Northwest Cozy?

This looks like one house but it is three. Why so harmoniously similar? Is it a sign of family resemblance or a Northwest thing?

At any rate the family have been redecorating their homes with similar results: upping the coziness factor. Here's Meg's studio, the new rugs and wood floor (and not so new dog) at Mom & Doug's, and the kitchen in Dad & Jennie's new house.

I think it's partially the weather. If you live in the Northwest (instead of a place like Colorado with 300 days of sunshine a year) you want to have a house that is a nest. Lots of wood, warm colors, favorite knickknacks. Some place where you'd enjoy drinking coffee/tea and reading books, which are among our favorite past-times.

We - the roommate and I - may be doing some redecorating here, though not right away. New carpet this summer, and that's a good excuse to downsize our couch collection (three seems too much!). Due for another coat of paint on the walls as well.

We're starting with a small step sometime in the next week, I expect, when we hope to acquire a decorator cat. Tentatively named Lucy (after the Peanuts character, not the Penvensie), but that will depend on its coloring and cat-onality.

Drug out the Christmas decorations a few days ago, but we haven't put them up yet. The roommate likes to play the leading role, and she's come down with a rather horrid cold. So the cat and the Christmas tree will probably have to wait.