Imaginary Decorating

I'm still in the long, drawn out stages of planning a bathroom makeover. Here are a couple of things that caught my eye today...

Two of these Raindrop Sconces from Barn Light Electric on either side of a mirror? Sweet.

And this sink & console are quite adorable & just the kind of look I'd love. Unfortunately, they are also out of my price range. But it gives me ideas to work from.

Maybe not these things together, but hey, I've got two ugly bathroom so it's good to bookmark lots of things.

(minus)365 :: Day 4

Woo. Back to work 1 day & I almost forgot all about this. But I was kindly reminded, walked into the room of doom (where all the boxes live), shuffled thru a few things, & voila!

27. 5 little purses I haven't used in many years & won't ever use again. These were all stuffed inside 1 purse, so I'm gonna just count this as 1 item.

(minus)365 :: Day 3

 

26. Old dehumidifier
This is one of those things. Those things that come with your house. Here we have a dehumidifier that was left in the basement. Just like that... sitting on top of 4 rusty old paint cans. I knew it worked because it was running every time I looked at the house. And since those things are expensive, I ignored the fugliness & kept it thru the winter until it would be useful. Summer came along & indeed it would have been handy in our humid little state. Unfortunately, instead of draining thru the attached hose, it deposited all the water it collected on the floor below it. Thus the fancy paint can trick, I guess. I tried a couple of fixes to no avail... so when fall came around, I picked up a shiny new dehumidifier on sale. You can see it in the background sneaking up on the old one to stab it in the back. Tomorrow, the old broken one is heading out to the curb.

(minus)365 :: Day 2

 

25. magnetic organizer w/mirror

I bought this a few years ago for my old place but never hung it up... it's cute but I don't really have a place for it in my house. So out it goes.

(minus)365 :: Day 1

Day 1 of my year-long-purging-of-material-crap challenge started off iffy... as in, I didn't even remember the challenge until about 4:00 in the afternoon. But I rallied. Hell yeah, I rallied. Here's what I subtracted from my life today:

1. buttons from old jobs
2. angels from old collection
3. pedometer
4. watch
5. necklace
6. pile of bobby pins

7. mini Peanuts lunch box

8. picture frame
9. candles
10. shelf w/key hooks
11. vinyl tablecloth
12. Dune trading cards
13. Post-it holder
14. playing cards
15. puppy seat belt
16. double showerhead holder
17. locker lock

18. wireless mouse & keyboard
19. napkin

20. mail/desk organizer
21. unopened pack of underwear
22. Star Wars watch tin
23. unopened 2001 Peanuts calendar
24. tree topper

Um. That's not bad, right? Like I said before, the goal is *at least* one item a day. But when I'm going thru boxes, I'm not gonna stop at one thing unless there's only one thing I can find. In addition to these items, I also filled a trash bag w/misc paper, junk & broken stuff.

As for what is getting donated, tossed or sold... it's a big goal to try to not to throw a lot of usable things away. But, there are some items that I don't want even wanna bother with at a yard sale. Bigger stuff like the tree topper, desk organizer, etc., I'll stash in the basement for my spring yard sale. While clothes and knick-knacks will prolly get donated ASAP. But little random things like buttons from old jobs will just get tossed, because who would want those?

Alright, 1 day down... 364 to go.