There are
beautiful coffee-table books about rooms. Rooms where famous people live, rooms
where important events took place, rooms that matter.
Then there are
decorators' pride rooms. Rooms that exemplify styles, show off design know-how,
or used to teach Feng Shui = notions
of balance and flow.
In the end, beyond
all abstractions, are the rooms we live in. They are both neat and messy (depending on the moment), cozy and annoying (when things just don’t feel
right), and most of all they are ours.
When my kids were
little, their room was my favorite. It had the most design integrity and remarkable
functionality, carefully put together for their respective arrivals. Now that
the room is a guest room and a storage room for the belongings they chose to
leave with us, it holds little charm for me.
My current
favorite is my bedroom. Its corner is my office, i.e. where I write. It is the
favorite hangout for three felines who confirm the room’s supremacy.
If you love to
cook, perhaps your most-loved room is your kitchen. If you garden, maybe you
managed a sunroom. If you are fond of bathing, maybe your bathroom is the one
you favor.
As comments on Blogger don’t accommodate photos, sharing your favorite here will have to rely on descriptive abilities. This brings me to the writerly side of this post. Describing rooms in a way that makes them come alive and doesn’t cause reader’s tedium is an art all its own, and it belongs in good books.
