Lately I’ve really been in purge mode…get rid of all that stuff! Do you ever wonder how the stuff piles up so fast? I swear it breeds in the night.
So today I took the Christmas tree down (always sad) and Hubby and I tackled the living room, closet, and a little bit of the bedroom. Our apartment is 650 square feet, so we have to be vigilant about clutter if we want to avoid the storage-unit look. So after our purge-a-thon, our place is starting to feel more like a sanctuary! It feels so good, and today I was especially relishing the sweet, sweet sight of sunshine streaming in the windows of our freshly cleaned living room. Ya know, a clean house really is under-rated.
And so take a look at the transformation!
The Before picture was taken this morning while I was un-decorating the tree, and the After picture taken tonight. In the After picture, there’s actually supposed to be a white wool rug in the center of the living room to break up the expanse of carpet. But I was airing it out today and the wind blew it down onto the roof of our landlady who lives below us. Woopsy! She’ll probably be wondering what in the world a rogue heap of wool is doing outside her second floor window…
Before
and…
After
Ahhhhhh. 🙂 Just lovely.
Not like I’m telling you anything but getting rid of useless stuff is such a freeing feeling. It’s always amazing how much better you feel when your surrounding have been put in order.
Anyway, the room looks great. Good use of your Christmas lights!