Nooks, Corners, Chairs and Memories
I’ve been working on this idea for a post in my mind for awhile and trying to organize it and make it into something intelligible and fun to read. I’ve enjoyed working on it and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Do you have special chairs or corners you use for different activities? A small space that is yours? Your little haven? Do have a piece of furniture that has sentimental value and memories for you?
I do.
This rocking chair was the first piece of nursery furniture I received after I found out I was pregnant for the first time. It was a used rocker but it was given to me excitedly by a friend who got it from someone who needed to get rid of it. This friend was so proud of himself and so excited to give us this free rocker. It’s not the most beautiful rocker and it certainly didn’t go with my nursery decor. But it was special to me.
I rocked both my girls in it while listening to beautiful lullabies. I sat here for midnight feedings. We read bed time stories in it until the girls were too big to fit in my lap in it at the same time. Now it’s sitting in our spare bedroom waiting to rock another baby (or two) when the time comes.
I’ve had many tender and loving moments with my girls here
This is my quiet time chair and corner. This is where I sit in the quiet of the early mornings to read my Bible, pray and drink that first, delicious cup of coffee. I have my special floor lamp behind this chair that we bought just for this corner. I’ve got my little side table that contains two baskets. The one on the bottom is for my Bible, notebook and devotional books. The basket on top holds pens, highlighters and other miscellaneous things.
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I’ve praised, cried, complained and drawn closer to God in this chair. I’ve been humbled, awed and and totally blown away by the words I’ve read in my Bible here. I’ve prayed over many prayer requests here. I’ve journaled here.
I love my little quiet corner. My special place.
This is where I make my blog magic happen. My computer corner.
I Twitter, Facebook, read e-mails and do all my crazy blogging here. I stay in touch with family and friends via cyberspace in this corner. I was thrilled to finally find a little space for my laptop so it wasn’t on the dining room table or sitting on the couch. We also were happy to finally find a good way to use this odd corner in our living room.
This is a happy little corner of mine.
This corner is part of our dining room table. I do many different things here. I eat. I read while I’m eating. I fold laundry. I pay bills. I write cards.
This is kind of a working corner for me. But I can also see the T.V perfectly from here. So, I have can have fun while I’m working. It doesn’t hurt that these dining room chairs are pretty comfortable.
We just turned this area into the dining room and I love it. It’s always bright and sunny. I can see a ton of family pictures from this chair. Oh, and did I mention my coffee maker is in here? It’s my sunny spot.
No matter how gloomy the weather is outside it always seems to be bright in here.
And this spot? This is where I relax in the evenings. I watch my favorite t.v shows. I read. Sometimes I blog here. I play Bejeweled Blitz. I cuddle, whether it be with the girls or Mike. Sometimes the three of us girls will try to lay on this couch together and I have one girl squeezed in front of me and one laying on top of me! This is where friends sit when they come to visit. I’ve watched many great movies from this spot.
This is my end of the couch. The summer that I was pregnant with Katelyn I would come home from work so tired and I would have the most wonderful pregnant naps on this couch. Once I had Katelyn and was pregnant with Madelyn those naps weren’t as plentiful but I still managed every now and then.
We bought this set of couches when we first moved into this house. Our first house. The end you see here is Mike’s. This is where he plops down when he gets home from a long, tiring day at work. He plays his video games from this spot and falls asleep here frequently.
We love this couch.
It’s amazing how a piece of furniture or a corner in my home can mean so much to me.
How about you? Do you have a special corner or piece of furniture in your home?
