I shared my master bedroom transformation yesterday.
I just want to say . . . thank you for your support and understanding. I often hear from readers who are so relieved to know they’re not the only one, but honestly . . . . it’s still a huge relief for me to hear that too.
The picture above is one of the before photos. It’s of three little girls reading together. I really like the picture a lot.
But I don’t love it. It’s special to my mother because it reminds her of her childhood as one of three sisters. She gave it to me to hang in my entryway because . . . I needed something to hang in my entryway. Our deal is that when I decide I no longer need it, I’ll give it back to her.
I’m planning to re-decorate my entryway, and know exactly what I want to do, but haven’t done it yet.
That’s the real (totally logical) reason why the picture had been sitting in a corner of my bedroom since I took it down it to make room for Christmas decorations.
Y’know, back in November . . .
I wasn’t motivated to move it back because of my wishy-washiness about whether I still needed it.
But (as often happens when I finally do what needs to be done despite my wishi-washiness), when I moved it I uncovered something I do love. Something that does make my heart smile every time I see it.
Something unintentionally hidden and forgotten.
It’s another wall-hanging created out of photo-booth pictures of my family. Mostly, the photos are of my boys who were 6 and 7 at the time and spent their cousin’s entire wedding reception standing in line at the “free” photo booth, taking string after string of truly hilarious pictures.
Procrastinating and being non-committal about the thing that doesn’t make my heart swell caused me to miss out on several months of giggles every time I pass by this montage of mommy-memories.
Ugh.
Ah–but you did find it! Hooray! So, Mom should be getting that picture back, soon, right?
You inspired me to clean up my bedroom today. Thank you.
So glad I found your blog in amongst all the very clean and “born organized” bloggers! THIS is what I can relate too. Will start on my bedroom today!
I’m so glad you found it too!
We live out in the country, we never assume we know what is at the bottom of the pile…scorpions, centipedes, etc. You’d think that would be enough to keep us from letting things pile up.
It is awesome that you found that picture hiding in your pile. I have not yet been so lucky.
I saw the “Three Sisters” was not in the entry when I was there. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to hear it if you had gotten rid of it. But I’ve thought about it several times since. I will be very glad to take it back though I do not know where I can put it either. Your mother has issues of too much stuff, too. I just rearranged the living room yesterday and have several items ready for the church garage sale. Love, Mom
It’s hanging again in the entryway for now. I’ll get it back to you when I finally get the entryway done!
For Christmas I got an iPhone. And a car charger. It is still in the box. I am certain it is buried in my room, in the pile of laundry. It’s only March. 🙂 Thanks for the encouragement!
If your mother doesn’t want the three sisters back, you can pass it along to me. I am the oldest of three sisters, and MY mother had a copy of this painting when I was growing up. I wonder whatever happened to it …
Why not put the picture of your boys in the entryway?
Hmmmm.
What a beautiful picture! Good job on cleaning up that pile :~)
I found your blog sometime around the holidays. I came back today to check things out and I am so glad I did. I was on a “lunch break” from cleaning and had decided to prolong it because I was dreading finishing the horrible room I was working on. Reading this motivated me to get up and finish. I used your method and 40 minutes later the room was finished and vacuumed. Thank you!!!! I also saw your wall art of your boys and intend to copy it. We attended my nephews wedding last weekend and I am now the proud ( and slightly abashed) owner of countless strips of my girls poses. Thanks for the inspiration!
That’s wonderful!
Amazing what can be done in 40 minutes!
Yeah, I’ve mostly stopped with that assumption after we started to smell something that was clearly rotting, and found a pumpkin (that I had completely forgotten about) buried under clothes/misc stuff. Really warped the wood flooring, and took a while to get rid of the smell. Never again! (I hope!)
Oh my word! I so wish I couldn’t relate to this story! (But I totally can!!)