Back to School with MSID-week 4

The final week of our Back to School Series- How to Fall in Love with your home in 30 days! I hope you’ve had a wonderful September and feeling more settled now that autumn has arrived. I truly hope this series has helped you love your home, in week 1 we purged, organized and cleaned, week 2 we dug deep and created some routines and rituals out of ordinary moments and week 3 I hope you pushed yourself outside of your comfort zone when it comes to decorating your home. I really hope you were able to let go of chasing trends and truly create a home you love.

So what’s left? Now it’s time to open your doors and invite others into your home!

I must admit, I love having people over whether it’s one friend for afternoon tea or a whole gathering sharing a meal. I have always been this way and when I think about it, it’s because of the memories made in those moments- the laughs shared, the inside jokes and just the overall sentiment.

Perhaps you are just tuning in and you haven’t read week 1, week 2 or week 3, I am here to tell you you do not have to do any of these things before inviting anyone over. You don’t have to wait until your home is perfectly clean, or until you’ve created the perfect fire pit moment in the backyard, and you most definitely don’t have to wait until your home is designed to your satisfaction before inviting people in. In fact, I highly encourage you to stop this perfectionist, restrictive thinking ASAP. It’s not serving you to wait until “the right moment,” because every time we spend near the ones we love the most, is the right moment. I mean that. Our homes are meant to be enjoyed. Trust me, our family and friends do not care that you do not have the perfectly designed space or that you didn’t vacuum before they arrived.

I do want to acknowledge that for some of you, the idea of inviting someone in makes you anxious especially if your home isn’t in the state you want it to be in. The act of inviting someone in can make us feel vulnerable because our homes typically represent us more than anything. Home is where we sleep, where we make and eat our meals but it’s also where we spend our time creating memories with our loved ones, and to invite someone in, takes courage.

Our homes are definitely the most personal thing about us.

When we first moved back to Nova Scotia two years ago, we were renting, we had little furniture, we were surrounded by boxes, we borrowed a table and couple of wobbly chairs from a friend and I recall in those early days inviting a friend over for dinner. They didn’t care that we were basically starting over. They were just happy to see us, spend time with us and share moments over a meal.

Every time we’ve invited someone into our home, it’s never been about the condition of our home but about coming together and sharing ourselves with our guests. And we’ve always felt sooooo good after we’ve done that.

So pull up your calendar, take out your phone and call someone up and invite them over within the next week! Don’t overthink it, just do it! Trust me, it will be so good for your soul.

xo,