Cosy

:: a warm kitchen :: pottering about with my apron on, preparing dinner, listening to the wind blowing around our old house

:: baking :: using my new Cath Kidston baking bowl and spatula (generous Birthday gifts) and making lemon drizzle cake yesterday afternoon

:: homemade cake :: the scent of lemony home baking filling the house, and then a tasty morsel to accompany a mug of coffee

:: snuggly sofa :: a true cosy spot in our house, our saggy old sofa is always piled with crochet blankets and cushions and ready for some cosy snuggling

:: a steaming hot drink in a favourite mug + magazine browsing :: a tiny little bit of quiet me time yesterday afternoon

:: warm, woolly socks :: the most luxurious, super-warm, gorgeous socks, from John Arbon textiles

:: open fire :: the heart of the home on chilly Autumn days, such a pleasure

:: scented candle :: another generous Birthday gift, I am loving the way this candle gently scents the room as I work

:: creative crochet :: gorgeous colours, soft yarns and huge dollops of pleasure

:: a basket of super-soft yarn :: the most gorgeous, scrummy, squidgy, delicious new yarn is in the Attic, ready for a super-exciting new project to begin

:: homely pictures :: browsing through beautiful images of other people's  homes and feeling inspired to revamp number 24

:: our table :: clearing a well used table in time for dinner, loving my bright and messy family home (but oh those shelves need attention again!)

:: hot water bottle :: loving my new hot water bottle (yet another generous gift), I don't go to bed without one during these chilly months

:: my bed :: colourful crochet blanket, rosy covered feather pillows, crisp white cotton bedding, the scent of lavender

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I have been thinking a lot about my home lately, and how it feels to be here. Despite the lack of space, the shabbiness and the extreme untidiness, I just love my home so much and it really is a very cosy place to be. Cosy. I adore that word, honestly, if it is possible to be in love with a word, then I have a crush with Cosy.

I went to an on-line dictionary to clarify what I already know and feel about it.....

Cosy ˈkəʊzi/

adjective

adjective: cosy; comparative adjective: cosier; superlative adjective: cosiest; 

1. giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation.

"the flickering lamp gave the room a cosy lived-in air"

Synonyms: Snug, comfortable, warm, restful, homelike, homey, homely, cheerful, welcoming, pleasant, agreeable.

Yes indeedy, just as I thought. I am tickled by the list of synonyms, I like them so much! There is a big part of me that wishes my home were cleaner, tidier and possibly freshly decorated, but hey if it is snug, comfortable, warm, restful, homelike, homey, homely, cheerful, welcoming, pleasant, and agreeable, then I am happy.

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Edit to add :: Thank you to Jacquie who so kindly told me about the "hyggelig happy" group on Flickr...WoW!! Fabulous collection of cosy, inspirational, feel-good images, do go have a peek and make yourself feel happy!

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Inge]

Beautiful birthday gifts!
Especially the new water bottle.

Indeed your home is very cosy!

[Miriam]

Ohhh...what a nice and "sweet" post! Thank you, Lucy!
Ciao,
Miriam from Italy

[Jo]

Now I'm craving Lemon Drizzle Cake, I may have to have a trip to the greengrocer's to buy lemons so that I can have a baking session. Showhouses are overrated, I much prefer cosy.

[Organdie]

Wow - I love all the crochet on your sofa and bed - they look so inviting. I could snuggle on that sofa for hours with a cup of tea and some magazines. Wonderful!

[Bruna Ferreira]

i loooove your home too!! feeling cosy just looking the pictures, i can imagine how would be being there :D i learned crochet when i was child, but just with your blog i really started to do it, and now i spend a lot of time doing, it's a therapy and makes my home cute :DD

[Jacquie]

Hi Lucy, loved this post. I see some of your commenters have mentioned Hygge...danish for cosy.
I love this flickr group....http://www.flickr.com/groups/1233141@N20/
do you know it ? I wonder if pinterest have something similar ?
Stay cosy :0)
Jacquie x

[Annie]

What could possibly be better! Delightful...all of it

[Willow]

Lucy, I know you enjoy displaying your lovelies on the shelves, but why don't you just get cupboard doors put up on them? That way, you won't have the constant nagging feeling that you have to tidy them, clean them. Doors on cupboards give such a feeling of calm.

[vanessa]

Ahhhhhh, just the loveliest, cosiest post. It's all been about the cosy for me too. Autumn cries out for log fires, baking aromas and cosy blankets. I feel the same as you. I often wish my home weren't so shabby, but it's home, and it's comfortable and relaxing.....and most importantly, the bears love it. Maybe come the day when the bears fly the nest, it can be more.....tidy....but I hope it will always be welcoming and cosy.

Gosh, i'm craving lemon drizzle cake. I adore anything lemony.

Well, my lovely, I hope that the rest of your week is just as wonderful and cosy

much love

Vanessa xxxxxxxxxx

[Lynne Gill]

Whenever I get a little dissatisfied with our little cottage - easy to do when you drool over those magazine pictures - I come back to the fact that we are COSY! Everyone loves to be here because they say it is so COSY and WELCOMING and so I think what is more important? Your home exudes cosy and welcome, Lucy from what we see on your blog. But it's certainly time for a bit of decluttering before they become the Shelves of Doom again! (And I speak for myself here as well, believe me!) Looking forward to seeing what crochet loveliness you come up with this time! Lx

[Ligia Seabra]

I love your home! Lovely pictures. And that lemon cake with a cup of coffee, yummy.... And you so right, about the word "cozy", it's a lovely word, it's like you having something warm around you, and you feel comfortable, just after you pronounce it. Actually I have the same feeling when I see your pictures, I'm feeling cosier now.

Ligia

xxx

[mahek]

A homey everyday things post after a long time.. was looking forward to it as I enjoy your everyday posts .. so much positive vibe.. You should post more.. More of your day to day cooking and grocery haul pictures would love to see them.

[Sarah]

oh, yes - your pictures give us a glimpse into a lot of cozyness. And the cake looks yummy!

I love that hot water bottle. It's so beautiful! :-)

[Rachel]

Cosy indeed. Is that yarn Drops Eskimo?

[Heidi]

When my little 5 year old son saw your shelves, he said: if she likes it, it doesn't matter!
And he's right ;)

Have a good time :)

[Sarah]

Lucy,
Your home is very cosy, colourful, loved in.
Enjoy!
Thankyou for your sharing of patterns.
Have a wonderful day.

[CJ]

A lovely post Lucy. I'm a big fan of homely. Mine is lived-in, not at all smart and in need of some decoration to say the least, but it's home, it's where the boys and I are happy together, so I love it.

[Lynette]

Hi I absolutely adore your home and living in such a old house wow with all that history . I live in a apartment and space well if there is I will fill it don't like empty spaces. As for the fire place awesome Johannesburg does not get that cold . Love your blog greetings Lynette :-)

[Jacqui Galloway (livingwithethel)]

Your house always looks so cosy. Sitting in front of my fire too with a basket of yarn.

[Delirious]

i'm not sure if they sell them where you are, but here in China they sell electric water bottles. I think they are filled with oil, instead of water. There is a place on the back to insert an electric cord, and then you plug them in and they heat up very quickly!

[Brenda England]

Regarding the Hot Water Bottle: In Canada, these can be found in a Drugstore. I often use a hairdryer to warm the sheets before I crawl in at night.
I was in a home today that was sparsely furnished and very orderly. Came home to my "cosy" home with its clutter and was prepared to start clearing. Realized though that these are the things that make me comfortable and let me live creatively and inspired
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[Marylin]

I luv your colorful place! Mine is a bit unorganized and un-tidy at the moment as I am up to my ears in crochet and crafting for Christmas. But I look around as well, and I can say too, that it is 'cozy', by definition of Lucy! Hugs, MO
http://moisbloggingit.blogspot.ca/

[Ricky]

The word cozy is very loved and much used in Norway! ('koselig'). I think your home definitely is worthy of that word :)

[Jackie Farrow]

They say a man's home is his castle. My house is a home, not a house, that is what I tell people. It's lived in, yes it's messy and could sometimes need a Spring clean. Love you cusy home.

[VB]

I don't see "shabbiness" at all Lucy! I do see comfortable lived in and cozy though, and it looks inviting and wonderful!