Two Sundays ago I got up, moved all the furniture and boxes from my office into the dining room, and proceeded to tear apart my room. Baseboards, carpet, carpet pad were all removed, then the dreaded carpet tack and work with a scraper to get up the glue. Tonight I get to start moving things back in, thanks to my wonderful husband, who is spending ( Read more... )

Once again, I wrote something, and neglicted to post it. I wrote this entry 6 weeks ago.

While on vacation in Chicago at the beginning of this month, I finished reading Apartment Therapy. I will probably not do the entire eight week remedy, but I will be picking-and-choosing some of the recommendations for my home. I was
surprised by how much jived ( Read more... )

Okay, so a few weeks ago I wrote an update for Confessions of a Clutter Queen, and in grand Clutter Queen fashion, I misplaced the notebook in which I had written the entry before I had a chance to type it in.

I am swimming in papers and notebooks, and the current state of my office does not lend itself to finding things easily, but more on ( Read more... )

I'm the kind of person who is loath to get rid of anything that is useful.

I'm also the kind of person for whom "useful" is a broad definition that can be applied to just about anything.

And then I'm the girl who wants to find the most responsible way to dispose of things when I finally do convince myself to let go. Recycling, selling or ( Read more... )