Wednesday, January 6, 2010

This New Year Put Your House on a Diet

This New Year Put Your House on a Diet

This New Year Put Your House on a Diet


The #1 New Year resolution is to go on a diet. You may have a better chance of keeping your resolution if you consider making your house lose weight! All of the Christmas decorations are down and it is a great time to step back and look at your home with fresh eyes.


Walk through your front door and pretend you are seeing your home for the first time. Is you home open & inviting? Is it hard to walk through the room? Do you have too much clutter? Now is a great time (since it is too cold to work in the yard) to spend some time getting rid of things that are no longer useful. Try selling them on the internet, at a garage sale, or donate them.


You may notice one room has too many things laying around. Try relocating some items to a different room or put them in drawers, closets, baskets, etc. If you have family pictures spread all over the house, try putting them on one wall. Use only one or two colors for the frames. An entry way or a hallway is a great space to use for your collection. Find a place for mail, keys, medicine, etc. that is handy but not right in sight. There are many items you can get to help you organize your important "stuff".


Start with one and you may find you can't stop...


Picture from "Libby Langdon's Small Spaces"