Family Matters

I found this quote by Lucy Liu and it made me smile...

"Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend."

Does that mean that us 'vintage girls' that DO have a boyfriend, or an understanding hubby, are extra lucky??!

I know I am thankful for what I have and often stop to count my blessings.

Occasionally in the past my daughters would question why I collected some of the vintage things that I did...

But I think as they have got older, they saw that the pieces that have surrounded them in our home as they were growing up, are old and interesting and have a story to tell, or have something else to offer that a modern piece does not...

These days my youngest is happy to rootle through the rails in a charity shop to find something different to wear from many of her peers...

My middle daughter often accompanies me to the flea markets looking for inspiration for her textile/fashion projects for college...

My eldest daughter is a little different and has learnt that none of the material goods (vintage or otherwise) in our home are what is really important. She has moved-on many of her possessions and has a clean slate to start a new chapter of her life in the New Year.

And my hubby is happy if we're all happy! :)

Yesterday he helped me put up a new (old!) glazed cabinet on the wall in our kitchen...Him knowing full well that it offers me another opportunity to move my collections around and perhaps add to them...

I do wonder what our little granddaughter will make of us when she's old enough to consider things for herself...

Will she see a funny family that live a slightly unusual, but interesting life...?

Or will she not question, and all will seem the norm...?

When I visit some friends or relatives, and walk into their room with the 'wallpapered feature wall', matching sofa and the big black box in the corner, for me it's a home lacking personality. I'd prefer it to reflect those who live in it - Personal keepsakes or souvenirs on display bring a heart to a home.

Of course it will always be those living within it that matter most, but it doesn't hurt to add a few frivolous fancies here and there! :)

OK, this was probably just an excuse for me to add photos to my blog of the treasures and trinkets that make me happy, but now I see where they have taken me and has got me thinking about what is important...

Thanks for stopping-by...even when I don't really have very much to say!

Have a lovely day,

Niki x

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