| LIFESTYLE | Changes...

So one minute you're planning your first blog post of 2018 and writing about all the things you had your eye on to get for your home, and the next minute you're being told that your home is being put up for sale.

Yup, that's my fantastic start to this year. We have just a handful of months left to clear out all our belongings and move elsewhere. This unfortunately, is the harsh reality of renting a property. We've lived in our little flat for getting on 8 years and we have had some fantastic (and also not so fantastic) memories there. We moved in as excited 21 year olds- fresh out of our parent's homes and full of ideas and hopes for the future. We will leave as almost 30 year olds and faced with a completely different living situation.

However, not all of this situation is doom and gloom. We're now making plans to start saving for a deposit on a place of our own. We could have easily rented somewhere else but as many young people who rent know, saving and paying rent is not an easy task at all. As emotional as I feel about the whole thing, I know that this is for the best and I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.

Anyway, this leads me on to my next thing- my blog and Instagram page. Obviously I'd feel like a bit of a con if I still had the name "Behind the Door at 84", so in between the huge task of moving and generally sorting out my "shit", I will be changing my name back to its original "Eves & Moon". I will be pretty limited with the amount of interior shots I can do when I move, so over on my Instagram it may be a mixture of lifestyle and home content- the same as this blog. It will be a case of finding what works for me so it may be a bit all over the place for a while!

One thing I do know is that I love writing and I really want to continue on with this blog. I'm planning to do more up-cycling projects so I can of course tell you all about them and perhaps even set up a little shop to sell my pieces!

In a way I'm quite excited about this new chapter in our lives. Who knows where we will be in a few years time?!

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