I always find it incredible how "stuff" manages to accummulate until it starts to overtake your life. I mean, we are not actually big consumers, however, "stuff" still manages to find its way into our lives. The boys bring things home (artwork, found objects, nuts, bolts, bits of wood, old things), and this includes the young boys and the older one. All of these things get "popped" around the house and left there because they are interesting...and they are. I am not saying that they are not. They are the things that differentiate our house from anyone else's house and I DO like that. What I don't like is that it always looks like a tip.
So the point of this last weekend was for us to find a way for our back room in particular to look less cluttered, whilst still having all this really interesting stuff around, and enabling more interesting stuff to come into our place with all of its stories to tell. I think that we actually did it. It was hard work. My back was sore by the end of it. I did fall asleep on the floor on Sunday night at 7.30pm...
A new shelving unit (thanks Matt) painted white so that we can see all
the colourful things, and the bookcases painted white do seem to show up all of the books and bits inside them.I do like what Matt did with the plates that he has found on the wall, and also with the drawers on the wall.!!
I am still slowly getting things onto Etsy - I did get a little distracted with the "decluttering".
Our friend had a baby and the boys decided that they all needed to sew a present for Zac all by themselves, so 2 blankets, 1 cushion and 1 migraine later, all was done - pretty impressive
sewhum helped me out again, this time with the machine sewing (as I am still obeying the osteopaths orders...) and we made baby Zac a gorgeous cuddly dog f
rom vintage fabric. The boys have all put in their orders now.The week ahead is a cold one - time to cook lasagna, thick soup, vaccuum the heater filters and get the jumpers out.
