the sheer privilege of being able to slowly move in and renovate perfectly good rooms before she can bring herself to live in them is what’s getting to me the most. its so far from real life, having to keep a toddler out of a room with wet paint, using a packing box as a bedside table, doing room by room slowly over the first few years as and when you have the money/time. i’m only just decorating my toddler’s room 2 years after we moved in, because it was low on the list of priorities, because toddler is 3 and doesn’t know they don’t have an instagramable themed bedroom
it really really blows my mind that she considers that guest bathroom to need alot of work. dare i say its almost sad for her that she has created this standard for herself. i think they’ll only “move in” in the real sense once everything is completely done, down to the food being in the cupboards and clothes already unpacked in the walk in wardrobes.