Show us your work spot!

[HomekeepingGran]

I'll update, but I think you're going to be surprised. Let me go get the camera. This will take a few minutes... bye for now!

 

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Do you remember what my space looked like when I started this thread? Something along the lines of piled up to teetering? Well I had been looking at my coffee table and thinking that it was starting to bug me. It was getting hard to find stuff and just making a dive into the mess often wouldn't snag the item I was looking for. I rarely knew if a book I wanted was buried in all that or on the shelf or... well, you get the picture. It was a mound of crochet and knitting stuff and was getting on my nerves. But did I do anything about it? Noooo-oooo. I just kept piling on and sighing over the debris. Tomorrow night two weeks ago it happened. I knocked over a glass of water right into all the books and yarn and needles. Uh oh. Now I didn't have a choice if I wanted to save my books, not to mention the wood in the coffee table. I cleared it to the wood and put things away which hadn't seen their rightful place in months. Then I pulled out a pretty doily and set a box of tissues on it. Every night I clear it all off before going to bed. To my surprise a couple of days later my husband spontaneously cleared off his end table, too. We agree that the whole living room looks much cleaner and happier.

 

How long will I keep it up? I don't know. A long time, I hope. I'm including a picture of the bags which, yes, are still in the floor. You can see one of my crochet projects spilling out the top and there is a knitting project in the bag closest to the computer. We'll see how it goes...

[walker1021]

Wow Carla! You sure have done a lot of straightening up. (please don't take that the wrong way) And now your hubby got into the act too?? Congratulations. Doesn't it feel great to wake up in the morning and walk out to see your spot all ready for you?

[HomekeepingGran]

Wow Carla! You sure have done a lot of straightening up. (please don't take that the wrong way) And now your hubby got into the act too?? Congratulations. Doesn't it feel great to wake up in the morning and walk out to see your spot all ready for you?

The wrong way? Not at all. I'm a little peeved at myself for having to spill a glass of water into the mess to make me clean it up, that's all. (Having company would have done it, too. In a heartbeat! ) You're right, Jana. I love to get up to a clean space every day!