Movin’, Movin’, Movin’….

Tuesday evening, after Louie went to pool leagues, I decided IT was THE NIGHT for me to do something with my living room. I have wanted to rearrange, but because of the amount of STUFF I have, and the odd shape of the room (13’ x 23’), my options are limited. Also, the fact that I have a couch and a love seat (which I won’t part with) makes it even more difficult. The fact that all my other rooms also have so much STUFF in them, gives me limited options of where I can move things. This is kind of what it looked like before I started, except the chair by the fireplace was on the other side of the room in front of the library table, and the big maroon chair you will see later was where the green chair is in this photo.                     So after I moved everything and had a total MESS, 3 1/2 hours later, I FINALLY came up with this. 

Here we are starting at the front door, and moving right, all around the room. In these pictures, the coffee table and rug are missing and have been adopted, and the treadle base (also adopted), with the board on top, and table topper thrown on top, is also missing. I moved the library table (desk) to the other side of the room, and the Edison Diamond Disk Phonograph has been sold, so that is gone too. Yay!!!

And now the big picture. I like it, and it seems so much bigger to me.

Thursday, I took a vacation day to do more de-cluttering. I worked at cleaning out my bedroom closet of ‘stuff’ and my office closet, but I also emptied out the bottom of the entertainment center and passed on several vhs and dvd movies. There were lots of ‘foo-foos’ that I had stored there. I had no idea how much I had. I also went through the drawers of my oak secretary (shown in the last vertical photo) and passed on several things too. The living room is now officially (I think) sorted through and I can move on to the next room.

I hate having a bit of OCD, but it’s probably a good thing I do, or you wouldn’t be able to walk through! The good thing about my de-cluttering, is, Wednesday evening, before I even started the ‘de-cluttering and throwing out party’ on Thursday, I was made aware of someone who had a need, and was starting over again, so it all went to help someone, and made it MUCH easier to ‘let go’. I hope she has the same likes as me!  I’m not done yet, by a long shot, but I need to work up more energy before I begin again.

                              Be blessed,

Michelle

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10