I had a post planned for today. I’ve had to draft it, I have a more important message to share. On Tuesday night, my great friend Bec The Plumbette and I caught up to see a movie. Bec had won tickets to the preview of the new film Room. I agreed to go without knowing a thing about the film, just because my friend and I were long overdue for a catch up. Late on Tuesday afternoon I googled the trailer to Room, and knew instantly this would be my kind of movie. Little did I know the strength of the messages I would take home.

I’ve been up all night thinking about this film, it was harrowing to watch, it saw me sobbing at one point and I am sure I was not alone. It’s a gutsy and gritty tale about a 17 year old girl who is kidnapped and held hostage in a Room, who goes on to have her captures child, who she loves with all her might. This film is written with such strength and integrity, shot with honesty and the acting was out of this world! Without giving too much away, it is a twisted and dark tale of true determination, a mothers love, and resilience.

So why am I telling you about this movie on a home and building blog? Well one of the most important message I took from this movie, was that home was where you heart is. In the case of the movie, the little boy thought of the Room as home, even when finally escaping, it was still his home. This space of horror and filth was where the boys heart was. It was still his safe space.

Creating a home is not about decorating, though it certainly helps to have a lovely space, home is about the feeling. The greatest compliments I ever receive about my home, are that it feels like me, our that its like a big warm hug. That to me is the definition of home.

We focus here on the structure of your home, about the decorating of the space, about aspect and design, but what no-one can tell you is how to put your soul into your house to make it a home. That is something we hopefully all find in time. It can come with the smell, the security, the little photos you have lying around, that dish you use on Sundays only, it’s all about the comfort found in the everyday.

Are you living in a home? Can you remember visiting your Grandmothers home as a child, how did it feel and smell? Good memories or bad?

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