The House

In two days, we will be moving to our new house.
The feeling of excitement didn't emerge until this month after we started attending details such as choices of curtains, furniture and lighting. It has been a long and tedious search, yet as the list of to-do's is getting short, the more colorful the image of the home becomes.

A couple of months ago when the house was still under construction, I did 3 sketches for the parking space outside the garden. The original plan that came with the project was rather plain and uninteresting: the entire space would be simply covered up underneath a thick layer of cement. I understand the convenience that a cement space would promise: much time would be saved from the labors of, perhaps, weeding, cleaning, watering, etc. However, I quite reisit the idea of living next to a lifeless space of cement for the future 30 years. My obstinacy then invited a challenge to visualize what I wanted.

Giving colors and shapes to ideas on paper was certainly much more affordable than making them real in reality. In the end, a fourth choice was made after budget and practicality were considered. When we visited the house last week, it was pleasant to see a bit of nature between plates of cement that we could afford to preserve.

None of the sketches was in use in the end, but it was from that moment my imagination about the home was set free.