This morning I came across "the endless junkpile" home. There is a big legal battle going on, and the city is suing for the right to go in an clean up the guy's property ( Read more... )

So, I got a 'How Clean is Your House' DVD from Netflix. When I added it to my queue, I thought it was going to be a learn-how-to-declutter kind of show. I didn't realize it was a rescue-people-from-their-own-filth kind of show. It's a little frightening to see what some of these houses look like. Even more frightening was the second episode, 'Cat ( Read more... )

So, at some point in the near future, some number from the JavLuRoth household will be heading back to Minnesota to get the house ready to put back on the market. One of the things I'd like to have done is to stage the house with furniture. Watching 'Designed to Sell' on HGTV has convinced me this is a good idea ( Read more... )