#99: How to Bond with your Home When It Doesn't Come Instantly

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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It's pretty common to feel unsettled and not "at home" in a new house. In this episode, we're talking about how we bonded with homes when it didn't come instantly. See the show notes at abeautifulmess.com/podcast, write to us at [email protected]!

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0:00.0	You're listening to The A Beautiful Must Podcast.
0:09.0	This episode is about how to bond with your home when it doesn't come instantly.
0:13.2	It can take months or even years to have that home feeling when you walk through the
0:16.5	door.
0:17.5	Keelie's here with me today, filling in for Emma, has taken the summer off from a turn
0:21.0	to be leave.
0:22.0	I asked Keelie to join me on this episode because she also had a slow bond in her home.
0:27.0	It's normal to have feelings of doubts or feelings of let down or even regret when you
0:31.4	first move into a home.
0:32.8	It makes sense when you think about it because buying a home is one of life's biggest decisions,
0:37.4	changes hard.
0:38.4	And when you first move in, it's often the ugliest your house is ever going to look.
0:42.2	It might even smell weird.
0:44.1	So it's all normal.
0:45.8	Maybe you miss your old home, whatever it is, sometimes it just takes time to bond
0:50.0	with your new home.
0:51.1	If you're not expecting this reaction, it can feel weird, it can even feel wrong.
0:55.3	I know that I struggled with feeling ungrateful at one point.
1:00.0	So hopefully this episode will help anyone who's going through the awkward transition to
1:03.6	feel normal and give you some practical tips for how to make your new house feel like
1:08.4	a home as fast as possible.
1:10.3	So Keelie and I have talked about this at length and we think that it's like a very normal
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