It's the first door my son Jeffrey Michael shuts when friends come over. For those of you that don't know this about my son, he has issues about our house being clean. So I am hoping that today he comes home from school and is thrilled with my morning work.
Things are just beyond crazy around here. I thought that once everyone went back to school, I would accomplish a lot around the house. Last time I had time off was after my surgery and I tried to do too much. Not good. Since I am only working 2 days a week and have no post surgery issues- I figured I conquer a lot. You know whip my house up to be perfect every day! Solve the world's problems! I can do it all!
Well, I have been. If you count watching Will and Grace most mornings from 9-11am. Uggghhh Lifetime tv!
The funny thing is, I don't like watching tv. But lately I've found myself watching a ton. Not just in the mornings but at night too. Big mistake putting a tv in my bedroom! But it's been so nice snuggling in bed with Peanut.
After my last post, I was so touched by LSLW's comment. It made me stop and think. This is life. My life. My crazy busy lazy life. There are some things that need to change and some things I wouldn't change for anything. I have been taking the time the past few days to try and figure out what I am truly trying to accomplish. Thanks for changing my attitude around LSLW!!
Back to the thorn in my life- my office. I have to admit (and I'm sure I have in my many posts about this room) it's mostly my fault. Take that back. It's all my fault. I have issues when it comes to getting rid of things. It's not that I don't want to get rid of stuff, believe me I am forever getting rid of stuff. But where I have a serious road block is on how to get rid of stuff. I want to recycle everything. And I pretty much do. And by recycle I'm not just talking about normal items like paper, plastic, metal, but all those items that can be donated/sold/given away.
It's the deciding on what or where is the best thing to do. Should I give to the consignment shop? Save for eBay? Or drop off at Goodwill? Have a yard sale? Some times it's easy to make the decision. Other times I struggle and the pile sits and sits. Like this pile in the corner.
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| The door doesn't open all the way normally due to a windowsill, but in this case it's all the junk! |
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| Better shot of all the crap in the corner! |
Many of the bags in the above picture are of clothes that need to go to the consignment store or Goodwill. That's just laziness on my part. For one, I have boxes in the basement that are also full of items that were suppose to be for the yard sale. I should gather them all and get bring them to Goodwill. But then I keep thinking of all the good things that I could make money on. But really- is it worth the time and aggravation? Yes I could use the money, but how much would I really make?
See those are the inner struggles I have when I am torn between two decisions. This causes the piles to sit forever and then more piles grow around them. Then there is the old "just set it here" mentality. Happened not even 2 minutes after I started working on the above pile. I picked up 2 sets of chopsticks that I wanted to bring to the kitchen. Because I hadn't set up any system - you know bags or boxes labelled throw away, put away give away- that most people do before they start decluttering, I just set them on top of the book shelf to deal with later.
It dawned on me how that's what starts most of the problem with this room. Things get dumped in here because I don't feel like deciding. DUH!
So I went downstairs to the kitchen (with said chopsticks) to get me some bags and began to rethink my plan otherwise known as lack of plan. Here is what I have ended up with after -
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| This is how far the door opens normally due to the windowsill. Sorry about the lighting. |
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| Better shot of all that's gone |
While there is still a pile in the corner, I have decided that these are items that I will try to sell on eBay next month. I also have a huge pile of boxes that I have been saving for shipping. Last year I didn't have any and it was a nightmare to get them especially with my 3 week driving limitation.
I also got a little extra done in front of the tall book shelf.
Before:
Most of what was in front of the tall bookshelf were pictures. I found them after cleaning out the attic a few months back and wanted to hang some in the office. I did hang up our engagement photo - see below in the top left corner. But I'm not happy about the look. All the frames are oak and just blend into the wall. If I don't end up painting the panelling, I may paint the frames.
Here's a big shot of the newly organized corner-
Whatever doesn't sell on ebay is definitely going to Goodwill. It's been sitting here for many months and it's not doing me any good!! Here's hoping I make one little ten year old boy happy!
2 comments:
thanks for the sweet shout out. glad you are have a better outlook!
Well done on being honest about indecision. I can relate to that. I too suffer from leaving it too long to drop things off to the 'Opportunity/Thrift/Consignment' shop, and keeping a sell it on ebay pile too. As to your wood panelling...I would go ahead and paint it. It would look so good with the natural wood frames once you are done. It's a great office space that you are fortunate to have...and it could be a real haven for you once you are done. Come visit me at http://findingfifth.blogspot.com/ if you want. Cheers, Fiona
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