Carrie Bartkowiak v. 5.0

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Remember my hope chest from my first Tackle It Tuesday project? It didn’t really get included in the “after” picture because it had moved - but it has become a great little seat that is extremely SOFT.

Don’t believe me? Ask its nearly-permanent resident, Alex…

I took one of our big HUGE soft blankets (it’s called a “mink”, but it’s not made of mink) and folded it up to fit the top of the hope chest. It’s a good 6 inches thick folded up that way. Then I took a little throw blanket of Mike’s that has tiger stripes on one side and all black on the other and wrapped the mink. It’s a nice soft velour type of material.

End result? This is quickly becoming the most-used seat in the house as everyone comes in and sits on it to do their reading, talk to me, or just stretch out for a few quiet minutes. Sure is better than the mess it used to be!

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Today I have to figure out for SURE where our new raingutter bookshelves are going, and then get that area cleared out so we can install them tonight.
We’d originally planned on running them down the hallway, but there’s no natural light in the hallway. Now I’m thinking we should move the living room around and put the shelves by the front windows.

Raingutter bookshelves are a great way to display books, since the kids can see the covers they’re more likely to pluck a book off of the “shelf”.

This photo isn’t my house, but a photo I found on Flickr of raingutter bookshelves. Don’t they look awesome?

Once we get ours up I’ll post a pic, but it might not be tonight. We also have a birthday party to get ready for, coming up this Saturday! Ack. Busy busy busy.

Oh… I have a question, too. What do you do with a de-tackling husband?!?!
I found a tip from Peter Walsh to help declutter your kitchen: put all of your utensils into a box. As you need something, take it out and it can then go back into your utensil drawer. Whatever’s still in the box at the end of the month goes bye-bye.
Sounded like a great idea, so I put all of our utensils into a box. Doesn’t make the kitchen counter look too snazzy, but we’re working towards the greater good here.

This morning I get up and notice that the utensil box is not even half-full. Huh?
I open up the utensil drawer and sure enough, hubby has pulled a boatload of utensils out of the box and plopped them straight back into the drawer. Yes, he knows what the box is and what it’s doing there and what the end goal is. Yet he just goes around it anyway.
(Yes, he’s a supreme pack-rat, miser, hoarder - he even still goes into fits where he says “That’s MINE!” like a little kid.)
What do you do when your hubby goes behind you and undermines your attempts at decluttering?

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This week while purging and taking tons of stuff to charity, I went through my jewelry.
I came across these pieces and thought they’d fit into this week’s photo hunt nicely. I am positive the ones on the far left and the bottom are antiques, they were my grandmother’s. I’m not sure about the one in the middle and on the right; but they look antique enough.

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