KonMari 2018 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Friday we wallpapered a wall in the big bedroom. I'd bought the paper last year when I bought paper for 3 other walls in other rooms. I also had a sample of the paper which used to check it would work with the existing colours on the walls. When I opened up the first roll of paper, the pattern on the sample was different........ Oh dear, I must have picked up similarly coloured rolls from the wrong rack in the shop. Way too late to return or exchange. As we're decorating to improve the look to sell, rather than to live with ourselves, I decided just to work with what we'd got. It was difficult enough to find something that would go with primrose walls and pale blue carpet, I couldn't face a trip to go and try and find something else. We were out yesterday so put the room back together today. Have moved a couple of pictures from one wall to above the bed. The ones which were hanging there before were a bit masculine for a bedroom (old car prints), we've now got prints of Italian Tuscan scenes. We were able to hang a picture that had been in the dining room on the fixings the prints had been on previously which saved drilling the painted walls again. The car prints may replace some photos of Greece on the landing. These may be offered to visiting friends who have visited this same place in a few weeks in case they would like them.


Putting the wallpaper pasting table back in the loft, OH was instructed to drag out some crates with unknown contents that had been lurking in the front of the loft where I couldn't get to them. We've been through them and the majority of the contents have either been recycled, shredded or piled up for shredding when I have some boxes to put the shredded paper into. Crates will be going back to the loft 'in case we need them when we move......'. There's probably about a box file's worth of stuff that's been kept, which is a lot less than I thought OH would keep.


We had hoped to do some gardening today, but it's so cold and the grass is so wet still it's going to be a challenge to mow. Maybe we'll get lucky tomorrow.


ETA When we moved the wardrobe in the bedroom, we had to take out all the contents. OH identified a suit to go to the CS plus a whole load of trouser hangers which were cluttering up the bottom of it have been scooped up to be recycled.

Kittie will you be able to do a part exchange on the new property with your existing? Could be a good option to allow yourself to concentrate on slimming down your existing treasures, rather than having to worry about having to go through the stress of selling your current home?