Everyone has different requirements for their ideal home, and most families are composed of multiple people who need to communicate before decorating. Meeting common expectations is very important. The ideal home is the starting point for our journey in the next section of life.
There are two aspects to a family, one is the unit of a person, most of which are formed by marriage and blood relationships; On the other hand, it is the place where family members live together. What I want to share is the variable latter.
Regarding the ideal home, the standard ultimately depends on the expectations of the family members and is not defined for outsiders. How to meet the ideals of different families requires one to unleash some imagination and thinking, and it is also a process of facing and examining one's own life.
When it comes to an ideal home, if I take myself as an example, I have to start with the differences between my home and most families. I have always been single and have chosen a family. Therefore, my thoughts on the ideal home may be more about self satisfaction or setting it in line with my expectations towards my possible next step of development.
After reaching adulthood, I have probably had five residences before and after, and every time I think about decorating my own home, it also reflects my age, social role, economic ability, as well as my aesthetic and thinking at that time. They almost all have one trait: reducing spacing as much as possible in limited space.
Because I am a person, there is no need to hide. I try to keep the space unobstructed and unobstructed, except for the place where I sleep - my habit of sleeping in small spaces remains unchanged. The first home is smaller, and this idea is easier to implement.
With the change of economic capacity and the increase of objects accumulated by oneself, the realization of the ideal of unobstructed space naturally faces some difficulties. I enjoy reading and art. Books and art are important objects that record my life. Collecting and displaying them has become an important issue for me when building my ideal home.
Two years ago, I honestly faced the fact that I was already middle-aged and began to adjust my work enthusiasm, choosing to semi retire. I moved out of the city center, hoping to often stand on the real ground in my future life. Now, I live in a single family house and have my own yard. The the Taihu Lake Lake Stone, which has been collected for more than 10 years, can finally leave the room and stand in the courtyard where the sky can be seen. Another collection I have developed for this courtyard is plants.
I bought a gardenia tree in my 60s from my gardener. It was a tree with a story, and he gave it to me from among the only four trees in their family. The top of the gardenia tree looks directly at the windowsill of the guest room on the second floor, and every flower season, fragrance enters the window.
I am also planting a camphor tree in the courtyard, which was originally a common tree in the mountainous areas of Taiwan. However, due to its trunk being suitable for cultivating Ganoderma lucidum, it has been extensively cut down and is almost extinct. In recent years, I have also responded to the plan to revive the camphor tree and planted one in my own yard to express my gratitude for my relationship with this land.
I planted a banana tree outside the other window. It's hard to say why I have a special fondness for banana, perhaps it's related to my love for reading ancient literature and poetry since childhood! After moving in here, I began to think about what it would take to welcome my elderly life in a house: on the one hand, I would often invite my parents to live with me, and on the other hand, I would also want to think about how to face my next life.
What kind of environment should I live in when youth is gone?
In addition to planting plants in the yard, I also placed lightweight auxiliary chairs on the stairs, and the places I pass by every day are also specially arranged with the same settings. In addition, on the left and right sides of the stairs, there are the things I need the most in my life, filled with books on one side and paintings on the other.
I finally understood the ancient saying that calligraphy and painting are inseparable, and put them into my life with my own understanding.
Everyone has different requirements for their ideal home, and most families are composed of multiple people who need to communicate before decorating. Meeting common expectations is very important. The ideal home is the starting point for our journey in the next section of life.
And people change, so we cannot set it solely based on our current likes and dislikes. An ideal home is one that can tolerate the possibility of change and growth.
An ideal home is a confirmation of the accumulated past and also reflects the values and expectations of the members living in it for the future. Establishing a dream home that belongs to oneself and confirming a future that belongs to oneself requires courage to face one's own inner thoughts and actions.