Some homes welcome you with open arms the moment you return. Others keep you unsettled on the couch. The difference rarely lies in furniture cost or square footage. It's whether your fingerprints are there somewhere. One person painted a single wall themselves, imperfectly, and suddenly the house became theirs.
Given spaces stay given
When you move in, furniture arrives chosen by others. Lighting was picked before you. Paint wasn't your hand. Years pass in that state, unchanged. Not bad—just not yours.