Making a house a home

All weekend me and a few mates have been trying to get a few things for this friend and we have managed to kit her out a bit for things that she wants. It is great that there are people out there that pass the word round about things that we are looking for. For the sake of a few pounds it has kitted her bedroom out with lamps, ornaments, curtains, bed cushions all in black that she was after, a few bits for her lounge that was to match her sofas and a few things including a dinner set and ornaments etc that are for her kitchen.

I have a few keep sakes that we have moved with us as well, strange, but they are things that I have had years and even though they have no value, they do in my eyes. My friend has had loads of us getting her things all weekend and today she is going to have them taken to her and this is thanks to a few of my other friends helping finding things as well as giving things for her. It cost us all a few pounds each and it was a great feeling knowing that we are all helping a friend, a friend who has just fell on hard times.

She wants to put her mark on her house as well, but she wants things that all match the other things that she has got already. She has got things like photos in frames, but she wants all the frames to match in her house and she wants her bedroom like mine, as in black and white things all to match.

I think cream is a great colour, as it will go with anything that you put in a room, also makes a room look clean. It is like moving to any house, things all take time, also takes money as well.I feel sorry for my friend as she do not have money to spare and so badly wants to have her house the way she wants.

I think what she wanted was things that match or colour coordinate.She has no spare money at the moment, so what she has now started to do is work out what coloured things she wants in each room and we are all asking people if they have anything. My friend went to a car boot today and a woman was throwing her things away, so she grabbed a few bits off the woman before she binned them for our friend.(did not cost a penny}. She also wanted to have all matching picture frames as well, so we are looking on a free site for her at the moment.

That is so much fun. I helped a friend out some last year. The encouragement is a big part as well. I am glad you and your other friends can do this. It sounds swell.

I do agree that if it is your own, then it feel more like yours than anyone elses. I use to rent after I divorced my first husband, then I bought a house with this husband.I feel more relaxed knowing that we do not have to ask to do things in the house. My friend has low income and with having to move as well, she has no money spare, so we have all got her a few bits, to try to make it her home and so far so good, as she loved them all.

I found it took me ages to get the house that I am living in to the way that I wanted it.I feel that it took us both a lot of time, as well as a lot of money. I have managed to rope a few of my friends into helping me find and get a few bits for my friend for her house.The things that we have managed to get her are in the colours that she wanted as well as things that she really needed. It is nice that there are people out there that will do all that they can to help other people and I was shocked to see all the nice things that people managed to get her.She will be getting all these things later when another friend of mine takes them all to her. She loves her scented candles, just like I do, also those plug in freshners you can buy.

"Your heart is where your home is", that expression has stayed with me. Any house is just a house, but where there is love there is a home. Sure, you can go out and buy expensive things to make your house look like a home, but when you make things or people give you special things to decorate with then you'll feel the love. Make it personal,use simple things like decorating. Make it homey, like buying appple pie scented candles. I usually go to dollar stores or thrift stores.

She has no money and there are things that she wants in each room to match and these are all certain colours that she wants in each room. I can understand what she is saying, as all the things in each of my main rooms do match and this is a way of making my own mark on my home. Me and a few of my friends have managed to get her lots of the things that she wanted, as well as the colour that she wanted them in, so lets hope this will cheer her up a bit, these things were given to me after I asked a few friends to keep their eyes open for the things that she was looking for and one of the friends got loads of things at a car boot sale that people were going to the throw away after they had finished their car boot sale.The lady who was throwing them away helped my friend take the things to her car and in return my friend bought her a coffee.

She is now getting a few bits from a few of us in the colours that she wanted for the rooms.She seems a lot happier that she is getting her house sorted, but as she has no money, she has to keep the colours the way that they are at the moment, which she do not mind. Next year she has plans for the garden, this will take time to sort rather than money.

My friend did not have any money to buy any paint or anything else to change her home, so a few of us rallied round to help her get a few things that she wanted, as well as things that she really needed. Thankfully she liked all the things that we got her so she is happier now that she has put things in the house to make it feel more like home.

I know a few people that have to keep moving and that is due to jobs as well as family and I do feel sorry for them, as no sooner have they settled they have to move again. I would hate to have to move and start all over again, but who knows what is going to happen in the future.

I agree that it will take time as well as money to make her house feel more and more home, with more home comforts that she wants to add, but so far so good, as we have managed to get her a few bits that she likes. I think she will be happy when she gets to get things for her garden next, so I am keeping my eyes open on a site where things are free for her.

I agree, as you have to make your own mark on the house, rather than the person who use to live there.

Well, I have managed to get a few things for her that she wanted for her rooms, with help of my other friends as well as a person who has split with her boyfriend, so I hope these will all cheer her up, as she has been feeling really down of late. Other things that she want in the colours that she wanted have also been asked for by me to people and a few of these things will be bought here for her tomorrow, so I will have to send them with a friend to her who can drive.

I think what she wanted to do was to put her own mark on here house and she has no money spare that she can use. She also wanted to make space in her house for it to look bigger than what it is, so more room to move in it. She is like me and loves her candles as well as room plug in freshners, so she has lovely smell in each room.

There were things that she wanted for each room, so that they would all colour coordinate, so what I done was spoke to a few friends and those few friends spoke to others and we have managed to get nearly all the things that she was after for only a few pounds, as a lot of them were given for free.Later on today she will have them all as a good friend of mine is going to take them all to her, as I am unable to drive any more, I know that she will love all the things that people have given to me to pass on to her.