Have you ever considered the places or homes where you really love to crash on the couch? I’m not talking about an OK couch where you can take a load off, but a place where you’re as comfy as at home.

They say you are what you eat. I get that. But you also are where you live whether it be an ornate Victorian or a sparse glass box.
 

I must confess to a blatant bias against manufactured homes. I have my reasons.

A friend was over the other day, and she mentioned that she has meant to paint her living room for the last two years. But she hasn’t. This is not shocking to anyone who works on their home. It takes a freakishly long time to get the simplest task done. 

A woman I know is an amazing entertainer. When she throws a dinner party, it’s performance art with an apron. For one gathering, she was excited to put to use a recently inherited antique family dining table. It was a long, narrow rustic carved wood thing rumored to have come from a castle.

The toboggan was rarely put to use. Probably because the 6-foot long sled was approximately the same length as the only hill around. So when my mother pulled it through the snowy backyard when I was a kid, I watched from the kitchen window, curious. Did she develop a sudden urge to go sledding?

With focus on the future, we sometimes forget to appreciate where we’ve been. This seems an auspicious time to look back at some of our favorite homes, design and decor featured on the pages of Oregon Home 2012 issues.

You say you want a resolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world. Just don’t expect everyone in the household to like it.

I guess the reason I don’t think about making my house look bigger (with colors or mirrors or working on a diagonal) is that I like it small.  I embrace the smallness.