HOUSE CALL // moving on

After much deliberation I decided to leave my beloved Art Deco apartment. It served me well for many years and always felt welcoming after a busy day. With no major reasons for moving, it was more of a feeling that I needed to move on and was ready for a change. I am sentimental about leaving but also excited about this new chapter.

Going from apartment living to a house may have new challenges but we'll soon see how it goes. I have plans to renovate/redecorate but it may take a while. As soon as I'm unpacked (by the way I'm in no rush), I will share my new space. First I need to recover from moving twice! Not ideal but it's the way things panned out. Here are some things I learnt about moving.

Lesson 1 - Don't decide to move around Christmas (I was so busy with end of year work/shopping/festivities that I didn't have time to plan packing).

Lesson 2 - Don't actually move in January (I had to cut my holidays short to rush home and frantically pack).

Lesson 3 - Don't move in Summer (It was sweltering hot every single day I had to pack and/or move stuff).

These were extra hurdles all due to my bad timing. Apart from this it's the usual advice of packing as early as you can, labelling boxes with detailed descriptions and most of all culling so you're not lugging unwanted items with you to the next place. None of which I did - but I've survived!