The Kohlmans

There's nothing to thrilling going on around here today, just some more adventures in my attempts to de-clutter. My feelings won't be hurt if you don't read any of this post.  The only other space that my de-cluttering made a noticeable difference in was the sewing room/guest bedroom. This room is pretty "blah," but it's functional, which is what we're going for right now. Before... (although the fabric on the bed is actually a couple of "projects-in-progress" so it's not really clutter, just a mess - there's not a good excuse for the cutting mats, though.)    These are several boxes of miscellaneous supplies and fabric from both my grandmas. Just sitting where I put them when I brought them home.  This is the box I used to keep my fabric and supplies "organized." It worked well... not. (Remember when it was cool to say that - you know, say something you didn't mean and then add "NOT!"? Obviously I do.)  ...

One of my friends, Gretchen, recently blogged about her mission to simplify . (I hope it's okay that I'm linking to you, Gretch!) Her "organizing mantra" is from the Organizing Junkie : "Clutter = anything you don't love or use or have the space to store." I love this. Except... we have a lot of room to store things. We have three bedrooms. Well - right now we have a bedroom and a study and a sewing/guest room. We have a full, unfinished basement. And when we were looking at houses, we vowed not to be "those people" - you know, who have so much stuff in the garage that they can't use it for cars. (And while it does seem ridiculous to have a 3-bedroom house with a full unfinished basement for two people - and a dog - part of the reason we bought our abode is that this is most definitely our "forever" home, at least for as long as we live here in Atown... there's no "moving up" for us.) So I decided I ...