The home shy
Do you have things you hide away when people visit? You know, those random knick-knacks that only you will understand, a favourite blanket that’s a bit raggedy. Do you have stacks of paintings, photos or prints just waiting to be framed or hung, but you can’t decide where to put them? Are all your walls white or cream for fear of offending anyone with your favourite colour? Still living with a broken sofa as you haven’t seen ‘the one’ yet? Do you have a ‘room of doom’ where you put anything that would give away your personality? Sounds like you are ‘home shy’.
ADVICE FOR THE HOME SHY
If you have that secret stash of vintage Smash Hits mags or a collection of illustrative nudes (blush) that you are hiding away, you need to live in the now and use it or lose it. Get those stunners out and start making them part of your everyday life. Frame that print (there are plenty of affordable online frame options), curate that beloved collection and start using the precious pieces.
Invest some time in yourself by assessing why you are hiding that side of your personality. Is it simply that you’ve not had time to get organised? Or are you afraid to commit to your own passions? Perhaps you have been aiming for a particular style and certain aspects of design that you are drawn to don’t fit with that version of your style. Re-read those sentences, and if any ring true, you must remember that no one is judging you, only yourself. Your opinion is the one that matters. Make a start on breaking your home shyness by focusing on one space. Use it to thoroughly express a different side of yourself. Embrace that freedom for one space. Think of it like putting on your wildest outfit for a party with your best friends. Let that space be a testing ground for your wilder side, paint it that shade you’ve been lusting after and show off a side that many don’t see. You may find you rather like it.
‘I love this piece, but what if no one else does? I will put it up... one day’ The home Shy