What? Oh! No, not for Christmas. We’ll be away from home at Christmas, so I’m not going to decorate here at all. I know people start earlier and earlier, but that’s not my thing. Also, I think it’s getting worse each year, because of the influencers trying to stay ahead of everyone and then everyone else being influenced to start that early too, so that the influencers have to start even earlier the next year. I hope it stops somewhere, or we’ll have to decorate for Christmas in July…
Anyway, I decided my home needed a bit of extra love and a bit of “me”. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I’m the kind of person that tends to hold back on things because I figure other people won’t like it. Even here, with hardly any visitors, I tend to discard ideas because I assume T. won’t like it. And that is really silly, because he doesn’t care about details too much. Often he doesn’t even see them, it was all in my own head. And when I finally realized that, I wondered if doing little things like that would make me feel less overwhelmed (I love my garden and my home, but the list of bigger tasks is endless).
So one day, when I wasn’t feeling up to gardening or cleaning, but also felt a bit too restless to sit down and read, knit or sew, I hauled that little table down from the office (where it was a catch-all for things we need to go through) and arranged some stuff on it. Plants, of course. That’s my granite morter underneath that vintage little cloth (a gift from a dear blogging friend) to keep the dust off. And I bought that book a year ago for the beautiful pictures. So happy to finally see them every day.
I also hung some herbs. I don’t think it’s the best way to dry this herb (holy basil). I already found leaves that have fallen off on the ground and they’re far from dry. But I do love how it looks and smells, so for now, I’m leaving them right there.
It’s silly, but I feel happier and lighter every time I see these little decorations…
NOT A STATION 
It looks very nice! I’ve been realizing something similar since I quit working and spend most of my time at home now. Like you, I used to always want input from hubby about decorating. The problem with us is we have almost opposite likes and style. So we’d usually never agree, and we’d just never do anything. Well now that I’m the one who spends the most time in this house, who sees it more than anyone, over the past year or so I’ve slowly allowed myself to just change things and decorate how it makes ME happy. I won’t purposely do something I know he’d hate, but like you said, there is so much that doesn’t really matter to him. And we don’t have visitors anymore, so yeah, I’m slowly making this place more comfortable and pleasing to the one who sees it most . . . Me.
And you got me with that title. I thought, ‘Oh yay! She’s decided to decorate (for Christmas) anyway!’ lol
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Ha! I’m sorry. Maybe I’ll find time to share what I do in the cabin 😉
Yes to decorating for the one who sees it most!
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the little table looks lovely! I do enjoy moving things around in the house.
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Thanks! Yes, it’s so satisfying.
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Love this! And I agree. I had to stop watching the influencers. They were trying to act as if putting your tree up in October is what everyone does!
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Thank you! Yes, it’s getting out of hand 😉
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I enjoyed this post. I, too, tend to decorate wondering what it will look like through someone else’s eyes. Silly, because most people pay no attention, and most all of our visitors are family who aren’t here to see the house!
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Yes, isn’t it weird that we’re decorating like that? I really want to change my attitude, especially in this house, since it hasn’t felt like home for a long time.
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Your holy basil looks wonderful I am sure it will dry. I do love holy basil tea.
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It did, though I lost some of the leaves because they fell off on a dirty floor. I love it too!
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