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Create a favorite space in your home

Home is where we find comfort and respite.  It's a place where we display and store things we cherish.  It's where we connect with those we love.  It's where we invite others in.  It's where we dream and plan and make beautiful memories.  Home is also where we create things.

Do you have a favorite space in your home?  Have you created a room or area that brings you joy?  Do you get excited about entering this space each morning?  Is it where the magic happens?  It it where you drink your coffee, dream big dreams, write the book, relax, play games, pray, cook amazing meals, eat with your family, gather with your friends, get your work-out in for the day, read, work, craft, sleep, or rock your baby?  Have you put careful thought into this room, designing a space that inspires you, relaxes you, comforts you, or just makes you smile?


For me, this is currently 2 spaces in my home.  First, it's my little coffee station I created last year.  I look forward to my morning coffee.  Whether it's the caffeine I enjoy or the hot yummy beverage that hits my tongue, or just the morning ritual, I love my morning coffee.  It's the first place I go when I wake up way before the sun comes up.  I try to set it all up the night before, so that my coffee is basically waiting on me when I wake up.  I love the Rae Dunn pieces I've collected.  I love this little space in our kitchen.



My other favorite space is our formal dining room.  It's a beautiful room in our house that rarely gets used, so last year I decided to make it my unofficial office.  It's a room filled with my growing cross collection, our fine china that's only been used once, our crystal that has literally never been used, some of my Grandma's  beautiful pieces, and our champaign flutes from our wedding.  It's where I wrote my 1st book, 1-2 hours at a time before the rest of the house was awake.  It's where I write in my Start Today Journal each morning.  It's where I do my morning devotional.  It's where I pray for family and friends.  It's where I'm writing my next book.  It's where I'm learning to find my creative voice.  It's where the magic is happening.  I love this space that I've claimed as my office.

We all need a space (or two or three) in our homes that makes us smile.  It's a space that's used to fill our cup each day.  It's a room that brings us joy, sparks our creativity, allows us to relax and renew, or fires us up for the day ahead.

What is your space?  How can you make it even better?  What room, closet, or corner can you take and transform into a space that works for you?  Look around.  Dream of your ideal space.  Envision a space that sparks joy, fosters creativity, makes you smile, and serves you  and your goals.  Find a space that fills you up so you can spill out to others!

Have a great week!  ~ Allison

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