We were pressed for time in finding a house to rent in Perth and settled on the Canning Vale house as it's not too far from Justin's work. All houses in this area are of similar size and design.
Our Carina house used to take me 1 hour to clean from top to bottom including vaccuming, mopping, dusting, cleaning mirrors and cleaning bathroom and toilet. I detest cleaning and one hour a week was more than enough for me.
On the other hand, our Canning Vale house is huge and it takes me 2-2.5 hours to clean it. I feel as though I walk 10kms just to vaccum and mop the floors and the house is always messy because of the kids and dog.
Having moved into a bigger house has made me realise that bigger is not necessarily better and I resent spending my time cleaning when my time could be doing something that I enjoy.
Justin and I have now decided against renovating our Carina house when we move back to Brisbane. We had plans drawn up to turn it into a four bedroom/two bedroom house but have settled on enjoying our three bedrooms and one bathroom.
My wise friend from Brisbane told me last week that "more space equals more stuff, less stuff equals more life" which I now appreciate.
Here's cheers to less stuff and more life!
Less space, less things, more life!!! I love it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw this clip on the TV, the people seemed to have a really small house, however they had some really good storage options. Which doesn't mean you get more stuff to put in the storage, its just that we all need some stuff to live.
HI Lena,
ReplyDeleteIkea has great space saving ideas in their show room so I may have to check it out when I return to Brisbane. I don't think that Ikea is in Perth?