Doesn't It Feel Strange When You Take Down Your Pictures From The Walls?

[jourdain2]

We have 19 days to go before moving day. All stays in hotels, removal van, channel crossings etc. are booked and I have been gradually clearing cupboards, the sideboard etc. without too much sense of pressure and finalityto pack tomorrow.

This evening the pictures, family photos, plaques etc. have come down from the walls and I have cleaned them ready for packing tomorrow and I looked around at the bare walls and felt bereft and so very, very sad to leave - to the extent that I almost want to cancel everything. Near to tears, thinking about friends here etc..
Don't know what I expect anyone to say, really, it is moving on. But suddenly, minus art-work the house is no longer a home. (A-level essay, discuss :o))

[Caribeing]

Just four walls when you take away your belongings, you can start up again with your treasured things!

[237SJ]

I remember when I sold my first property (it was a small flat) and I had to clear it out. Removing the furniture was one thing but removing the pictures and plants really made the place appear bleak. I remember that the last person I ever spoke to via the telephone in that place was the woman at BT when I told her that I wanted the phone disconnected. I can still myself (in my mind`s eye, sitting on the floor talking to her) When you put your pictures up in your next property though, your new place will soon feel like a home.

[237SJ]

I can still *see* myself

[boxtops]

I haven't moved for 18 years, but did so several times before that. Once the stuff's not there, it's not yours any more. Happy memories!

[jourdain2]

Thank you both for understanding. xx

[jourdain2]

Thank you too boxtops. I know we move on :) it's just hard this time because of the distance and change in lifestyles - the pictures have just really hit home for some reason.

[boxtops]

I think I've missed earlier threads, where are you moving to? (I note you say channel crossings, are you coming past me in Dover?)

[Prudie]

Far less stressy but I always get that feeling when I take the Christmas decorations down. For a couple of days I always think God this room looks bare, how did I live in it :-)

[retrocop]

jourdain
Your friends will always still be there to welcome you back. The modern world has shrunk and travel is so cheap,especially to Europe, so look at it as a wonderful experience and a new adventure to come. Bon chance. :-)

[jourdain2]

We'll just miss you boxtops as we are coming via the Chunnel because of cat and dog passengers, so keeping travelling as short as possible. :o) We are moving from just south of Poitiers to East Yorkshire. OH has been in France for 20 years now and I have been resident here since Feb.2002 - so it is a long time (we met and married over here). Every visit and cheerful chat at the Point Presse or Pharmacie has begun to hurt. At the same time we are both feeling positive about our new home and new start etc., etc. It was just that when the walls went bare something seemed to die.

[jourdain2]

Thank you Prudie, Retrocop and Boxtops. . I know it's not huge in the grand scheme of things, but it hit me this evening. xxx to all

[boxtops]

I wish you safe journey, jourdain - any new move is an adventure.

[jourdain2]

Thank you boxtops x

[askyourgran]

I know how you feel jourdain, we have been in our new bungalow nearly five months and I still miss my old home. We were there for 25 years it was home to me but OH was the one who wanted to move. We still have reason to visit the town we left and I feel such sadness as we drive up the lanes near to where we lived, or see the photos of my garden there. I suppose the move will be for the best, and I will have to look for the good positive points and the reasons for moving away.

[PankySmooch]

I know what you mean, when we moved from our last house even though I didn't really like it there and saw it as a house and not a home if that makes sense?
When it came to packing and took all the pictures and photos down it really hits you how empty and unloved the rooms look.

Glad to say the new house is now our home and I'm sure it'll be the same with your home.

Good luck!

[wired]

Bare walls always seem hollow,if that makes sense, and sounds echo off the walls but the next step is filling empty walls, the setting is different but at the end of the day where you close your curtains is home.
A new place to discover, new friends to make ....good luck, Yorkshire is a beautiful county

[DTCwordfan]

first picture or artefact down, the soul of the house is lost.....14 times in my case,

[Tilly2]

Best wishes to you both and I hope you will be very happy in your new home, jourdain.

[seadogg]

Fortunately you are moving to an area where people are friendly and welcoming. As and "incomer" I found them so anyway. Good fortune jourdain.

[jourdain2]

To all of you I can only say a heartfelt 'thank you'. This evening has felt very weird and it is so good to know that you are out there. I am a 'Yorkshire Lass' by roots and so am coming home albeit to a different Riding.

In the last hour I have begun planning where to hang the paintings/prints in the new house - energy given thanks to you lot! xxxxxxx to all :o)