Good afternoon to you all!!! We are having a cool and sunny Sunday here in good old Dunbar, WV! Our high temp is to be a nice 83°F and the sun is supposed to shine all day! YAY!!!
I have been just puttering around the cottage today and have changed out my issues of Ideals Magazine on my living room coffee table from the Mother's Day issues to the Friendship, Americana and Children's ones. I have quite a few as I inherited my mom's, my mother-in-law's and was also given my cousin's large collections when she moved from WV to Ohio a few years ago. I have them stacked in order of season behind a wing chair and under my built-in bookshelves in our living room. I love to put them out and read them over and over each season. They bring about wonderful memories of afternoons with my mom when I was growing up and also times I shared their pretty poetry and pictures with my own little ones.
I am trying to push ahead with some of my clearing out around here, too. We have accumulated so much over the past few years! I love much of the pretty things from my mom's home and my mother-in-laws home, but added to what I already had here, it is making things a bit more fussy and cluttered than even I like~lol! I am evaluating what I really love and what really means the most to me and donating the rest to our favorite local thrift store. I did some of this earlier this year, but there are still things that can go. Most of my donations are things that I had bought through the years so that I can keep more valuable family items, instead. I still have the closet in my home office/craft room to address. This one is filled with my college interior design projects, old magazines, books and other miscellaneous items. It is going to be a real challenge as I tend to be emotionally attached to many of these things for some reason. I think that I will dis-assemble the Inspiration Boards and place the materials and drawings in smaller, individual boxes in order to compact those. The magazines are already in wooden magazine organizers that my hubby made for me a number of years ago. Some of the issues might go, but most of them I will be keeping for now. I also have quite a few things leaving our bedroom upstairs. I will probably be working on much of this in the coming week.
I have been just puttering around the cottage today and have changed out my issues of Ideals Magazine on my living room coffee table from the Mother's Day issues to the Friendship, Americana and Children's ones. I have quite a few as I inherited my mom's, my mother-in-law's and was also given my cousin's large collections when she moved from WV to Ohio a few years ago. I have them stacked in order of season behind a wing chair and under my built-in bookshelves in our living room. I love to put them out and read them over and over each season. They bring about wonderful memories of afternoons with my mom when I was growing up and also times I shared their pretty poetry and pictures with my own little ones.
I am trying to push ahead with some of my clearing out around here, too. We have accumulated so much over the past few years! I love much of the pretty things from my mom's home and my mother-in-laws home, but added to what I already had here, it is making things a bit more fussy and cluttered than even I like~lol! I am evaluating what I really love and what really means the most to me and donating the rest to our favorite local thrift store. I did some of this earlier this year, but there are still things that can go. Most of my donations are things that I had bought through the years so that I can keep more valuable family items, instead. I still have the closet in my home office/craft room to address. This one is filled with my college interior design projects, old magazines, books and other miscellaneous items. It is going to be a real challenge as I tend to be emotionally attached to many of these things for some reason. I think that I will dis-assemble the Inspiration Boards and place the materials and drawings in smaller, individual boxes in order to compact those. The magazines are already in wooden magazine organizers that my hubby made for me a number of years ago. Some of the issues might go, but most of them I will be keeping for now. I also have quite a few things leaving our bedroom upstairs. I will probably be working on much of this in the coming week.
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| Inspiration Boards from College projects |
I am thinking of fixing some homemade Mac-n-Cheese with Peas-n-Carrots as a side dish for our supper in a bit. Wishing you all a wonderful, sunny Sunday!
Stay Cozy!
Charlotte
Stay Cozy!
Charlotte
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