OK I’ve had enough about moaning about the smallness of my home. It’s terribly ungrateful (even though I’d take a bigger house in the perfect location in a hot minute!). So I thought I’d try to see it with fresh eyes, and I thought it might be fun for us all to do the same! I love seeing other peoples’ homes – I find it inspirational to see how we all make use of the space we have – big or small.
I am taking pictures of the things in my home that I like looking at and on Monday insha’allah I will post them here. If anyone wants to do the same then post on your blog on Monday too and leave a comment here so we can all appreciate our homes together! Sound good? It doesn’t have to be picture perfect – just images of things you love in your home.
If that doesn’t float your boat you can always join Corner’s of My Home Flickr group and add them there.
Salam alaikoum sister,
I found your blog today and I like it, mashaallah… I think we have a lot in common. so, surely I will step by often from now on and will probably join your home-foto-story on monday, inchaallah.
may Allah bless you and your family.
masalama, itto
i’ll take a few pictures for this…sounds fun.
[...] SewQ (who also happens to blog at Islamic Homeschool Diary) initiated a ‘home appreciation day’ for today, with the idea of sharing what we love in our home. It doesn’t have to be picture perfect – just images of things you love in your home.My contributions are far from picture perfect, but then this home is far from what the average definition of what the word ‘home’ is. When one feels that ‘home’ is the realm of the Hereafter, then why so much attention on appearances and fancy frills in this temporary prison cell of Dunya? Besides, I am within walking distance of our Beloved Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam who lived in a mud huts with dried palm leaves as a ceiling so low he could touch it. Doors were rough woven sheets and animal hides, windows high small openings in the walls, which once when Sayyidatuna Aishah RadhiAllahu anha placed a curtain over one was told to remove it as our Beloved Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam was distracted by the pattern. He, SallAllahu alahi wasallam slept on palm mats, drank from water skins and ate from clay utensils. They did not have running water, kitchens or bathrooms, or whirring air conditioners for cooling. This is a palace compared to the noble housing then. A palace that once this speck may be dipped in Jannah, Insha’Allah Ameen Ameen Ameen, for a mere nano second its rustic features will be erased from memory. And if A’oudhabiLlah, this speck may be dipped in Jahannam then whatever luxury there may have been will also be permanently deleted. SubhanAllah. The front door, offering privacy and security. I imagine this building was quite a mansion in its day, with the design greatly admired. All the doors in this much loved home have the markings of ‘attacks’. Times when the locks j-a-m s-h-u-t…. [...]