Finding furniture here on Maui is like going on a treasure hunt. We have no such things as an Ikea, no great thrift stores filled with amazing pieces as we do back in France, it drives me crazy whenever we go back there, all I want is to fill up a container and ship it here. It sometimes is quite frustrating. But it has its good too. It taught me patience to start with. If you're on the hunt for a new couch, a new dresser, cutes chairs, whatever it is, well either you've got the bank account that allows you to just browse online and get whatever you want delivered to your door or you go garage-saling. Some people have made it a real sport. On the week-ends you will see signs on the side of the roads showing you the way to a garage sale and you'd better be an early bird if you want to catch the good stuff. I have to admit that I love it. You don't always score anything good but when you do, you get that sense of a highly accomplished mission and might get home to your wife with that huge taxidermy beautiful deer you never thought you wanted but hey! It was a great deal baby! You can't tell but I am laughing as I went to have a beer at one of my girlfriend's place on Friday and I found myself facing a deer hung in their living. She told me her husband keeps telling her it was a great deal but she doesn't seem to enjoy it quite as much, at all. The poor thing is looking at you straight in your eyes, it's somewhat hilarious but quite frankly pretty freaky.
Other than patience it also taught me to sew. I've always liked refurbishing furniture but I couldn't thread two pieces of fabric together. Until my sister came to visit (she's a master sewer) and after showing me a few tricks, such as how my $79 sewing machine worked, I was hooked. And It has made a big difference in my home-deco-obsessed-life. Meaning if I want new pillow covers, new curtains, even new duvet cover, I can just make it myself to my very own taste. Before being a mama I did spend a great deal of hours making things for us and for my friends. Love it.
The whole DIY movement is very inspiring to me. It helps unlock your creativity, it helps make time for things you want to do. And it helps you shape your home the way you want it to look even though you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
So patience, sewing skills and thankfulness for your friends giving you cool stuff when they move away. This chair below as been given to me on Saturday by a friend moving off island and even though I might have not purchased a bamboo rattan chair, ever, I do like it very much. It's old and I like its shape.
What's left of our belongings after our bold move to Tahiti is sailing to us as I am writing, we might get it within a month or two and since we moved back here I have refrained myself from spending money on furniture. We can't offer clutter right now. We will be moving again soon. And I have decided to do with what we have and wait for the day we finally own our home to really throw my energy into hunting (furniture, not deers, jeeez!).
Other than patience it also taught me to sew. I've always liked refurbishing furniture but I couldn't thread two pieces of fabric together. Until my sister came to visit (she's a master sewer) and after showing me a few tricks, such as how my $79 sewing machine worked, I was hooked. And It has made a big difference in my home-deco-obsessed-life. Meaning if I want new pillow covers, new curtains, even new duvet cover, I can just make it myself to my very own taste. Before being a mama I did spend a great deal of hours making things for us and for my friends. Love it.
The whole DIY movement is very inspiring to me. It helps unlock your creativity, it helps make time for things you want to do. And it helps you shape your home the way you want it to look even though you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
So patience, sewing skills and thankfulness for your friends giving you cool stuff when they move away. This chair below as been given to me on Saturday by a friend moving off island and even though I might have not purchased a bamboo rattan chair, ever, I do like it very much. It's old and I like its shape.
What's left of our belongings after our bold move to Tahiti is sailing to us as I am writing, we might get it within a month or two and since we moved back here I have refrained myself from spending money on furniture. We can't offer clutter right now. We will be moving again soon. And I have decided to do with what we have and wait for the day we finally own our home to really throw my energy into hunting (furniture, not deers, jeeez!).
