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By Anita Garner<\/p>\n

Staying inside for long periods of time isn’t unusual for some of us. We’re nesters. If a cozy spot isn’t available, we’ll make one.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Be still my heart.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m a magpie, gathering a few things that make me feel at home and a few other things that turn a nest into a work space when needed. Everywhere I visit, everywhere I’ve lived, it’s always one small spot that gets my attention. No matter how large the room is, I’ll end up using just one part.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The British have a nice word for these kinds of places. They call a small, peaceful space a “snug.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There’ll be a place to set down a cup of coffee or a glass of iced tea, whichever screens I’m using, pad and pen, magazines, books, pillows, snacks, move a lamp closer, turn a comfy chair to face a favorite view.\u00a0 Window or not, there should be something peaceful to look at.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Drawn to rustic<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Whether it’s an estate or a cottage or an old house for sale, visiting in person or online, I play the pick-a-room game.\u00a0 Which of these rooms will become a nest?\u00a0 I appreciate, admire, absorb and when\u00a0 I leave, one room always stays longest in memory. Online I check out country manors where we see lots of family libraries and before the tour moves on, I’ve chosen a place over by the window.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Okay this is Highclere Castle.\u00a0 Not your typical “snug.”
\nIt’s Downton Abbey. I’ll take that chair way back there on the left.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m interested in people who fix up falling down buildings and reclaim barns and turn piles of wood into habitable homes.\u00a0 Right now I’m on Instagram helping a family choose paint colors for their summer cabin on a lake somewhere.\u00a0 I don’t know their names or where this lake is, (maybe I have<\/em> been inside too long) but they ‘re talking about screening a small porch and that’s interesting. Lots of nesting opportunities on a screened in porch.<\/p>\n

If I could create the perfect Instagram account or one perfect magazine for compulsive nesters like me, it would be called,<\/p>\n

“Cottages & Cabins & Barns & Castles With Corners
\n& Nooks & Some Nice Flowers & Trees Nearby &
\nOnce In A While Some Recipes.”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

******<\/strong><\/p>\n

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