Fresh, Clean & Organized

For the month of March, I am working towards a house that is 

FRESH . . . CLEAN . . . ORGANIZED

I sat down on February 28 and made a list of everything I want to do room by room including the front and back yards.

Oh, my goodness -

105 items on the list divided by 31 days in March equals crossing off at least 3.4 projects each day.

I got a head start on the last day of February and I am keeping ahead of schedule - 27 items are already crossed off the list.

Some items on the list are fun - like hanging a bag of dried flowers on the front door.

Some are necessary - like organizing the bathroom shelves.

Some are easy - like buying flowers for the front door bench or

putting flowers on the back porch arch.

Some have triggered bigger changes in rooms - like shells on our bedroom armoire

which led to beach beach buckets and buoys on the Expedit and now has me planning big changes in our bedroom.

Some items involve purging - I have already taken one bag to the Goodwill, but instead of tossing this vase, I put a flower in it and dropped it off on a neighbor's porch.

Washing the windows has begun, but painting all the molding, baseboards and doors will take me most of the month - I have to paint at night so Lulu won't rub against all the freshly painted wood.

I am making time for fun things too so Monday I finally got around to making a baby quilt for a friend.

There won't be any more goals met until Saturday because tomorrow Steve and I are headed to June Mountain for a couple of days of skiing.

I might not finish the list, but already the house is looking fresher, cleaner and more organized - and that is my goal.

A Sense of Accomplishment

I did it!

My February goal was to paint 4 different pieces of furniture.

Miss Mustard Seed milk paint in Eulalie's Sky transformed my old worn out dresser; I vividly remember bringing home the complete 5 piece bedroom suite in 1987.

I painted the dresser on Thursday and yesterday, the last day to make my goal, I finished waxing the dresser.

With rain falling all day, I spent yesterday reorganizing my "creative space" because I did not want the dresser top to be as cluttered as it had been.

After setting up this room in January, I realized that the height of the dresser is a perfect work surface so the main items on the dresser top are the tools I use regularly.

I also decided not to put the mirror back on the dresser and had fun creating a colorful wall for me to look at while I create.

I updated the message on my grandmother's school slate (the one she carried to school each day as a child in Kansas) and found magnets to make an Art & Sand sign.

I received these wonderful knitted cloths yesterday from Karen of My Little Home and Garden and could not bear to use them so the card sits in my bicycle wheel and the blankets cozy up my grandfather's rocking chair.

While I was on an organizing kick, I switched the tables around to create a better traffic flow.

I want to paint both tables, but

with pillows to be sewn, a banner to be painted, a quilt to be made and fun license plates asking to be cut up for projects, the tables won't be painted this month.

With rain falling since Wednesday, I did have time to dress up a wooden wine box for KC with a coat of left over Miss Mustard Seed paint and rope handles.

I definitely have a sense of accomplishment - I met my January goals.

I met my February goals.

 My March goals are not much fun, but I got a head start last night and starting a day early might be the deciding factor on whether the goals are met.

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I am joining these parties

Between Naps on the Porch - Metamorphosis Monday

My 1929 Charmer - Sunday's Best

Too Much Time on My Hands - Get Schooled Saturday

Pieced Pastimes - Saturday Spark

Classy Clutter - Spotlight Saturday