March 1, 2010
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HGTV
I’ve turned into quite a couch potato in the last two months, what with the earthquake in Haiti and the Winter Olympics. But I’ve also discovered HGTV during that time, and I’ve spent many hours watching the various shows that come on that network. One “concept” of interior design that I’ve absorbed from HGTV is the notion of de-cluttering a room. Today I finally set my hand to this task in our den, and I was amazed at the ancient crap we had let accumulate on the built-in shelves that on next to our built-in TV. I made three piles–keep, throw away, and give to the kids–and, after a couple of hours of work, I got us to the point where we can actually see the shelves again. The oldest artifact I was able to unearth was a book that has been on the shelf, unopened, since 1995. It was the yearbook in the Great Ideas Today series, and I think it was the last one they published.
There’s something invigorating about throwing away stuff that is ugly and in the way. I highly recommend it.
ED
Comments (2)
i recently (and by recent i mean real recent…………..like yesterday) moved into another room in the house and had to clean up my old room………..holy shit the stuff i kept, its like you find it and say “what the hell was I thinking, keeping that thing”.
of course, the older you are, the worse it is. when my friend’s parents died we had the task of going through all the stuff in the house and it was amazing what we found, hell even after 2 garage sales, we still have a lot of stuff in my garage, his garage and basement and his brother’s house. honestly, who needs 16 crockpots? I’m not exaggerating about that, they actually had 16 crockpots! that just the tip of the iceberg.
“throwing away stuff that is ugly and in the way” any thoughts about “churchy” items— removing bishops, etc. ?
HH