February

A new month, and a new update. A bit late as usual, it is rather hard to think of something to write about, I’ll start thinking about a topic from Thursday and I end up here on a Monday :)

Lately if you have been reading I have really been into home designing? Well maybe it’s not so obvious but maybe it is. I am sharing more pictures of our home now. I am having fun thinking about how to make our house more cosy. In between being conflicted about making the house as minimal as possible or just whatever feels nice to me. Currently now I am thinking about decorating our walls. thinking of a gallery wall. or just some framed prints here and there. I have been on Pinterest a lot. I started being on Pinterest a lot since the beginning of last year, I started to finally really get what it is for and it’s definitely more useful for me to get ideas. So yes I have been on there for a bit these days, looking at gallery walls and prints to put up. It’s quite fun to plan and curate I think. I have always wanted to learn about the ways of interior designing back when I was younger but I didn’t manage to get into the course that I wanted so I never did learn. But maybe I should take up something, or even read up about designing.

So yes that’s what I will be focusing on this month I guess, planning a gallery wall.

Gallery wall ideas

And I guess if you are interested in my pins, I am here

I too have another account on Instagram for sharing things that I think are nice. Currently sharing more of our house there too. Still thinking of if I should share more there, means keeping up with another account or just sharing it on my main account. Either way, if you would like to see me going on about other things other than other things then you can give me a follow.

Till next time, m

update : week 3?

I have been thinking of what to write for this week’s update. I did remember to remind myself to think of a topic but I never did get around to do so. haha. So I will just share our week in pictures.

It has been a cold week. Started from last Sunday and it seems to be continuing though we did get a little bit of sun and I was definitely happy to be able to dry our laundry.

1. did a little diy with the kid with an ikea clock and some colourful threads. I saw the idea from Instagram and it was quite nice to do.

2. at the design centre.

3.. here our living room looks bright but it was actually so cold and windy that day.

4. when we actually saw the sun rised and not covered by the clouds.

5. I just noticed the contrast of light and gloominess in between the rooms. and also the sun shining.

Besides being cold all week and missing the sun, we had a short work week because of Lunar New Year. But we did manage to check out a design place and it’s nice to be able to talk to E about design since he is always asking why and how things are the way they are. Oh and I think we made a bit of a progress about school. We did two visits of preschool and have actually settled on one. If all is ok, we will start in April, a bit later than we wanted to but still progress.

well this update was more like a life update. Hopefully next week I can write more about other things.

till next time, m

weekly update(here we go)

From my previous update, I said I want to try to update my website weekly, so here I am trying. I even set a reminder for it. Probably have to think of things to write about if I want to continue updating weekly.

I did finish reading a book the past week. I read it while waiting for E to fall asleep and I also read it on my phone. I’ve been trying to not be so set on reading only physical books because then the time I get to read is also limited. so yes I did read a few books here and there over the past years and I started this year with an e-book. I started following an account on Instagram about minimising your house. and I saw that the person was reading a book, Goodbye, things by Fumio Sasaki. So I thought I would try to read it too. I am not such a minimal person. I like the idea. I find it calming to look at an uncluttered space but at the same time I’m quite a sentimental person and I also like to collect things. So I am in between I guess. I don’t own so many things, and I can probably live very minimally, in terms of clothes, I have my set of clothes that I always wear and I only change them out yearly if anything. Our current house now, I try to keep things in control. I like at the end of the day, for things to be nice and put away. Sometimes I do let things mount over but only for a few days. I try to buy only necessary things. And I believe in buying things that can last. Something that will also make you feel good using them. If it doesn’t feel good or I am constantly thinking about oh there’s a better one, then I shouldn’t buy that thing. So far, our kitchen has remained quite minimal because of this thinking. And I do get easily overwhelmed when things are out of place so keeping in the idea of minimalism does help.

We have a kid so it’s a bit hard to be minimal? but I guess that is kind of an excuse. When we moved, we minimised E’s toys and only kept what we think can grow with him. Even his clothes, we try to have a few sets, that is always in rotation. And from early on, we have been keeping to that mindset. And we have so far keep at it, like just having one or two pair of shoes for him. even for us now too, O just have one. And I have at least four or five, and I definitely want to minimise more because I know I can do with less. So far, with less things, it really makes things far easier to put away, to clean. For a while when we just moved, I keep thinking am I not cleaning enough? because I would be done so quickly, even with putting away E’s toys from early on, I did my best to sort his toys by type or categories, and I guess it does help now because when E does help to put toys away, he will know to put things where they should go. or even when we are putting toys away, it’s not frustrating or will take a lot of time, everything has it own place.

The only thing that makes it seem that we’re not minimal is probably our collection of books(mostly me) and games(mostly O). We like books and games and we always just want to have these things with us, some I’m hoping E will read and some O is hoping E will play. So in a way, we’re not just keeping things for no reason. well at least we’re trying our best to not hoard things. Reading the book it does help to make it clear that being a minimalist is not all about getting rid of your things but it’s a way of life. Being minimal is every aspect of your life will really help you appreciate life more. All the small moments. with less things, with less to think about, it opens up your world. Well I am working towards that. We are always trying to slow down, appreciate things more, see things through E’s eyes. trying is always the key word here.

oh there you go, topic for this week, minimalism for our family :)

1. flowers for the week.

2. trying to balance being minimal and having the right amount of things.

3. this is us trying to be minimal in our kitchen, well some parts of it.

4. this bench houses almost all of our shoes, and entryway where most of our bags are(other than some shopping bags here and there). a recent purchase of a huge plant pot, hoping to house a big plant in it :)

5. as usual still not over the view of the sky :) we definitely did try to keep things minimal in our room so that we can enjoy this view always :)

well that was fun, to write. I’ll think of more things to write here for next week. Till next week, m