- February 22, 2025
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My challenge this week was to not only throughly clean the hallway, the living room and dining room but also to make some sense of the contents of the living room cupboards, all nine of them. This is how I came to be on my hands and knees all week and also emptied out numerous buckets of dirty water. It will never cease to amaze me how dirt can find its way into closed cupboards. Okie dokie. Should we have a look-see into the cupboards and see the work that has been done?
- February 10, 2025
- 8 Comments
Hello! I'm so glad you're here again today to see my knitting room, which is really a second guest room. We only need two guest rooms a few times a year so the rest of the year this is my knitting room; a much more practical use of space. The sofa makes out into a bed and I keep the closet half empty so guests have room for their things. But the rest of it is for knitting. I often sit in here and knit when the other TV has shoot-em-up movies on. This TV can only play Jane Austin type movies and Fruity Knitting episodes. No shoot-em-ups ever! Please read on as I have a few organization and declutter tips to share.
- February 04, 2025
- 7 Comments
I know that the title of this post has most likely caused anxiety to well up in that big, soft crafter’s heart of yours. Perhaps you’re looking at a mountain of hobby supplies collected over decades and maybe you don't use much of it. That's if you could even find what you were looking for. And I'll just bet it's overwhelming and who could blame you for feeling that way? Not me. I’ve been in that same place. When you take the time to get your hobby space in a good place, you can use the space more efficiently and you'll have more time to be creative. It doesn't matter if your hobby space is a single drawer or a closet or an entire room, if it's jumbled, it's not serving you. And anything that is separating us from being our beautifully creative, free spirited selves needs to be identified and given the heave ho. Shall we get started?
- February 03, 2025
- 7 Comments
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