Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

beanielou

savingholmes said:

Great news on the kitchen.

Thank you 🤩 

beanielou

I still have way too many mugs. I have some that I am emotionally attached to. Any ideas on how to cull further. Thanks. 

maggiem

Pleased to hear kitchen makes you happy. It’s worth it then. 

I can’t help re the mugs, it’s the same here. 😂😂

beanielou

maggiem said:

Pleased to hear kitchen makes you happy. It’s worth it then. 

I can’t help re the mugs, it’s the same here. 😂😂

Thanks. 🤩 

KajiKita

There’s a mug coven here too … mostly Mr KK’s … as is most of the stuff in this house! 😉😂

How about getting ALL the mugs out at once. 

Deciding immediately which ones are emotionally important - they stay. 

Then, have a couple of ‘workmen’s mugs’ - so big, chunky, robust, not too worried if they get chipped / broken. 

Then define mugs for visitors - would 4 be enough for that, on top of the emotional mugs? 

Then the rest, GO! 😉

KK

beanielou

KajiKita said:

There’s a mug coven here too … mostly Mr KK’s … as is most of the stuff in this house! 😉😂

How about getting ALL the mugs out at once. 

Deciding immediately which ones are emotionally important - they stay. 

Then, have a couple of ‘workmen’s mugs’ - so big, chunky, robust, not too worried if they get chipped / broken. 

Then define mugs for visitors - would 4 be enough for that, on top of the emotional mugs? 

Then the rest, GO! 😉

KK

Sounds great in theory! Will try again when I am not tired. Thanks. 

jwil

With the mugs, keep the ones you love and get rid of the rest.  If you love them all can you repurpose some?  Pen holder, plant pot etc?

redofromstart

Hurrah for the kitchen!

I started by deciding how much space I had for mugs which in turn dictated how many I could keep.  I then removed the ones that would be my last choice to drink from, the ones that only get used if someone hasn't turned the DW on for days, the ones that 'would do', the pretty but impractical until I got down to the ones that I like, that I use regularly and that fit in the available space even if the DW is empty.  I kept two of the chunky ones to use with the builders.  

The jury is still out on some huge but thin china cups that are just a bit too heavy for me once full of tea. I may repurpose them for the garden - bulb in plant pot in the mug - because Mr Redo loved them. 

beanielou

jwil said:

With the mugs, keep the ones you love and get rid of the rest.  If you love them all can you repurpose some?  Pen holder, plant pot etc?

I do that already. Thanks. 

beanielou

redofromstart said:

Hurrah for the kitchen!

I started by deciding how much space I had for mugs which in turn dictated how many I could keep.  I then removed the ones that would be my last choice to drink from, the ones that only get used if someone hasn't turned the DW on for days, the ones that 'would do', the pretty but impractical until I got down to the ones that I like, that I use regularly and that fit in the available space even if the DW is empty.  I kept two of the chunky ones to use with the builders.  

The jury is still out on some huge but thin china cups that are just a bit too heavy for me once full of tea. I may repurpose them for the garden - bulb in plant pot in the mug - because Mr Redo loved them. 

Lovely idea to reuse the ones Mr Redo loved 🥰