What Makes Our Home Ours?

It's been a little over a month and we're slowly getting ourselves settled after the manic renovations of the rental suite. (Still no word on that front, but we've left it in good hands.) Ha pasado un poco mas de un mes y lentamente, nos estamos estableciendo despues de una epoca maníaca de renovacion del departamento de alquilar.

Today was a big day for us. We finally got our artwork back from the place that restretched the art over new frames. As many of you know, some of our paintings aren't small, so getting them home made for an interesting walk. (We don't have a car and the Art Shack's vehicles weren't big enough for the larger works.) Hoy dia fue un dia grande para nosotros. Finalmente, nos recibimos los cuadros con marcos nuevos. Como muchas personas saben, unos de los cuadros nuestros no son pequenos. Asi que, fue una camino interesante a hogar con el arte. (No tenemos un carro y el Art Shack  no tiene un vehiculo suficientamente grande para traer las obras grandes.)

Obra de Ariel Dawi 2012

Obra de Diane Buchanan 199?

The blank walls of the house having been driving us a bit mad...we were starved for colour and interest, especially with the builder beige that's on the walls.  Las paredes en blanco nos volvieron pocos locos, especialmente con el  color de beige de constructor.)

That all changed today, and we realized that our artwork is what makes a house feel like our home. Despite the cost of getting the artwork here, having it restretched and the heartache and trepidation of painstakingly taking the canvases off their original frames, it was all worth it. Todo cambio hoy dia y nos demos cuenta que es nuestro arte que hace "hogar" para nosotros. En pesar de los costos de transportar y el dolor de deconstruyendo los cuadros de su marcos originales, vale la pena.

Formal entry...the door no one here uses

So much nicer than the old antiglare glass

We just need a soothing colour on the walls

Obras de Pnina Granier y Bouk Elzinga

Now we just have to figure out a pedestal for Ron's torso sculpture and everything we have will have its place. Today's added bonus was warmer weather and blue sky. We can't wait for summer!  Ahora, necesitamos averiguar como construir un pedestal por la escultura de Ron y todos que tenemos tendran su propios lugares.

Still lots to do...drapes, pretty up the fireplace
paint

So much better with two sculptures, not all of them!

Many things make a home and different people will have different requirements for how that looks and feels, but for us, we're finally starting to feel comfortable in our new surroundings.  Next, on to the exterior! The garden needs tending and there are some spots on the siding that need repainting. Let the good weather come. Muchas cosas hacen un hogar y personas diferentes tiene opiniones diferentes en la definicion de hogar. Pero, para nosotros, nos ponemos comodos en los a alrededores nuevos.  El jardin necesitia atencion y hay puntos en las paredes exteriores que necesitan la misma. Que venga el clima bueno!