October 2023 Blog Topic: Share your favorite DIY Home Improvement or decorating project that you want to do or have done.
By Suzy Rawlins with Roots and Boots with Suzy Rawlins
My family and I had the opportunity to completely redecorate our home and wardrobes in 2014. We had new and new-to-us furniture, clothing, home décor, and dishes donated to us after we lost everything in a house fire. Yes, you read that first sentence correctly. This was an experience that we saw as an opportunity instead of a challenge. True a house fire is tragic, however, there were so many blessings in this for our family.
We found a new home that was beautiful and had some ah-mazing neighbors. The community came together and filled two large storage units with all the wonderful donations. When we first started unpacking those storage units, we had no idea what all was in there, so it was like Christmas when we unpacked them. In fact, we had too much stuff, and so we were blessed with the opportunity to donate to another family that lost everything in a house fire.
I can remember the boys literally going through all the clothes and trying stuff on, they had so much fun. As a family, we decorated the house, made it feel like home, and made it feel like our own. It’s a fact that some of our favorite items were lost in the fire, it’s still a fact that some of them are missing, but we are thankful that we were able to keep what we did have.
As a result, one of my favorite DIY home improvement and decorating projects was a blessing out of a tragedy. It was a complete re-do of our home and wardrobes for our family. It not only brought our family together more, but we also developed solid gratitude for all things in life, not just possessions.
