Recently, my husband said to me, “You know, we are just 1 piece of furniture away from being on one of those clean up, sweep out, reorganize shows on tv!”
Actually, it’s not our furniture that is cluttering up the place. It’s all that other stuff that we pack into the drawers and sit on top of the furniture that is the problem. And don’t even get me started on what we have managed to shove in our cabinets and closets!
As you know from an earlier post, we are in the middle of a home improvement project that involves the entire main level of our split level house. We are about half-way through the project and through the worst part (the demo, prep work, and general mess). We are not anywhere near being through with the confusion but I suspect that doesn’t have as much to do with the floor project as I would like to think.
So what about all that stuff that clutters the house? I am not positive yet, but I suspect that my middle age may be my “minimalist” period. I don’t mean that I don’t want ANYTHING sitting around and that I want stark white walls and metal furniture. What I do mean is that I don’t want EVERYTHING sitting around or stuffed out of sight.
Half the trick of those TV Shows is getting rid of the clutter. The other half seems to be figuring out what things ACTUALLY have meaning. Thus, I start my quest…what things have meaning to me? Why? Would I like to see/have those things displayed? If so, where?
I’ll get back to you on what is on it’s way out. It could be a garage sale shopper’s dream come true!
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