I was hoping to report significant progress on my front room
project, but again I did not do much during the month. I especially do not have much change that
shows in the actual pictures. Therefore,
I will not be giving a space by space comparison report this month. Instead, I am just going to give a couple of
paragraphs on what I actually did accomplish during the month. Then, I will provide some goals for March. I did include the February 1, 2016 (left) vs.
March 1, 2016 (right) pictures of the four areas below for reference.
I did in fact continue to clean and sort through things in
the area. I threw out the bag of trash
that came out of the closet last month.
I disposed of many of the boxes that were around the room, though a few
of these have been replaced by new boxes.
I emptied out two boxes of papers that were by the desk and quickly
sorted through everything that was in them.
Apparent trash (catalogs, junk mail, etc.) was thrown away, manuals and
the housing paperwork went back into one of the boxes to be dealt with later,
and paperwork that needs to be looked at more carefully (mostly school materials) was stacked in two
piles by the desk to be perused sooner.
On the desk, I cleared one folder of things that needed to be filed by
actually filing them into the three black cases stacked by the desk. I started clearing another folder of mementos
I want to keep by incorporating them into scrapbook pages (I was about five
years behind, now I am about three years behind). Some random things have been moved to more
appropriate rooms, like the two vacuums that were taken to the basement utility
room. It does not create a lot of impact
in the pictures, but I do feel like I made some progress in cleaning up the
room.
I also took some initial steps in the planning and designing
phase of the project. I really started
with few ideas on how I wanted the room to look when I was done. I figured the best way to get some
inspiration was to visit home furniture and design stores to see what was out
there. I started this past weekend by
visiting Tyson’s Corner, where they have several of these types of stores in
the mall. I came away with a general
feeling that I want the room to be blues, tans, and whites. These color schemes contributed to a beachy
vibe that I really liked while in West Elm.
In terms of furniture, I liked what I was seeing in West Elm, ZGallery,
and Potter Barn (in that order). I think
smaller airier pieces, softer colors, and natural wood are the way I want to
go. Everything is still in the beginning
phases, but I at least have some ideas started in my mind. I also feel a bit more confident about my
ability to create something I like.
For March, I have basically the same goals as February. I need to keep cleaning and sorting the stuff
over by the desk area. I want to
continue moving out some of the accumulated junk that should not be in this
room at all, like the kitchen items that are sitting in the middle of the
floor. Finally, I need to progress in my
plans for overall design. I have two
more stores that I want to visit, Crate & Barrel and Ikea, for ideas and a general
awareness of their offerings. I also need
to measure my office area and living room area to determine how much space I
actually have available to use for each purpose. Then, I can revisit the stores that I liked
best and start thinking about which pieces of furniture I want that will work
in the space I have.
So that is it for this month. Although I have generally wanted to do this
project for a while, I am actually feeling excited about it right now. I just hope the feeling lasts past this week,
so that I will stay motivated to keep working on it.
See you next week!
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