I wish you luck with this project. I tried a similar exercise a couple of years ago. My husband and both boys were going on a Scout trip to the Boundary Waters and were going to be gone for two weeks. House to myself, nobody to cook for or drive around - perfect time.
Before they left I had them cart all the boxes out of the storage area (some had been there since we moved here in 1994) and shifted everything out of my workroom into the living room. Two weeks later they came home - I had made a pretty good dent in the piles, but had made the mistake of trying to finish up projects as I came to them. Unfortunately, before I could finish up we had family come to visit and everything that was in organized piles in the living room got shoved back into my workroom all higiggly piggly and had never been so close to organization since. My advice - have a friend help you sort and get rid of stuff. At the very least you might be persuaded to shift some of your stash to her sewing room. Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Alexandria Doyle <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Alexandria Doyle <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] having it all in one place > To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 3:58 PM > I use to have it all in one little > room, sigh, then there was this > host of family members moving in and out - my daughter and > granddaughter are here now and everything is > scattered. I know I have > tubs full of stuff that I won't use again, that were once > organized on > shelves and occasionally used, but now they are out of > sight, out of > mind and I buy new frequently rather than rummage through > the stash. > Next year on my job I'm up to three weeks of vacation, and > I'm > sincerely thinking that maybe I should take one of those > weeks and > clean out the stash. I'd have space to work in again > and know where > things are... > > alex > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Mary + Doug Piero > Carey<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Oh, are you building? We were not so ambitious. We > only moved from a > > 1911ish American Foursquare into a 1960 Ranch. It is > a lovely house, but > > the proportions are SO different! The closets are a > completely different > > shape & NONE of my boxes fit into them. We had > to completely repack > > everything that was in seasonal storage boxes into > different shapes. And > > the Pantry shelves were DEFinitely not spaced by > anyone with a clue about > > the dimensions of food packages. > > Marjorie Wilser said: > > > > Oh, huzzah for having it all in ONE place! I have yet > to achievethat > > nirvana. . . have to make the place first > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > -- > So much to do and so little attention span to get it done > with… > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
