4 Dec 2014

an inspiration journal: home

During the summer, I began thinking a lot about my future. Having spent three years living away from home whilst at university, and now ending up back in the parental home as I embark on a second degree, I'm itching to get back out there so that I can decorate and furnish my own place. Growing up in Scotland, I have many happy childhood memories and would like to relocate to Edinburgh (as opposed to the Highlands of Scotland where my memories lie) so I thought I'd take a look on Rightmove at the current properties on the market.

As I did this, I may have found my perfect home: a two bedroom flat in Edinburgh New Town that is beautifully decorated with pictures that allow my imagination to run wild. 


I promptly printed off the pictures and then took notes on the sort of things I'd want in each room to try and create a homely feel. The thing that I loved the most, however, were the period features in each and every room - the beautiful coving, the sizeable sash windows: it's the stuff of my imaginations and to see that it actually exists has left me aspiring to the day where I can earn enough to afford a mortgage on a place, hopefully, not too dissimilar to this flat. 


I don't know about you but for me, spending some time jotting down my hopes and dreams is somewhat therapeutic. It's nice to have something that keeps the fire in my belly alight so that I feel like I have something to work towards.

Do any of you keep an inspiration journal? If so, what sort of things do you record and note down? :)

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  1. Funnily enough, I'm starting one of these this weekend - we're currently house hunting for our first home to buy and although we have seen a few properties, nothing that has felt right yet! I think collating all of our ideas and inspiration together will help us really fugure out what we want!

    Great minds think alike, eh? ;)

    Zoe xoxo

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    1. Hehe, does seem like we have a similar mind - we have the same taste in books too!

      I love looking at properties on Rightmove - you can definitely get design ideas that way too xx

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  2. Brillaint to take the perfect house and try to make it your own! We keep looking at listings online for houses in the are we'd like to buy in, but all the good ones are way out of our price range. Though, this would be a fun thing to try with a good listing!

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    1. It's definitely good fun! I won't be buying a property for at least another three years but it's always nice to imagine and have something to aim towards :) xx

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  3. I have just put the deposit on my first flat! & I have done just this! I wrote down my notes like this straight away xx

    www.roseandmuse.com
    www.roseandmuse.com

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  4. This is such an amazing idea, I am trying to get better with my money as my boyfriend and I want to move out, and therefore we need to save! I am not good at saving and am planning on starting property in January as I nearly have my money situation sorted!

    Therefore I need to have something to look at to see why I am doing it, and I think ideas for what we will do when we have somewhere would be great, just in the back of my Filofax so I can see it and remember what the aim is :)

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    1. Good luck :) I'm sure you'll be great, and having something like this at the back of your Filofax can keep you inspired and focussed on the end goal :) Imagining up ways to decorate your future house is serious fun :) Hope you've been good - sorry I've been so bad with emails, placement started and I would leave the house super early and come home super late :( xx

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