In general, I continue to be pretty disgusted with myself for the chaos I continue to bring into the house and, hence, into my life. I love to begin all sorts of new house projects… I love to find treasures at estate sales and Re-Stores to integrate into my decor… but honestly: My “to do” list of un-finished projects, including processing the stuff I’ve brought into the house, has reached the point of “not healthy.” Like: Any strength taken too far… becomes a weakness. That said, I am not going to wallow in the situation — I am going to buck up and Finish The Projects That I Have Started. Eat the elephant — one bite at a time. Want to play along?
Hence: I am starting a new feature, “Finish What You Started” Mondays. If you would like, you are most graciously invited to join me in my quest to regain control of the chaos, so that it stops controlling me. Every Monday I’ll do a story — and also post the photo uploader — and we can share examples of projects that we have completed in the past week. I will award GOLD STARS! We will keep each other energized.
We’ve kibbitzed twice about our longest-running home fixit projects. Have you made progress? Or do you suffer, like me, from one step forward, two steps back syndrome?
Did you know that finishing projects that you have started is one of the first critical steps (along with cleaning and organizing the house) of feng shui? Without order: The “good energy” cannot circulate happily through the house. New, good things have trouble finding their way into your home — and your life. But, keep your house clean and orderly — and wonderful new things will find their way to you.
My favorite book on feng shui — Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui
— also suggests that chronic overweight is associated with clutter. Clean your house: Lose a few pounds! Keep it clean: Keep ‘em off! Hence, this Monday Challenge is kind of like a Weight Watchers Weigh In. I need portion control, to be sure.
My project list? Don’t make me laugh. This page is not long enough. As one example: Yes, this new-old Early American lighting fixture — which I found at the Springfield Re-Store last summer — is successfully hung in my office. Susan re-wired it for me. And DH installed it — he is great! But, since we hung the light in early July, part of the project is still un-done: There is a circle of white paint — the outline of the old fixture — that I still need to repaint to match the existing beige ceiling (Beige paint from the Sherwin William Suburban Modern Palette.) I need to finish this project!
In concert with the new lighting fixture and with my new Ergotron, I already have made great progress in redecorating my office, reflecting the fact that I now blog fulltime, and this needs to be my inspiration space. I need to finish this project!
My list is long long long. This is going to take a while.
What about you?
Do you have a long list of projects to finish?
Want to play “Finish What You Started” Mondays with me?
Bless your heart, this is a brilliant idea. I’m loading 30ish boxes of stuff into an auction this week and my reno’s are 99% done (not that I wouldn’t start over if I had the cash) only to find myself frozen in semi-squalor.
This will be a great help though I’m ill at the moment and leaving town come the weekend please count me in. This information was only included so you’d know this isn’t an idle commitment.
Thanks Pam!
I am already playing this game! Just last week, I made a list room by room of everything needed to finish in each room. DH is redoing the stairway…it has been bare 2 x 4′s for the last 2 years, and I am working on finishing the living room. My house of course was in tremendously bad shape to begin with, but we are coming along!
Great idea, Carrie!! Room-by-room lists sound like something I could actually use that might help me! Thanks.
Charlotte
YES! a room by room list is a wonderful idea. I look at the molding that needs to be put on in the kitchen, then follow it around through the hallway into the bedroom, then get lost. Let’s stick with the kitchen for a dang minute! Molding, strip of counter that needs attention, ceiling and more. My biggest project though, is the grout in the hall bath. It is stained with nicotine, but solid, and it is on the floor, walls, counter and ceiling.
The trouble with this is the 1963 time capsule house is in Florida and I am usually in Michigan, so the projects need to wait til I get down there. My 1964 colonial here is really in pretty good shape. The yard needs cleaning up for the season. I could put that on the list for sure.
Hey Pam, I don’t want to be ‘denise the downer’ but you have just made double work for yourself by putting the fixture up before painting the ceiling. Getting your arm in there to paint will most likely cause spots not coated or paint on the fixture or it taking much more time to get in there. You may want to take it down and do a quick paint and put it back up. Um, my 22 years of having a job painting talking here.
I’m on board with the cleaning up an cleaning out, fixing it up and making it right. I have been working on this but the list is long, I’m glad you’re set on continued blogging for awhile! Can I start with the job of cleaning/repairing/selling the 26 vintage sewing machines I just took out of storage and put in my kitchen? (put there so it’s a constant reminder) Or should it be finish painting and glazing the kick boards to match the cabinets that were finished two years ago? Or maybe finally putting those shelves up in the kitchen so I can get some dishes on them? Or the bathroom, Or, Or, Or….
Ha, Denise! I was worried and thinking about that paint issue too! However, I’ve definitely hit the “get it up there, I’ll deal with it later!” feeling on projects that have sat too long. The new mantra in our house is “completion is better than perfection.” Though I KNOW Pam will get that ceiling painted!
“completion is better than perfection.”
amen to that!
yeah yeah yeah, of course i know that denise know-it-all!
just another example of my impulsive ridiculousness.
I finished my project last night actually! My girlfriend and I had to mix concrete and fill a couple small holes that we found while finishing the basement a few weeks ago. What we thought would take HOURS, only took one. It dried in no time!
Oh man! I am totally in the same boat. It’s a complete catch 22. I feel so fantastic to find new treasures, but feel completely guilty to bring them into my already full of unfinished projects home. And then I have to find a way to hide them from the hubby or to justify why they were needed in the first place. Am I exhibiting signs of hoarding?
I do feel a little better though because I actually have been able to get a couple of projects finished lately. I love this idea, I can’t wait to see what gets posted.
I’m there with you! I feel oh so guilty for buying more BUT we are doing our world a favor by using these recycled treasures!
I’m sure one day we’ll all finish our unfinished projects! Keep smiling & moving!
I love this company! When Pam had her little freak out on facebook weeks ago, I had to laugh because I was feeling the same way, and with a dumpster in our backyard due to a re-roofing project, I was tempted to start filling it! Instead I got my act together and listed 4 things on ebay yesterday! I was so proud of myself! I’ve seriously had 2 of the items for over 3 years. Good grief. As the mother of 2 young kids, I’m lucky if I get all the legos out of the rug by the end of the day much less organize and clean my storage areas. My garage is filled with St. Charles cabinets waiting to be installed (can’t figure out my layout) and my carport is now half full with a bedroom set and full dining room set. My biggest projects are downsizing my treasures. I’m a minimalist that can’t walk past a temptation and the clutter is not working for me. Now. I should really go prep the basement bathroom walls for the wallpaper I’ve had for a year. I wonder where I put it…
oh, my project list.
but! we *finally* got the roof re-done, which means that there is (finally) no more water coming into our walls, which means that we can (finally) repair said walls. after all, there wasn’t much point in fixing it ’till we found the root of the problem – even so, a year and a half is a long time to have a wall exposed to the sheathing from the inside.
this weekend i finished sheetrocking both of the walls in question (after replacing some studs and insulating)! tonight is mudding, and hopefully tomorrow night is paint (just any paint – i want to put my furniture back! we’ll deal with the perfect color later).
after that, well, i’ve got a list as long as my arm, but i think it is time to take a break from building and pay some attention to the list that includes things like “dishes,” “sweeping,” and “cooking”!
i wish i were finishing projects today. instead i’m being forced to start a new one. we’re inheriting a short term roommate in less than a wk and i’ve got to clean all of my treasures out of the basement for him. is there any room for them upstairs? not really. so i’ve pretty much gotta find a place for them or get rid of them. well it’s not all treasures. a lot is my skinny clothes (haha!!) and a bunch of my son’s baby stuff that i need to get rid off. otherwise i’m being threatened with it going in The Storage Room. (aka bugs ahoy, damp, doomed to be ruined)
Geez did this strike a cord this am….yesterday decided to organize all my craft stuff and got totally overwhelmed by all of the paper, stickers etc…went to bed and now have to face the mess this morning! Gonna finish it then start another project off my list! Thanks Pam for the inspiration! I like the idea of “finish what you start” mondays!!!
‘Tis the season! I am frantically trying to clear the garage and office of my “treasures” before the snow flies. There’s something in the air, I guess.
Today’s fix-up finish for me is picking up some NOS vintage drawer pulls for a dresser I revamped.
I’m also in the process of combing my Etsy sewing room and my Ebay stock into one ORGANIZED space. Then there is the chair reupholstery project.
I’m glad I’m not the only one in this boat.
Yes: ‘Tis the season!
My project list included “completely renovate my bathroom.” We had the pink toilet, a ton of reclaimed tiles, a reclaimed gold fleck countertop and hexagonal pink sink — all just sitting around waiting ALL SUMMER while I put it off and put it off. My list also included “paint the exterior of the house pink and blue.”
Now we set a deadline for ourselves — get it done by the end of the month when we have our annual Halloween party / anniversary party. So we’ve been cranking like fiends, trying to get this damnable bathroom back to pink. Countertop: in. Sink: in. Floor tile: redone. Medicine cabinet: installed. Toilet: in, but leaks. And the front and two sides of the house are painted!
We WILL finish these projects!!
Add to it: Send Pam pics of the finished kitchen! Jon!
I will, I will! We want to send you an omnibus selection of pics including the kitchen, the living room, the pink bathroom and the exterior of the house in pink and turquoise! I swear, everything will be finished in the next couple weeks.
My daughter, though, has her heart set on dressing us all up in 60s clothes for the photos!
Ha!
My Monday will be spent living vicariously through this site, again
i woke up with a serious sinus headache and general fatigue (attended my best friends birth this weekend, 8 hrs sleep in 2 days) and am now glued to my couch with hot tea and cold meds. So this Monday, I’m gonna plan for next monday…and if I’m lucky today, I’ll do the dishes and take a shower.
Hummm, so what will next monday bring?
Lol, looks like we are all truly from the same mold! Love you guys. Here’s to all of our one step forwards and two steps back. One is still better than none. Go for it!
The fencing that we needed since last Dec. is finally being delivered tomorrow. Then I will paint it before DH installs, setting the other projects back onto the back burner for now. Happy Monday, everyone!!! P.S. I have lists of lists stashed everywhere. Once in awhile I find one that has a few projects that have actually been done!
When you find old lists with projects done, do you still cross that item off the list like I do?!
ABSOLUTELY. And if I do a project that wasn’t on a list, I write it down just so I can cross it off.
HA! I thought for sure I was the only one crazy enough to add something she’d already done to her to-do list just for the sheer pleasure of crossing it off!!
Crazy? Who you callin’ crazy? Crazy but in a good way!
From my DH: “You can be fat, skinny, short, tall, pretty, ugly, but God help you if you’re boring.” Crazy is almost always good in my book.
So Pam, you already know you are my hero, Right? : I’m totally IN on this idea!!!-) This summer I got SOOO much done, well not enough, but it was a LOT, I painted the outside of the house (sadly the trim is not quite finished, YET) re-painted wicker furniture and got some mudding and taping done inside. So I feel pretty accomplished, still there is So much to be done. The project at the top of the “home improvement” list is now Painting the front door and finishing the trim but now the weather is not very co-operative, so on the very next sunny day I must cancel all other activities and paint that door and trim. I want it finished SOOOOOOOO much. The relief I will feel when it is done is going to be incredible. Inside I have projects in every room, I like the idea of listing them room by room, it’ll be a long list, but boy will it be fun to check off.
Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Last spring I repainted my new “guest” bedroom (son’s old bedroom) and hung new rods for my JC Penny pinch pleats. Well I measured and measured and hung the rods so that the pinch pleats would be just above floor level. After I hung one window, they were pooling on the floor! So I hung the rod 2″ higher on the other window and when I hung those drapes they were a tad more than 2″ off the floor! Arg!! I so left them both hanging – thinking I would take the drapes that pool on the floor and have someone hem them up 2″.
It’s been four months and they are still there. Now I’m wondering if I should drill two more holes in the wall above the holes for the brackets and rotate the rod brackets using the top two holes, so the drapes will then hang off the floor. There will then be two spare holes/anchors below the brackets – but I’m thinking the drapes will hide the holes.To hem or drill more holes in the walls…that’s the question! ugh. Who am I kidding? They will probably still be there all winter!
I feel ya – I have 3 rooms of high water curtains, because I had no idea what I was doing at the time, I was worried about how high the rod was above the window and not that the curtains should be at the floor.
Do I need custom curtains each time? Do I need rods at window frame height?
Add to that – that I am regretting not getting traverse rods to begin with and you have your choice of, let out and re-hem, re hand rod and patch holes or replace with new traverse and pinch pleat and patch holes:)
Can I throw art work hung at too high of a height to this list? That is if it even got hung to begin with.
Funny – hi water curtains! me too! I was just thinking that this weekend…I think I need sheers too.
OK, Pam, here are my 3 project goals for this week:
1. Clean, photograph and list estate sale finds on Etsy (that keep accumulating but somehow never get listed).
2. After maid comes tomorrow, since I got her visit as a 40th birthday present from my hubby (thank God), I can finally lay down the vinyl tiles in the guest bathroom since the floor will finally be clean. But that means I have to cut the tiles today…hmmm,,,
3. Nevermind, 2 is enough! The first will take me hours and the second days, so I’ll be thrilled to get one of those done. However (comma), I LOVE the idea of checking in and getting support weekly as I will likely be more productive this way! GREAT PLAN!!!
Go team!
(ok, just became the cheerleader I never wanted to be!!)…
p.s. Countertop guy coming in 15 min. – if he thinks I can do demo myself, might have to put off Etsy stuff until after new countertops and sink are installed.
Oh Charlotte, your note about perhaps doing a countertop demo yourself brought back a painful memory…. I was demo-ing my small bathroom countertop. Had removed the sink, checked underneath for any screws, and started banging on the thing with my hammer in an upwards direction. I leaned too far forward, miscalculated, and hit myself in the face with the hammer! Now I’ve never been very good at judging distances, but that was ridiculous! My cheek was bruised for weeks, as well as my ego…
Keep your face out of the way, and you’ll have that countertop off in no time!
Thanks for the inspiration, Pam! My short-term list is down to the stuff I don’t really enjoy doing, been like that for weeks as I find other things to do instead, so I need this kick in the rear!
Such inspration! Maybe now I’ll get the walls painted in the hall bath. It’s been going on since April when I had the walls stripped of its wallpaper. I have primed the walls but have to yet fill holes from some shelf anchors. There really isn’t much to paint being that the tile goes up half the wall. It ws a long hot summer and the house does not have central a/c and this bath has no window since it is in the interior of the house.
Ugh – you are preaching my kind of gospel Pam! I’m glad to see that our little community has a shared issue.
I bought my 1956 ranch a little more than 2 years ago and moved in 6 months later, and it wasn’t finished, just move-in-able.
I have never thought 2 years would leave me with so many original projects undone and so many projects done that are undoing themselves and so many fixes that didn’t fix the problem. With new projects arriving weekly:)
But, for this week I’ll put down that I scrubbed the brick out front, so I can seal it again with something new, in prepartion for re-flashing and capping the top, because it still leaks, just a little, but enough and I have already replaced the front corner of the house the week I settled, so I don’t want to do it again:) So much of this home’s problems are neglect or past shoddy work, but some of it is my 1950s “they don’t build them like that anymore” house being a little bit less than a prime example of superior yesterday construction.
Another example of a new problem – get a french drain and dry out your crawlspace and then your vinyl sheet flooring is bunched up because the subfloor shrank and closet doors stick – I guess because the frame shrank? I have no idea – both have to have something to do with the under house dry out.
I’ll have something for you every Monday I hope – even if it’s shredding old junk mail lol. I am taking a week off work next week – my mom gets married, but I’m hoping to have paint the bathroom and clean the garage out on that week’s list of achievements:)
Oh Pam! What a fantastic idea. My project list is very long as well. It has hit the do-it or move out point here. Since i will be unemployed in three weeks, I’ve decided that I’ll use my time between jobs to GET THINGS DONE. I’ll be starting with the gaping, uninsulated hole in the wall and moving on to tiling the kitchen floor. The three boxes for a dollar of vintage VCT flooring and the gift of three more were great– only if I actually get them installed. Otherwise, they are just more clutter.
I almost hesitate to get in on this because it’s kind of against my nature to even TRY this but yes I will try.I have 3 houses that are in various stages of rehab.One is a victorian and the other one needing help is a 1951 ranch .I’m presently wallpapering the victorian with wallpaper I’ve had stored for 12 years so you can see the problems I face.I guess there are people in the world that see everything as cut and dried /black and white(or greige) but for us it’s just a constant adventure to find the right item and then incorporate it properly.On top of this it’s almost impossible to talk to anyone about this so I usually don’t.It would be nice to have people see we and other like minded folks are soooo in vogue because we are the ULTIMATE recyclers not just junk collectors Right?
yup. that’s us!
Retro-renovating is green living to the max!
Oh Pam, I’m so there!
Heck, I remember making amazing progress on my Heywood-Wakefield era bedroom and thinking, “By Friday evening should be finished!”
That Friday evening…I was involved in a head-on car accident.
I ended up staying with a friend during recovery – less stairs to climb – and the bedroom is still not finished.
I have a list of unfinished projects – 99% because of my own procrastination!
I’m looking forward to posting finished projects with you!
I suppose this means that I have to move hubby’s desk so I can finish painting the lone harvest gold corner of my otherwise lime green dining room.
yes, that is what this means.
I love this idea! I should be working on my house every weekend (forever and ever and ever), so I’ll try to send Monday updates. I just purchased a 1928 Craftsman Bungalow that needs some MAJOR love. For now I’ll keep the list to the projects that need to be done so I can finally move in!
This weekend I got one more room ready to paint. Yeah me!
Next on the list: finish sanding and washing the walls, fill nails holes and divits, spray texture where needed ( 4 rooms to go), prime and paint interior (all rooms to go). Egad. One day at a time.
Since we don’t own a house yet, my projects are really more just normal house work that needs to be done. I have two small children and a husband that works a lot, so everything falls on me most of the time. I have a ton of laundry to put away, need to clean out the kids’ closets and take out the clothes that no longer fit, figure out what to do with those clothes, pick out toys to donate or re-sell that are not needed, clean out the garage and start putting anything in there in large plastic boxes instead of cardboard so that when we do move, it will be much easier and neater in our new garage, clean out my closet, and sort through drawers that have random stuff in them. My projects are not as fun as some of yours, but they still need to be done.
Where to start…
1. We’ve lived with a gutted 2-piece washroom for 15 months. “Before Christmas” we keep saying. Yeah, right…
2. I bought some cool vintage sunroom furniture 14 months ago that still needs reupholstering. Have the fabric, got the quotes…
3. The original linoleum tile floors in our recroom still need to be profesionally waxed. Got that quote 16 months ago.
4. Chimney needs some repointing… got those quotes 5 months ago. ‘Before the first snowfall!”
5. I’ve got at least a half dozen Edna Looney Christmas craft kits that need to be assembled/completed before December.
Geez, this is depressing. Thanks a lot, Pam!
We have a 1934 house that still needs a lot of love and attention.
We have found during our 14 years in the house that our project problems come from having more ambition and energy than money!
(Sad commentary on our budget, considering that we really aren’t that ambitious OR energetic. We really just don’t have money.)
Probably our best example is the very LONG dry creek that I dug 3 years ago. Yes, singlehandedly — me and my shovel! I was very fit that year. I had to dig through lots of hard, dry red clay — super difficult, but very rewarding.
After I did all the grunt work, we realized, “oh yeah, we have to buy rocks now.” Whoops.
Basically, we had a 200 foot long ditch full of weeds for a LONG time. My parents finally felt sorry for us and bought us a load of boulders and egg rock. That took us about 18 feet!
That is but one of many examples. We have friends who are younger and more efficient — they start projects and finish them so quickly. It seems like everything takes us 5 years. Or longer.
We have a nice jadeite light fixture waiting to be hung. 2 years.
We pulled up the old carpet when we bought the house to reveal the nice original oak floors. Never put the quarter round back on the base boards. 14 years.
My husband kept promising me a new kitchen in 5 years. Then 10. It’s almost 15. I figure we’ll get the kitchen done when we are ready to sell the house and move to the nursing home.
You know the Myers Briggs indicator? The last slot is basically “Those That Finish Projects” and “Those That Don’t” (or P for Perceiving or J for Judging, I think.) I’ve usually been one of Those That Finish Projects… until my kitchen project. It’s been in progress since May – that is a very long time for me!
I’m trying to redo the kitchen with a 1940s inspiration, but I have had major decision block at each turn. I’ve finally got the floor, countertops, walls done, but the backsplash has me stumped. I’ve been researching, researching, and researching (that’s probably another strength turned into a fault when taken to an extreme). The only thing I’ve seen in all the pictures that would go is a really plain white, square tile. Hmmm, that seems so BLAH. But I need something practical to catch all that greasy stuff.
OK, so I’ll play. How do we “weigh in”?
haha, I am an INTJ
I’m an ISFJ – so dang organized I can’t get anything done…constantly side tracked by organizing my organization. Instead of having a very organized house, it’s a constant battle trying to figure out which task to do first, how to do it, and do it neatly, I might add… It’s driving me nuts! My DH LOVES it though — No decisions made therefore, no projects to work on. It’s a dilemma!
and another thing….someone mentioned the difficulty in picking a theme or style. That has GOT to be the most difficult thing to do. Do I sell everything from top to bottom and start completely over? This doesn’t seem to be a realistic solution — I wouldn’t know what to replace it with. I like all kinds of decor – the antique look is great, but then again I like clean and bright modern stuff. I love the retro look but my husband does not. I love browns with blue, then again I love the cottage chic look. I love the ocean and the beach motif, but that isn’t practical year round — it just wouldn’t work. I’m really frustrated about the indecisiveness and on top of that — all the repair work that needs to be done!
thanks for the primer on installing lights. I took a communtiy ed class taught by an old shop teacher – he taught us to install lights, repair drywall & fix toilets. Boy – sure wish they had more classes like that.
My recent unfinished project is lights! I’ve managed to buy old lights/shades at garage sales all summer long and now have enough for the hallway & three bedrooms!
thanks again Pam.
Great idea: Autumn weather has me invigorated and a wee bit nervous with winter on us soon… I am renovating old run down abused little house that I am living in so NEED a finish what you started Monday boost. This week is little pantry area: it is lined badly in rough plywood. I primed it today. Next will be caulking holes and gaps, then painting, then cleaning plywood floor, doing the gaps on it and laying peel and stick flooring. Can I get a 4 by 5 room done in a week? Then the sooty kitchen with no real cabinets after that. Lots of undone things to do. I ‘so’ need a crew. Dear hubby does not do renovation work. I’m on my own. ooh.
I feel so lucky! Hubby does not do work on the house. He would stare at the very idea. I found a handyman! The upside, this man will do anything I ask him, for a reasonable fee. He even tuckpointed the chimney and he added pullout shelves in my pantry and put doors on the backside of my peninsula counter in the kitchen. The downside, he now thinks I am his mother. Gotta watch that, I guess. But he has gotten my 1964 colonial in great shape. It is a whole new world.
well your handyman needs to travel to Iowa where he is needed. : ) I’d like a part time son for a little while, until things are done.
There is no possible way to express how much better I feel about never seeming to finish my projects, knowing I’m not alone! Sitting in my breakfast nook, looking at the same paint samples that have been there for nearly a year … cabinets finally painted, but still looking at the paint samples AND a floor that had the hideous ceramic tile ripped up (back in January), leaving some kind of weird black gluey covering on the oak floors hiding beneath, waiting for the marmoleum to be installed if I could just find someone who could install my (I think) simple design.
BUT … for this week, I have three goals. Do my taxes (yes, my 2010 taxes … how’s that for an unfinished project?). Paint the walls in the kitchen. Find someone to put in the linoleum so I can ORDER the linoleum. Oh, and one more: order Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper for the nook. So I can finally cover those paint samples. And move on to another room.
I’m totally in, since we’re starting to make a bit of progress on the Ongoing Kitchen Remodel. Tomorrow, I need to get spacers for the tile, get the floor very, very clean and then tomorrow night or Wednesday, get the tile set. This isn’t a major tiling project, just patching about two square feet of tile. I wasn’t able to get an exact match to the tiles, eight inch, white, probably laid in the 1980′s or late 1970′s, but in a style that was in use when the house was built in the 1960s..
We actually thought the tile might be original, but when we removed the pantry unit, found out that the original flooring was faux marble Asbestos Death Tile, which was later covered by a layer of avacado green vinyl.
Unfortunately, this won’t be an exact match, but close enough, considering that at least part of it will be covered by a oven cabinet.
I am definitely up for “Finish What You Started” Mondays . I find I often squander my time on fun little side tasks instead tackling/finalizing large scale projects that are holding up other progress, so I could use somewhere to be held accountable. Luckily my 1948 bungalow isn’t in need of any major structural work, but 18 months after moving in I’m still not fully unpacked and can’t commit to a decorating scheme long enough to act on it.
My server is like an Ellis Island for wayward dishes that immigrate to my house from a variety of sources. They used to huddle there for a week or two until i found the perfect spot fpr them, but since the china cabinet and kitchen cupboards filled up, that temporary stop over had become pretty permanent. Inspired by your post, last night I broke down and made space in the hard-to-reach-cabinets-above-the-refrigerator for the milk glass snack sets and Limoges that have been stranded on the buffet since Easter. It felt pretty good, and it cleared a spot for my new-to-me vintage Magnavox radio–two birds, one stone! Now just another 11 pages of to-do list to go…
I’m in! I have so many reselling, craft, and home projects going, I’m constantly overwhelmed and the apartment is always on the brink of disaster. It would be lovely to have some support. Between Retro Renovation and the ReSellers Challenge at Apron Thrift Girl I should have support in spades!
Yes, we (ahem.. I) have a loooong list of projects to finish, the rettro renovation in the apartment has JUST started, first it was all about planning (took everysingle idea from this website) it’s gonna be a mix between the 50s and the 60s style but mostly 50s! now we are treating the walls and taking out all the modern furniture we had which I hate!!! you know selling everything, giving some to charity and keeping very little! I’m so excited, of course I’ll play finish what you started mondays with you guys!