Content

Such an interesting word.  A sense of comfort.  Substance.  Things occupying space.

The list which arrived yesterday was headed CONTENT - and was very much about the later!

How to fill a house - appliances, electronics, tables, chairs, sofas, beds.  Then there are the plates and glasses, cutlery, pots and pans, the window blinds and the windex.  All itemized.  All described.  Can you really just write it all down in an Excel spreadsheet!?

This was the follow up to our conversation with Sheila on Wednesday.  90  minutes via Skype (til it failed due to the rain and we had to switch to land/cell lines).  Sheila had spent the day at the house.  She was measuring, positioning, looking for issues and creating solutions. And there was much to discuss.

Issues - king size bed won't fit in the Guest Room and allow the Armoire to open (guess a queen will have to do) - dining table for 8 won't fit comfortably on the patio and allow for the day bed and movement (table for 6 will do) - blinds in the bedroom will be a problem as the windows to right in the corner (some engineering solution will do, but some light might get in - we'll live) - a sigh of relief if that is all that is really problematic!

Decisions

- dining table - do we like this as an idea

ABSOLUTELY!!

And for the lounge chairs on the upper terrace?

ABSOLUTELY!

And for living room tables - the drum tables are a problem - what about something like this?

EEEEWWWW!  All I could think of was the Tiki Bar at a tacky airport hotel - Let's try something square - more in the style of the dining table.

In addition to that - white dinnerware, big red wine glasses ...

Well, off to check the content of the contents - hopefully it will leave me content!