Quote of the day: cantabrigian1
Fixed the kitchen light globe, found new pillow covers for the back couch cushions, moved the quilt that was on the couch to our bed for a punch of color, and had some photos enlarged and put them in frames...
Oh, and I ran a half marathon yesterday. 1:52:27 woo-hoo!
Pop Quiz!
Week 5 has passed us by, and we're hoping to get back on track with a simple request for two photos:
• Your favorite thing in your home.
• The most green thing in your home.
As always, post the pictures to our group at Flickr or simply tag them with "atgreencure." Add a sentence or two explaining your choices. If you're Flickr-deprived, you may also email us the photos.
For those of us on the deep treatment track, this week you're focusing on your bathroom. There are lots of ways to make it both more green and more peaceful; perhaps the simplest is to change your soap and shampoo to one made with all natural ingredients. (Ellen Sandbeck, author of Organic Housekeeping, suggests that switching to castille soap will eliminate soap scum.)
My progress:
1) I finally got started actually working on the sofa cushion cover this weekend. I didn't get terribly far, but I did begin work on making my own piping. Working on the piping, however, served as a good reminder that I don't have to do this project all in one big surge on one day. Making a throw pillow takes very little time (at least for me), and I can work on these in the evening if I just get with it.
2) I started moving furniture into place for my new floor plan.
3) I called my landlord to have him fix my dripping bathroom faucet and replace the weather stripping on my front door. He raised my rent. :(
view bohemiangirlpdx's profile
My progress got a bit stalled last week.
Done: we got 2 bookshelves to replace the scabby ones we have now.
To do: paint the feature wall; put the bookshelves together; buy and install the desk they didn't have in stock last week; buy blinds for the window; buy a lamp and cord-organisation-thingys; consider whether a chair in the corner would be affordable.
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I, too, got stalled last week. I'm in the process of doing serious wall repair in my living room (like plaster demolition and repair, plus a full paint job). So I did declutter and empty my living room, but I haven't tackled the office yet.
Since my office needs a lot of help I'm going to focus on it this week and if I don't make it to the bathrooms that's ok. They're reasonably well contained.
I'm also letting several of the exercises about style slip; it's more important to me to get the bones into good shape this time around. I look forward to another round of the cure when I don't have so much decluttering to do.
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Hi Chenoameg,
I completely understand. I too am letting a lot of my ambitious ideas fly out the window (loft, etc). I'm even starting to wonder whether it's worth it to paint my floor - at a time when I am faced with major deadlines: dissertation, academic job search, other work projects. At the same time, I keep thinking: it will only take a day or two once I do it, and it will probably feel so much better.
I just can't decide. But I agree that dealing with style will be a lot easier once all the clutter is gone and things are neat and repaired.
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