Last night, while waiting on some guests to arrive, I took some pictures to remember the Bobcat Lair, my house in Austin, where Anita and I have enjoyed about four years now. I mentioned earlier this week how much I’m going to miss the neighbors, but I’ll also miss having a house I could set up however I wanted and decorate with what pleases me.
I know I’m lucky. Anita’s had to live with my stuff since she moved to Austin (well, she had her own area with her stuff in it, but no kitchen of her own). And Kathleen and her spouse have had to live much of the past two years in someone else’s house, crammed into a bedroom. That’s got to get old pretty fast! Most of the ranch house I tried to keep neutral, brought in the big furniture our residents prefer, and confined my collections to small areas. The Bobcat Lair was all me, with touches of Anita for good measure of course.
I love how airy the place is and how well Anita’s plants grow in it (most of my plants are gone). I loved my little kitchen with lime green accents and shiny counters, too. I love shiny things.
I guess I just want to honor all the work and planning that went into fixing this house up (at last) to be a nice home. I wish I could have spent more time here, but the time I did spend was restful, calm, and free of stress. That was the real luxury of the Bobcat Lair!
The fact that I got to have my happy colors, my flower art, and my quirky décor items just made my parts of the house MINE. I think we all deserve a place like that, where you we comfortable, because it’s ours. It’s been great having a whole house like that, but now it’s time to move on, and I will, after dwelling a bit on how much I liked my home. I’ll just work on sprucing up my Hermits’ Rest office, and it will be great. There are always options, and I am not complaining at all, just remembering. Enjoy some photos of what made this house mine.
I can’t forget the neighbor deer 
We were important features 
The windows in the breakfast area – so cheerful 
This inexpensive dining set let us have nice dinners 
The surprisingly orange guest bath 
with lime green accents 
The wall of shelves that used to have a guest bar 
Love my light fixtures 
I enjoyed looking at my pansies every day 
I’ll miss the periwinkle bathroom 
And my giant toilet room 
And this shower, even with the dud shower head 
I wish I hadn’t painted a wall brown 
This marble backsplash is so pretty 
Yes, the floors are busy. I liked them. 
Cooking was a dream. 
Same ovens as in the other house! 
I filled a hallway with Mom’s embroidery 
My gray chair, because I could not get comfortable in the pretty ones. 
I sure loved these railings, and my gray rug. 
Yes, I’ll even miss the killer invisible coffee table
This post was mainly for me, to act as a photo album, but I hope you enjoy peeking in at someone else’s house. I always do!
The Hermits' Rest 