Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, a time for us to take a break out of our lives and enjoy some time catching up with friends (old and new)! Grab a cup of coffee and share with us!
I am sitting here in my new house writing this coffee share for the first time. We moved in earlier this week, and it is just starting to feel like home here. I’ve spent the majority of this week finding the right place for things, and making my daughter’s and my room ready. Starting with my daughter’s room first of course. I couldn’t place her new bed where I planned to put it, since it was an inch too long..Her room is tiny and very cozy, but this slight change of plan throw me off little bit, since we had to move a closet, and take down a big shelf (that was pretty well attached to the wall,) to fit her bed at the only wall that was long enough (if I didn’t want to place her bed directly under the window and cover the only heater in the room.) In the end it turned out great. We are going to print some new photos and decorate her walls with, as soon as we can agree on which ones. All fun stuff.
The only thing that took some time in my room was to put my new bed together. It went pretty smooth. I did that yesterday afternoon. I have actually not slept in my bed yet, since it had such a strong smell of new when it was time to go to bed yesterday. (I’m very sensitive to strong smells.) It seems comfortable though, I’ll try it out tonight. I still have some decorating to do in my room as well. I like to not hurry with the decorating, and live in a place for a while until I know how I want to make it my own. I’m a minimalist and I don’t want lots of stuff or decorations, but the ones I have I am very picky with. Very picky..
I do like our new rental house a lot. It has a unique charm. It is more than 100 years old, but is completely renovated on the inside. It is small, the minimalist in me like that. It has everything we need (2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and a full bath/laundry-room) on less than 500sqf.
View from my bedroom. I love the old stonewall, so typical for the Swedish countryside.
How are you doing? How was your holidays? Please tell me all about your week. Can I get you a refill on that coffee?
Love,
Maria
Hope you settle in well. I’d come to your housewarming but it’s a bit far-maybe I’ll join you virtually!
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Thank you Andy. ☺️
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I am glad to read how yu are settling down and getting your home looking so
welcoming. Of course I will come for coffe and bring a newly baked chocolate cake.
I do so like your windowsill shelves and plants.
Miriam
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Thank you so much Miriam! Chocolate cake is my absolute favorite! How did you know?
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I just divined 😊 and it is one that is always successful.
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How exciting! New home, new beginnings, new year, all good!
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All good ☺️ Thank you Antoinette! Happy New Year!
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Congratulations on your new home, Maria. Looks quite comfy already.
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Thank you Steve! Happy New Year!
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Your new home looks lovely, Maria. All the best for 2020!
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Thank you so much Dina! Happy New Year!
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I’m glad you finally are able to settle into your new place! Looks great. And your bed – I can see how one inch one way or another would throw things off 😉 And no long commute 🙂 Have a great weekend and a wonderful week ahead!
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Thank you so much Trent! I hope you ar enjoying your weekend!
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Your home looks nice and cozy Maria! I too like the wall outside and the plants in your kitchen. So nice to see you again! 😎❤️
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Thank you John! I don’t have regular internet at my new house yet, working on that part. Good to see you too 🙂
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Small, but sweetly cosy, perfect for you two. It looks rural, out of the hustle and bustle. Will you have room for a small garden? I liked the window with the spider plants. Every home needs greenery! 🙂
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Thank you Eliza! It is rural, but only 15 min by bus/7 by car to the capital city of the region. We even had two deer grazing in outside this morning. There is room for a garden, but I have not talked to the landlord about that yet. It is true that every home needs greenery. ❤
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Hi Maria, yea 500 sq. feet would be snug, but it does fit you well. I’m glad this part of the move is finally settled and now life can settle in with the new job and enjoying home with your daughter. Let the good times roll.
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Thank you Gary. Yes, tiny living fits my lifestyle 🙂 Thank you for your always supporting kindness.
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What a cosy little place, love the light that’s coming in & the stone wall, all the window views look like they have such a pretty outlook. It must feel so nice to be settling into your homeland & I look forward to reading & seeing what amazing wonderful things this journey holds for you & your treasure.
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Thank you so much! ❤
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I love the excitement of moving into a new place. When I was single I moved almost every year. We’ve been in this house for more than 25 years now…sort of makes me nuts…and we’re accumulating too much stuff. When I moved often I threw out stuff regularly. Ah well…husband lived in one house for years before we got married…we’re just different types of people!
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Next time I move I hope it will be to a house I don’t rent and a place I can stay the rest of my life. There is a time for everything ❤
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I think this all looks very nice.Compact but big enough.I smiled to see the little horses on your daughters white chair. That took me back to being a kid again.
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Thank you so much Anne! She does collect Breyer horses and dogs. 🙂
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Wow! That’s lovely! Happy to know that you’re settling in and taking time to feel what will be best for completing the place. Such fun! Best wishes! Looking forward to finding out how things sort out.
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Thank you so much Lizl! I hope your new year got off to the best possible start ❤
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I ENJOYED coffee with you today. I too love your daughter’s room and all the little horses in her chair. Her room looks so cozy and warm. I have made a bed like that with my daughter! I was glad there was the two of us, you did a great job! I enjoyed your photos, the indoor plants with the sun shining in, warm, cozy house! Thank you for the coffee! 😃❤️
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Thank you! I always enjoy coffee with you!
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Thank you for the coffee and I like your new house! I like it a lot!! I especially like the plants in the window!! Have a great week!!
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Thank you so much Ruth! Your kind comment means a lot!
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Your home looks so sweet and cozy!! I’m sure you will have happy times there!!
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Thank you so much!
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Looks perfect for the two of you. And I still miss the wall mounted heaters which give a much more even heat compared to the many different varieties of heating we have here in northern California. I understand your sensitivity to odors – I also have allergies and am sensitive. I am sure you will like this new home. 🙂
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Thank you Anne-Marie. It does feel like the perfect fot for us. The two of us don’t need a bigger house. A big garden that is another story 😉
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New house greetings
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you know how you never quite know what you have till you move house, and sometimes even then you can discover things that you packed the last time you moved and never quite got around to unpacking, unless of course you have mastered the art of not being a hoarder hahaha
Compliments of the New Year
~B
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Thank you! I’m a minimalist and I actually don’t have anything that I don’t use. I go through my things at least twice a year and donate/sell what I don’t need. On top of that I downsized a lot more when I moved to a different country recently. This was an easy move. Relatively easy. 🙂 Thanks for having coffee with me 🙂 I’m a little sow getting back since I don’t have good internet at my new house yet. I hope you had a great weekend, and that the new year got off to a great start for you.
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I’m jealous… Especially as a practising hoarder trying to become minimalist…
I guess moving countries would really put things into perspective
~B
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It is never to late to start downsizing 😉 New Year, new start? ☺️
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I am planning on moving to a small apt with my daughter soon. I love cozy spaces. Your place looks very cozy.
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Best of luck with your move. I love cozy spaces too ☺️
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Good to “visit” your new environment, Maria. I wish you happiness and serenity there. Happy 2020 to you and your little princess. 💕
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Thank you so much 💗
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What a beautiful place. I so like the way you are doing up as I also like plants inside and also not too much things as clutter. I am not that much of a minimalist as I have lot of books, but very neat and tidy.I wish you the Very Best of Luck in your new home and in a new year too. Lots of Love, Light and Healing Energies coming Your way 🙂 ❤ 🙂
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Thank you so much 💗
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Oh I am so glad you are getting settled in! Wishing you all the best! Enjoy every minute! 😊
Happy New Year!
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