Our new apartment is a whole lot of white. The prior homeowners made bland design choices: white walls, white cabinets, white tiles, white counters, white knobs, white everything. Like a sterile hospital room. E said it'll look better once it's filled with our things, but I can't imagine it. Interior design is not my forte (E said my home was spartan1 when he first visited), so I'm happy my MIL is so enthusiastic about helping put our new home together — she's scoured secondhand shops online and offline to find linen curtains, a dining room table with unobtrusive legs, classic Scandinavian chairs. She's particularly thrilled about our two balconies (garden nerds keep gardening even without a garden): propagating plants from cuttings, shopping for pots and houseplants. She's been sewing and reupholstering and repotting in preparation for our move-in. — I opened this tab thinking I'd jot down some ideas for the tiny internet home, but ended up writing about the new IRL home instead... well, here are the ideas: I think it's time for a new theme, something that feels messier, less structured, but taking up just as much space, just as meandering — started drawing some boxes, no solid ideas yet Time-lock the homepage, à la Pan's website, less access to the tiny internet home, but no changes to other pages or RSS Soft, warm autumn colors, something cozy, maybe — Notes for the IRL home: Do I really need a sofa? a TV? Where to put computer desks? Fairy lights for the balconies Cat wheel again Things to hold things Air purifiers — Blaugust 7/31 Me back then: does a home really need more than a bed and a desk?↩