From the green fields of the Shire to the comforting burrows of Brambly Hedge, fantasy books are full of cozy homes we wish we could escape into. So what can we learn from these places about turning our own homes into safe havens of comfort and beauty?

"Frodo was now safe in the Last Homely House east of the Sea. That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, ‘a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or storytelling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.’ Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness.” "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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↠ CHAPTERS ↞
1:58 your home is a place to tell your story
3:57 homemaking takes intention
5:53 simplify to what is useful and beautiful
8:11 trust the homey trinity
9:58 use your five senses to decorate
13:12 thrift stores are your new best friend
15:08 the ingredients of cozy

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”Own Your Life” by Sally Clarkson → https://amzn.to/3U6Fdg8
”Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy” by Sarah Ban Breathnach → https://amzn.to/3Y7EEUq

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“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien → https://amzn.to/3Y7b5Tb
“Monster in the Hollows” by Andrew Peterson → https://amzn.to/3Y3499l
“Brambly Hedge” by Jill Barklem → https://amzn.to/4875dOn
“The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Graham → https://amzn.to/400BGDO
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling → https://amzn.to/3zLVkZL
“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis → https://amzn.to/3zMtTir

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