A Bit of Organization
Feb 28, 2010 Studio
After a weekend plus a few days of non-productivity due to a cold, I finally found a burst of energy. Now this energy burst is probably sponsored by Zyretec D, but what can I say. My house was a mess, I needed some clean clothes, and I was bored sitting on the couch complaining about my cold.
Now the kitchen is presentable, I have clean clothes to wear to work tomorrow, and I’m writing a blog post. Ross is concerned that I’m too wired to go to sleep. He’s afraid he’ll have to entertain me. I’m pretty sure that I’ll be sound a sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. Anyways enough of this talk, on to more important things.
In my sewing room, I have a couple of Expedit bookshelves, which I love. However they were starting to look kind of junkie. This made me start to think about everything that I store. For some reason, I have a hard time getting rid of some magazines even though I rarely go and look at them again. See the mess!
So I decided to purge. But before I purged I cut out all the images that inspired me and pasted them into a sketchbook.
Now I thought I’d end up with a ton of pictures, but I didn’t. When it came down to seeing things I liked, it was easy. Now my shelves are getting closer to being organized. I’m seriously considering buying some drawers for the Expedit shelves and some nicer magazine files for some loose papers that I decided to keep.
I should mention that I did not throw away all my magazines. I do have a small pile of quilting magazines that do look through for inspiration. However, I am moving them to magazine box. I don’t want them to be apart of what I see everyday. Whatever ends up in plain site, needs to either be visually pleasing or be a supply that I use regularly, like fabric.
Also looking through all the magazines did take a bit of time. If I was sick this weekend, I’d probably still need to work on this project. So one small victory for the cold.
I’m still working on the after pictures. I need to visit Ikea first. I’ll even take the time to color correct the “After” pictures. I promise they’ll be better than the “Before’ pictures.
One last thought, I saw the Confessions of a Shopaholic movie this weekend. Now I know the books are nothing to brag about, but they were a fun quick read. I just wish the movie would have stuck to the book just a bit more. (sigh)
