After packing up and living life on the road in a van for two years, we’ve now found ourselves in a different kind of in-between. A space that feels both like a homecoming and the gentle beginning of a new season. A season that brings with it finding our home’s style.
It’s a bittersweet thing, having already watched the girls’ little years fade into the background. The toys they once scattered across the floor, the tiny shoes by the door—these things slowly, quietly slipping away, with three of them now moving ever closer to the pre-teen and teenage years, a fully fledged teenager and a daughter now closer to 30 (which still seems surreal. And yet, there’s something beautiful about where we are now too. A season of growth, of deeper roots, of building something lasting.
Simple things are filling my heart right now: the last of the spring flowers gathered from the garden, arranged in those well-loved charity shop jugs; the comforting scent of bread baking or a slow-cooked stew bubbling away; dishing up meals in bowls and on plates that have seen years of laughter, conversation and family gatherings.
I’m also paying closer attention to the materials we bring into our home. After learning more about the hidden dangers of synthetic fabrics, I find myself reaching for cottons and linens—natural, breathable, timeless. There’s something comforting about the feel of a well-worn linen tablecloth or a simple cotton tea towel, something that feels right in a way that newer, shinier things often don’t.
In many ways, we’re building our home the same way we build our days now: slowly, intentionally, with gratitude for what we have and a heart open to what’s ahead. Not rushing to fill every corner but letting the spaces grow into themselves as we do.
This season feels like a tender beginning and I’m grateful you’re here with us, sharing in it. Maybe you, too, are finding yourself in a season of transition—letting go of what was and leaning into what is yet to come. If you are, I hope you know: you’re not alone. There’s so much beauty to be found right where we are.
Traci x
