDear Lynn, a nice photo: waiting for spring (Bandini). Moving house is such a lot of work. I do not have plans to go anywhere else, but I never forget: it is tiring and tedious; so: take heart and good luck! (At least you are going somewhere nicer!)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo. I love the repitition, the worn wood, the chain. Good luck with the sale and move.
ReplyDelete~it's never too late to let go of all the extra stuff we accumulate in our lives...just revel in knowing that something new is about to begin and that everything that is old will find a new home~
ReplyDeleteLynn, I want to hug you or something. Everytime I come back to look at your photos, even though I've seen them before, I'm overwhelmed. I just am.
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