Welcome to the new year! My hope for you is that it surpasses your expectations, despite the negativity that’s easy to find around us. I think we should seize the moment and turn it around to one of positive energy, pervading our thoughts, lives, and “nests”. I think we should let this energy run rampant and spread it to all the people we know. Maybe it’ll catch on, even if just in little increments. It’s a chance I’m willing to take!
No long winter nap for me – I’ve committed to the three R’s, and more. Not the classic school-book style, but in ways I can better my life and surroundings.
For starters, I’m going to RECLAIM the room on my second floor that is meant to be my home office/studio but is now little more than a junk pile. As I unpacked my wordly goods, anything I hadn’t yet found a home for was placed (!!) in this room.
The room is amply sized and has good “bones.” There are windows on three walls, nice hardwood floors, two little storage closets under the eaves, and a clothing closet, which also has kind of a hidden storage area behind it. It’s not an easy area to get to, but will serve well for holiday decorations that only have to surface once a year. I also have a few nice pieces of furniture in place, begging for organization and purpose. And some great storage boxes and decorative elements I’m anxious to use…..for example, here’s a bulletin board I have in the kitchen that may need to find a new home in this room.
Because January is “National Get Organized Month”, I think I will jump on that bandwagon and create an home office / studio that I can actually work in. Novel approach, huh??? About time, I say!!
Below are a few shots of where it is now….
No small undertaking, but the RESULTS will be far reaching as to the impact of my appreciation of the space and the dimension it will add to my level of productivity and sense of organization (REVITALIZATION). And think of what I can create in an organized space! Drop back in a day or two to see my progress….the work commences tonite. And, once I get started, it takes a lot to stop me!
