Temporary Digs....

Entryway:
This piece I purchased, and it serves a really needed function.
The baskets house all of the dog supplies and a place to drop
keys, purses, etc. There is just this and a coat closet on this floor.

Well, if you know me, you'd think that every place I live is temporary, since we never stay anywhere for very long... but when I found out Perry was taking a job back in Vegas, I knew I couldn't make this "home" again. And, as you know if you follow my blog, we bought the house in South Carolina and moved all of our earthly belonging there and came to Vegas with just our clothes and a few personal things.

We will probably be in Vegas for about three years, maybe longer, but no shorter and we've definitely lived shorter amounts of time in other places and bought homes there and put down very shallow roots, but I'm getting older and it's getting harder and harder to do that. Not to mention, trying to find a place that would hold all of the things we had and have a place for everything... yuck, it's just miserable. There's always something that doesn't fit. Or there's that one space that just needs something that we didn't have... no more!

Guest Room:
The bedding, lamps and accessories in the
guest room I brought from the other house, just
rented a
 bed and nightstands .

Guest Bath:
The accessories in this room were left from
the yardsale too, I just bought the shower curtain
 and towels to match.

So traveling light has it's advantages, and definitely knowing that when it's time to move on to the next adventure, all we have to do is throw our clothes in the trunk and drive away is awesome, but it doesn't make our space feel very comfortable. We have rental furniture from Cort that serves every need, i.e. beds, dressers, sofa, table and chairs. Just the basics, mind you, nothing more, but then that's what we wanted, right?

Living Room:
The art and accessories in this room make it feel like home.
The coffee-table books add a homey feel and I love having
interesting photo books to share with guests.

I loved these pictures in a movie I saw
so when I saw them at Home Goods, I had to
have them! They just make the Dining
Area.

I don't have to tell you this, and it doesn't take a professional designer to know it, but it's the accessories and the soft furnishings that make a house a home... so what about keeping the belongings to a minimum and the whole traveling light thing? Well, I think I found a good balance with this place, I bought accessories, but kept them to a minimum and didn't spend much by shopping at Home Goods, Pier 1, and even Barnes & Noble.

Before we left SLC, we had a yardsale, and there were quite a few accessories that didn't sell, so I brought them in the car. Because I have an obsession for lamps and had a lamp "graveyard" in my basement in SLC, I didn't have to buy lamps for the bedrooms and I even had a giant one for the living room that I think works beautifully.

The main thing here is that we don't have anything extra. We have empty closets and cupboards because we have just the necessities when it comes to everything. (4 plates, 4 glasses, flatware for 4 settings, etc.) I've had to be creative in cooking without my kitchen full of small appliances and every different kind and size of pot and pan, but I'm getting along and it feels so freeing to have no extra clutter around me, and to also know that those things I love and hold dear are safely in my home in SC and I can go there whenever I want to and feel at home, away from "temporary home"!