Casual and comfortable. A 1LDK interior that nurtures what I love.

Rather than the joy of the moment I acquire something, I want to own and cherish things that bring me greater joy each time I pick them up or look at them. I want to love them in that way.

Without pushing myself, within a range I can reach.
But sometimes, I stretch a little, reaching out quietly toward things I admire.

My 1LDK home is full of favorites I've collected in just that way.

Still, it's quite difficult to achieve the kind of sophisticated interior you see in magazines.

I try this, I try that.
I put it here, I move it back there.
It just doesn't feel right. I keep repeating that process.

Since I'm a museum curator, it would be cool if I could use my inherent sense to make sharp, decisive choices.
But since it's uncool to make excuses like 'I have no sense,' I'll just say: I'm in the middle of polishing my sense right now!

However, there is a comfort I've found precisely because I've wavered so much.

I don't have the confidence to puff out my chest and say, 'This is my room!', but it's more like I'd want to whisper to someone, 'I actually really like it myself.'

Today, I'd like to share those whispered stories with you.
(Come to think of it, my husband calls whispered stories 'koshokosho' stories. I like it because it feels even more modest. Haha)

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The area around the sideboard in the dining room is where many of my favorites are gathered.

On the wall above the sideboard, I hang a calendar from 'Hokuo, Kurashi no Doguten.' It has cute illustrations every month, and it's an excellent item that brings a sense of the season with just this one sheet. I wonder if I should get this one again next year.

I hang it using a magnetic hanger from Muji.

The illustration for July was especially cute, so even after July ended, I kept it displayed in a frame. It's a motif that makes me hungry!

In the dining room, there is another illustration of toast. When my younger sister came over, she asked, 'Momo-chan, you're a rice person, so why are there only pictures of bread?' It's because bread looks better in pictures.

For paper items, many look sharper when there is a margin on the mat, so I often buy frames that come with mats. Most of the frames in our home were purchased at IKEA. IKEA has a wide variety of sizes and types, so it's fun to choose. The construction is also solid. And, they're cheap!

I hang frames and clocks on the wall using hooks that combine insect pins, which are sold at Nitori or Seria.

The dining room clock is from IDÉE. I love everything about it: the elegant font, the thin hands, and the fact that it's quiet without a second hand.

The small framed picture hanging on the wall is a portrait drawn by a senior in my lab when I was a student. It's my treasure that I received as a graduation gift.

This is what the dining room looks like in October. I did a little bit of redecorating.

I brought out the autumn wreath and moved the yacht mobile to the bedroom. Instead, I'm hanging a crescent moon and boat mobile.

I keep Bi-netsu's 'The Book That Doesn't Want to Be a Book,' which arrived in August, on an easel-like card stand so I can open it to my favorite page depending on my mood, as every page is wonderful. I felt like putting it on a bookshelf or in a frame wasn't quite right, so I struggled with how to display it...!

There are other cute postcards, too.
Whenever I see a lovely postcard, I can't help but buy it. I wonder how many I have at home...

Sometimes I use them for letters to someone, but often they just stay in a drawer. Still, I want to display them properly once in a while.

I also change the displays.

I get happy when I find a frame that suits both the room's space and the postcard. This is also a new frame from IKEA, but I chose it because I thought its slightly antique atmosphere would suit the artwork.

I also tried displaying some doodles I drew.

Right above the sofa where there was an empty space.

I bought the MOMO natural sofa this spring for reading. It's a comfortable sofa that's neither too firm nor too soft. It's quite spacious, so I can even lie down and take a nap.

I had decided that if I bought a sofa, I would also buy this cushion cover.

I bought the moon-patterned cushion cover at ACTUS. The mobile was also a crescent moon motif, wasn't it?

I like the night better than the day.
I also like this season as the nights get longer.

It's hard to tell in the photo, but this rug is also yellow and white, and I chose it because I wanted to combine it with the cushion cover. I bought this at unico.
This rug is fluffy and feels great, so my husband often sunbathes here.

The plants are also photosynthesizing by the window.

I keep a basket in front of the sofa to hold the books I've borrowed from the library.

Since it's autumn, the season for reading, I recently organized my bookshelf. I tried to keep the spines visible as much as possible.

In the bedroom, there is a sailboat mobile. The one in the living room was also a boat motif, wasn't it?

Next to the postcard is a piece drawn for me by Marusuke-san.

Postcards are great because they are easy to buy, but I feel that having a real piece of art really pulls the space together. The image, which feels like a gentle slumber, invites me into good dreams in the bedroom.

On the kitchen wall is a piece by Mio-san. I stand in the kitchen right after I wake up and right after I get home at night, but looking at this painting helps me tell myself to do my best today or to thank myself for a hard day's work.

On another wall in the kitchen, I have a poster I bought at the Matisse exhibition last year. From the moment I saw this work at the exhibition, I thought, 'I want this painting...', so I was overjoyed to find the poster for sale at the museum shop.

Matisse's work has a profound texture while also being modern, so it goes well with both decorative and simple frames. I recall that the original painting was also in a simple white frame.

The kitchen doesn't have a window, but hanging Mio-san's work and this poster on the wall created a sense of openness, as if I had added one small window and one large window. Matisse's work is a night scene. Mio-san's work also features a moon.

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My home's interior, loosely connected by the things I love.

I hope to continue nurturing what I love while also refining my sense of style.

Thank you so much for listening to my whispers up to this point!