{"id":2434,"date":"2017-03-03T19:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/10-messes-i-not-so-secretly-love\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:11:48","slug":"10-messes-i-not-so-secretly-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/10-messes-i-not-so-secretly-love\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Messes I Not-so-Secretly Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Photo-by-Markus-Spiske.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3104\" src=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Photo-by-Markus-Spiske.jpg\" alt=\"10 Messes I Not-so-Secretly Love\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"artcred\">\n\tWords: <span style=\"color: #ca877f;\"><a style=\"color: #ca877f;\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> Christen Hammons<\/a><\/span>\n\t<br\/>\n\tPhoto credit: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Spiske<\/a><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Certain sights send my heart soaring, but they\u2019re not ones you\u2019d expect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I like clutter. I\u2019m not talking the \u201cI should be on an episode of Hoarders\u201d clutter, but the kind that is proof of a life being lived. Whenever I look around a home \u2013 whether it is mine or a dear friend\u2019s \u2013 these messes always call out to me and fill me with warmth and joy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sofa overloaded with throw pillows and blankets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cupboard filled with mugs and glasses that don\u2019t match at all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An unmade bed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A nightstand piled high with books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few pairs of shoes scattered near the door<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A coat rack stuffed with jackets and scarves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The remains of a dinner party after the last guest left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Board games shoved into a cabinet any way they\u2019ll fit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baskets overflowing with children\u2019s toys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flour scattered around the kitchen after a day of baking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What are some sights most people would see as clutter that send you over the moon? I\u2019d love to hear them!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Discover more imperfections worth embracing in <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-7\">Issue 7<\/a> of <em>Bella Grace <\/em>where our readers share 58 Beautiful Messes We Secretly Love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Certain sights send my heart soaring, but they\u2019re not ones you\u2019d expect. &nbsp; I like clutter. I\u2019m not talking the \u201cI should be on an episode of Hoarders\u201d clutter, but the kind that is proof of a life being lived. Whenever I look around a home \u2013 whether it is mine or a dear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,128,131,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-everyday-magic","category-gratitude","category-lovely-lists"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}