little-house
illustration from The Little House
When a film crew shows up at your apartment door at 9AM, you’d be smart to throw on some pants and get out of there. And if, three days later, they are still bumping into walls and making your house smell like man sweat, you will be made more sure of how those little rooms — filled with sunshine and unfinished sewing projects and all your dirty clothes — are the dearest place on earth to you.
Some of us have always been nesters, and there is something quaintly embarrassing about being a 20-something homebody. But there you have it: some of us just love turning the key in the lock, taking off our shoes and folding our legs underneath us on our own couch; inviting a friend to luxuriate on our downy bed; shaking up cocktails that can be sipped in a reclining position.
Love of home is what initially drew me to Lisa. I loved that in a city of going out, Lisa liked to stay in. And not only that, she had a blog devoted to having others cozy up on her couch and eat cake with her. So when Lisa invited me over for dinner on a hot summer night, I couldn’t stop looking around her apartment, scanning the book shelf, admiring the way she combined textiles, and had so much grown-up furniture. Her house was a home, complete with creaky wooden floors, exposed brick, stacks of cookbooks in the kitchen, and perfume on the dressing table. I immediately felt cozy within the walls of her space, ready to sit down and let the floodgates of our new friendship open.
The recession has made homebodies even out of those who aren’t naturally so. And while there is something sexy about going out — the posing, the perching, the performance — being at home is intimate, inviting people into your home even more so. And sometimes, you get to an age where you realize that real intimacy is possibly the sexiest prospect of all.
Would you rather stay in your home sweet home, be it ever so humble, than go out? Have you found yourself staying in more now that money is tighter or are you a natural homebody? And how do you make your space the best seat in town?
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