It happens pretty much every time I declutter or straighten or whatever. I think I'm done and I smile smugly and turn away from my totally finished project. Only to run smack dab into One More Thing. One more thing that needs to go in the spot I just filled as full as it can be before it morphs into a mess. One more thing I can't … [Read more...]
Decluttering
Decluttering is the foundation to transforming your home. But don't be afraid! We can start small.
Straightening Up the Dining Room Table (Because Better is Good)
There’s a difference between a ridiculously cluttered table and a table with stuff on it. Even a table with too much stuff on it. Oh. You don’t think there is? Well, it’s my blog and I say so. There is. Oh the dining room table. The bane of my Slob Existence. The glorious flat surface just inside my front door that doesn’t HAVE to be … [Read more...]
Give Me a Couch, and I’ll Kick Stuff Under It (Working Through Overwhelming Clutter in a Hurry)
It's déjà vu, y'all. (And yes, I had to google how to spell déjà vu and then copy/paste it to get the marks correct.) Remember a while back when I revealed the scary underbelly of my living room couch? And then remember when I had to let washing machine delivery men into the house just hours after I returned from a trip? Well, my age-old … [Read more...]
The After After Post About the Laundry Room
I promised a real before-and-after post about my laundry room. Because here was the real before picture of one thing that had been in my way in the laundry room for weeks months: My rolling cart which never fit after I got my last washing machine. I had been moving it out of the laundry room every Laundry Day. Then I'd leave it out in the … [Read more...]
Another Favorite Delusion: Tomorrow, I’ll Be a Potato Farmer
Oh my word, y'all. I abound with delusions. All sorts of them. Someday, I'll be crafty, efficient, excited to exercise, and who knows what else. When these potatoes started sprouting, it seemed like a great idea to hold onto them and start potato farming. I mean, I saw an instructional video years ago that sounded like it was super easy and … [Read more...]
Decluttering Duhs: The Stink Test
I loved these shoes. Loved them. Hubby gave them to me for Christmas a year and a half ago. Somehow, he knew exactly what I wanted. (Maybe because I ordered them myself.) I bought them before we spent Christmas at Disney World because I knew there might be capri days. Y'know. Days when it was too cool for shorts but too warm for long … [Read more...]
Not Sure Why That Wasn’t An Automatic No
Last Saturday, I spent the day deep cleaning. Deep cleaning always results in some interesting finds. Who knows what will surface when I move something that's been conveniently hiding a random piece of who-knows-what in a corner. I ran across some doozies. Like duct tape that had obviously been sent through the washing machine. Let's … [Read more...]
The Thing About Paper Piles
I'm a Paper Pile Hater. I'll admit it. Paper piles contain so many decisions to be made, and those decisions overwhelm me on their own, so a pile full of overwhelming decisions makes me hold my eyes just so until the blurring lets me not see the mess. But I've learned a thing or two (or seventy-eleven) about piles in general over the past six … [Read more...]
4 Kinds of Clothes to Purge (Obvious, but Strangely Not)
I'm on a quest to purge my clothing. I keep telling myself I need to make a project of it, but that hasn't happened yet. Thankfully, though, I've learned the value of Purging as I Go, or a lifestyle of decluttering, so I pitch a few things here and there when I realize their time has come and gone. Here are a few of my latest clothing purges, … [Read more...]
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