4 Things I Learned While Making My Childhood Home My Own

After my parents packed up and moved along to greener pastures--or more accurately, a one-level bungalow one town away--my partner and I decided to move into the darling, ramshackle, 1940s house in Ireland where I was raised. Yes, I chose to move back into my childhood home after my parents moved out--and though it was a dream-come-true to have a home of my own, it was also a more trying experience than I had expected. Here, the four biggest things I learned after moving into my parents' home af...