I don’t know if it was the 3-day holiday, or the bitter cold weather that kept me from going outside, but I had one of the most productive weekends of my life. It was insane! What started with me wanting to just paint the hallway a chocolate brown and hang some pictures (see original post here) turned into an all out crazy fest of cleaning, organizing and redecorating the apartment. I’ve noticed that similar to how I like to change my hair a lot, I also like to change my living space. I don’t know if it’s because I get bored, or I second guess my original ideas, or if I just really like to get crafty, but Jeff has learned to get a little weary whenever I start a sentence with “So, I have this idea….”
It was great though! I got around to painting the hallway first thing after work on Friday and surprised Jeff when he got home, (that was actually one of those projects I didn’t tell him about beforehand. Luckily, he liked it. Whew.) And then the pictures were hung by Saturday. I’m kind of impatient when it comes to projects, I want to get them done ASAP, even if it means hammering nails into a wall into the wee hours of the morning…sorry neighbors. Seriously though, this apartment feels great now! It’s cleaned from top to bottom (a little spring cleaning come early!) and completely purged of anything that we absolutely didn’t need. I’ll be taking several big bags to Good Will this week! Multiple walls were painted, pictures were hung, furniture was removed (RIP Jeff’s college desk), and books were stripped of their jackets and reorganized on shelves. That was a fun conversation that went something like this:
Jeff: “Ummm, what are you doing?”
Karen: With a really excited smile on my face. “Taking off all of the book jackets!”
Jeff: “Um, why?”
Karen: “Because they’re prettier without them and look better on the bookshelf. Anna says so too!”
Jeff: Eyeing the 67 book jackets taking up space on our couch. “And where are you going to put them?”
Karen: “I have a place! Stop asking questions and doubting my ideas!”
Nope, I don’t have a place for them. I told you, I like to take care of projects as quickly as possible, but sometimes I don’t exactly think them through completely. I’ll figure it out though. Once this place is all spiffed up, I’ll be sure to post some pics!
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend 
