That’s a good idea!

I never rearrange furniture for the fun of it. Once a chair/table/painting/appliance/etc is in a place that works, it stays there.

When I was teaching I would often be in the same room year after year, with the furniture in my same design as the year before. Sometimes I did move classrooms, and was always amazed when I revisited my old room to see how creatively the new teacher had arranged the furniture. I never thought to move the cupboard there, or have my desk over there or create a little nook using that. It wasn’t something I thought about.

I am like that at home. It works there, and so it stays there. Until there is a reason to rethink. And there have been reasons to rethink a lot of systems and placements in my life.

Last time I wrote about my sudden realisation of how to solve the ugly blind problem. I’ve added strings of beads and will add more shapes.

Then there’s the kettle. It had been in the same spot for 25 years. It was a good spot ~ accessible and not in the way. Then I got a new stove. To give access I had to clear the benches of accumulated stuff. With that stuff gone, I realised that the kettle would be better on the other side of the stove. Just as accessible, and frees up more room where it was….more room for a plant! Now that space beside the stove just looks nicer.

I’ve sorted out my earrings too. I am using the clear plastic box that was Mum’s. Now I can see what I have, easily choose which pair to wear and removed the dusty tangle that had lain there before. It was the box that helped me think, “That’s a good idea!”

It was a book case from Mum’s that helped me better showcase my teapot collection.

Last time I mention that I removed my gas appliances, and replaced them with electric ones. This included my gas heater.

Once gone I was left with an ugly space. Fortunately the bookcase was a perfect ~ millimetre perfect ~ fit. It was a dull brown that a lick of blue paint spruced up. Then it was ready for the tea pots, which had lingered on a shelf for far too long, to go in.

My next reorganisation of my space is to throw out a couch and two arm chairs. They have to go because I am getting a dresser and tw0 more chairs from Mum’s. The space is not big enough for them all. And I have to pick the dresser up in November as we need to be out of her house very early December. After a year of procrastinating on my part the clock is almost at midnight!

My barrier with the couch and chairs is just turfing them to landfill. I keep hoping that there will be someone out there who wants some rather worn but solidly made retro furniture. I will make a last ditch effort tomorrow!

And to keep you up-to-date with the painting of the outside of the house…..I have decided about colours. The painter suggested a colour consultant, who was a great help. I am going for a soft green-blue, that should meld well with the garden. I am still thinking about the colour of the front door, but that decision can wait a little while yet. The carpenter has been to replace weatherboards. So things are on track!

And that’s an excellent feeling.