Do you ever have a ton of things to do and instead of focusing on one task you find yourself puttering all over the house, straightening, tossing, wiping, dusting, etc? Taking the time to study your window treatments, the placement of your furniture and how you maybe need to update your wall hangings and photos. Is it productive, worthwhile or necessary? I find I need these days. It gets the entire house to a slightly nicer level and seems to calm me as well as infuse me with new ideas to freshen up my home. For some reason fall seems to be the time of year I do this the most. I think it’s my own seasonal nesting instinct…the days are getting cooler and shorter and we are all starting to spend more time inside the house. It’s nice to freshen thing up and get it all warm and cozy for the coming winter months.
My puttering session last week resulted in a few curtains getting changed out, new floor plan ideas for the playroom, moving a piece of toy organization/storage from the playroom to my son’s room and taking a small table out of hiding to place near the front door with a fall placemat and gourds. Our house got a nice dose of fall decorating and I'm looking forward to updating the playroom into a more functional family room instead of the toy dumping ground it has become.
Slow down the next time you find yourself running around the house frantically cleaning. Take a minute to really look at your surroundings, enjoy the nice things and take a minute to re-think the things that just aren't working.
Slow down the next time you find yourself running around the house frantically cleaning. Take a minute to really look at your surroundings, enjoy the nice things and take a minute to re-think the things that just aren't working.
Here are some links to a few decorating and organizational blogs that I like:
The Nesting Place
The Nester has a great series she’s posting right now called 31 Days to a Less Messy Nest.
I’m an Organizing Junkie
As well as keeping a whole lot of bloggers meal plans organized by hosting Menu Plan Monday, Laura offers great tips on de-cluttering and organizing as well as reviews on organizational and storage products.
Home Sanctuary
Rachel Anne offers monthly ‘small things’ to tackle around your home. You can earn points for monthy giveaways by slowly turning your home into your own sanctuary.
This post was written as my submission to Steady Mom's 30 Minute Blog Challenge. Check out this week's post Tired Moms - Do You Need a Break?. The post also includes links to other submissions.
I do this ... but only when I should be doing something else. House cleaning and organization are how I procrastinate (unless I should be cleaning, then I craft). ;)
ReplyDeleteRe: cleaning with the kids -- My girl loved getting her own little sponge and baby wipe to help Mama. I had to make her stop wiping down the walls. That's a good problem to have!
I'm a fan of Home Sanctuary precisely because I am so bad at deciding what to do next. But usually I just do whatever I can to avoid cleaning, which is not as it should be. I wish my default setting was to clean. Anything is better than nothing.
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