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I really enjoyed this post and it made me feel a little emotional too.
Even though I lived with my boyfriend for 4 years in an apartment we really took care of before getting married, we bought our first house a year ago - a very old and needy one. We spent the last 14 months renovating pretty much everything, making this place our very own. I developed so many new skills along the way, I DO feel much more like a grown up now. I guess this rite of passage DID happen to me, I just hadn't realized it until reading this post (watery eyes). I totally get what the author means, there is a real feeling of abundance and self-sufficience that comes with having tools in the garage to fix our own things, extra buckets of paints in the basement to refresh a vintage piece of furniture on a saturday afternoon and yes, clean sheets/pillows to offer to our tired friends after a party. It's not about where your stuff comes from. It's about not having to call your parents everytime you need something. It's about building a Nest for the long haul. Building a place that really feels like a home. For us, it's also about feeling like we're ready to have kids of our own (watery eyes again).

I gotta say, I always loved having a pretty space to live in and always felt home even when I rented. But it's different this time. I think it's about investing yourself in your space. Giving it a lot of love and warmth, so that it can send it right back.