Saturday, July 31, 2010

Blog Backlog #2 - Clean the basement!

From February to May I undertook a gargantuan task - I cleaned the basement, fully completely, and my husband even got into the spirit by e-cycling some old computers. I can't believe we found 300 cubic square feet of space in our house! Blue cart recycling helped a lot, and I said goodbye to boxes of old magazines! I pared down my craft supplies and well, I'm always proud of the nice stuff that I can give to the Salvation Army. A lot of people see thrift stores as their dumping ground, but an old desk, at least four boxes of clothes and a lot of books and household items have hopefully found a second life. Here's another secret - the less stuff you have, the less time you spend looking after it!

Although I was happy last summer when I cleaned up my art space, I wasn't completely happy with it and found a better arrangement once all that stuff was gone! And naturally I captured it on video for posterity.



5 comments:

  1. Christine it was fun to see your space and hear your voice. Your space looks a lot like mine did, it will be fun to arrange my new space when our house under goes it's remodel.

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  2. Congratulations on being accepted to the art and design college!

    Your basement looks beautiful. Love how you arranged your art space. I see you have the white carousel too. I love mine!

    Cute video. Nice to hear your voice.

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  3. Thanks guys :-) I really don't sound like that, haha!

    That carousel is the handiest thing ever, and I got it half price at Michaels, naturally :-)

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  4. Great job! Makes me want to do the same! :0)

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  5. THE VACUUM! Did some reorganizing in me and my wife's SMALL apartment. Even redecorated the bedroom, drapes, new paint on walls, and new night stands/dressers. Kept an old dresser - which came in handy for hats, gloves, linens and even serves as a place to drop stuff when one is coming or going. But ...left no room to stow away the vacuum!

    Congrats on ACAD - nice going.

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