I have been away from the blog during this time clearing, cleaning, moving furniture, and repurposing a couple of rooms. Thankfully I have hired a friend to do the actual wallpaper removal, plaster patching and painting. I have reimagined the room where I write. As you can see from the photos above, the room is currently not conducive to thoughtful writing!
For a couple of more days I will be behind on reading and commenting on my friends’ posts. Then I will return writing from a freshly repaired and painted room, this time set up to make writing easy and enjoyable. The desk will face the window, the piles everywhere will be gone, and I will no longer bang into the desk leg with my chair when I sit at the computer!
With even a modicum of self restraint I should be able to curb my pack rat tendencies. At least in my office. (I can’t promise the same for the basement and attic.)
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It is far too easy to over accumulate!
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Goes for my girth too it seems!!
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Be careful. Don’t curb too much. There’s a genetic reason behind our squirrel tendencies. (Don’t you wish you still had that trike?)
Although maybe the hoarders go too far.
I love this Kate Durbin poem:
https://poets.org/poem/hoarders-tara
Best wishes for the new venture.
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Good luck as you get closer to your dream room set up.
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It is quite lovely now.
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I’m so glad I don’t have a basement or an attic in this tiny home – I do have a shed, but it was soon to see that it leaked, not just the roof – so anything out there is corralled carefully. I just moved my big living/workspace room around as I was always tripping over an object – somehow the new arrangement is better although a number of things got behind a sofa!
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I was amazed by what turned up under things.
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Your revised space is going to be marvelous. Happy writing when you are ready to come back.
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Posted pictures of one space just now.
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I will look shortly. This is exciting.
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We used to say work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. There’s a similar principle I’m afraid with stuff. It will fill empty space as soon as its available! ☺
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I have vowed to reform my 74 year old habits. We will see how that goes. LOL
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I’m convinced it doesn’t matter how big our house is—we’ll still fill it with far too many unnecessary things.
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And we still have stuff from my daughter, my late parents and my late grandparents. Who designated us a Storage Place outlet? LOL
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Most of my ‘stuff’ went into the loft and garage when I moved here 9 years ago. It is all still there, waiting to be ‘sorted out’. Well done, Elizabeth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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On to the attic. Maybe.
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Hi Elizabeth, take your time. We are just here.
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Thanks.
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Well done! Don’t get rid of everything that might trigger some writing ideas….
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I can always bring that stuff back to mind. I seem to have an elephant’s memory.
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Ah, OK!
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Oh, the basement and the attic can be storage gremlins. You are inspiring me!
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I think the attic will be cool enough in two weeks to put on dust masks and tackle it.
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Good for you!
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I’ve been thinking of doing a Spring Clean here too! You have inspired me today Elizabeth. 😀
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We are just entering fall of course, but the same applies to Spring.
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This is very exciting!! Well done, friend!!
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Hi Elizabeth, good to see a post from you. I did wonder where you were. It’s great you’ve got a lovely spring cleaned home.
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Or fall cleaning in our hemisphere. LOL
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I look forward to your return!
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Finally back!
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Getting rid of excess and keeping it out is so hard. That’s one of the things I like about tiny living with weight limit restrictions for towing. I can only have so much and no more!
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It was like that when we lived on a houseboat. No extra room at all. Of course my parents’ attic was still full at the time. Much as our attic is now with my daughter’s stuff!
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Funny enough, I have tonnes of room in the RV. I’m proud of all the unused space I’ve got. Maybe I’ve just mastered the art of tiny living! But it’s still hard to give up the sentimental clutter, like the stuffed fish toy a stranger at a Wyoming festival randomly handed to my friend to give to me. 😅
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I now have a lot of space too. Make writing much easier.
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