Are you the kind of person who gets stressed out when you see a cluttered mess?
I sure do. I find myself shoving it all in drawers, closets, and in the corner of another room (the one I’m not in). The stuff is usually something I’m going to need some time or another, but haven’t found a permanent home for it. This is the way I have been dealing with trying to keep my home stress free.
But there is another kind of clutter too. It’s the kind that in our family is considered “Denise’s stuff”. When I first got married and had the opportunity to decorate our place, I enjoyed imagining just how I wanted it to look. With limited cash and limited supplies I ended up decorating the way I always had; lots of knick knacks. Not that a knick knack is bad, it’s just that they can easily take over.
So what now? Well, feeling the need to simplify my life in order to keep my sanity as the mother of two, my style has changed. Just last week I read the article, A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Home. It talked about so many things I have been thinking about lately. I was inspired to take another look around our place with a new understanding and begin to declutter. The bedrooms are still as crazy as ever, but I’m excited to see what a few hours and a change in my thinking has done to the main living space.
Now to see Karl’s reaction when he gets home…
As you can see, I had to keep reminding him that crayons were for the paper, not the mouth. (That’s when you’re glad you got the non-toxic kind.)
