It seems that these past two months have been about craziness. Or cascade effects – one thing leading to another.
I got my sewing cabinet by paying for it and leaving 3 weeks between purchase and delivery. To make it work I had to move a book case and a tansu; the book case to the garage, the tansu to the studio. To put the book case into the garage meant at least 5 trips to the Goodwill donation site, and moving around and discarding more crap than anyone else should be allowed to have. To put the tansu into the studio meant moving photography equipment into the garage and into the studio, taking up the space of a displaced book case.
To move stuff into the studio meant moving stuff out of the studio, consolidating art and photography supplies, moving books into the living room.
To make more room in the garage for book cases and photography stuff meant moving boxes of books from the garage into the living room. Boxes of books in the bedroom closet leapt out and moved into the living room as well. A call to the book buyer meant setting up a date for him to come by, and sorting out 25 boxes of keep and sell. Most were sell. Two book cases in the living room joined the sell pile, as did 3/4 of a book case in the family room.
The living room became the unliving room.
Meanwhile, the sewing cabinet was delivered and set up. Next, figuring out how to position it – facing the wall? facing the sliding doors? (The latter won out.)
Time for the book buyer. He arrived. He bought. I threw in what he didn’t want to buy. Now the living room is once more a room with room, and only one book case full of books.
In this mix, a quilting class is ongoing, my Pencil Portrait class ended, my painting continues, and a colored pencil drawing class begins tomorrow. I have to put together my drawing box with supplies for a new class, some different things, some new things, some old things. The class begins tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., and like the good kiddie I am, I want to be ready for the first day of school.
The finale came this morning. I took to the road, to a real, live, professional office store 30 miles away and got the last item: the chair for the sewing cabinet. Not some rinky-dink piece of junk, but a real chair that should last a long time, and keep me comfy for hours of sewing. Mine is the one in the middle.
Finally, time for a breath, coffee, step out to admire the flowers, and then tidy up all that was left in chaos these past few days.
I have room on my book shelves, closet space, living room space, sewing space, art space, and enough room in the garage to swing a cat under the full moon.
More still needs be done, such as hanging pictures and more garage purging, but the big struggle is done. Time now to settle in and see how it all works out.
Yay!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
All that shuffling stuff had me worried, until you got to the disposal phase. Well done! You will be a happier person with all these things in better order.
Thanks, Kathy! It is good to get rid of stuff, recycle, etc. Now there is still stuff, but it’s little stuff, like throwing out all these box lids that the book guy didn’t take, chopping up old and unusable furniture (J’s job), sending some books to a friend, and putting the books I kept in some order. Still have too much stuff, though . . . 😉
I love to clean out closets, etc. It’s a great feeling when it’s done. Now you can get on with life and all that you’re involved in. Enjoy!
Ooh, an Aeron chair! I’ve had those a time or two at work. They’re verrrry nice.
Thanks, Anne! I think I like hiding things in closets!!
Nice catch, Jim! My husband has had one for years. He got to pick out the chair and work paid for it – his is bigger than mine, but a regular desk chair. Actually, mine is called a “task chair” because it elevates higher than a standard chair and has the circular foot rest. I needed a tall one with a less deep seat for sewing. Interestingly, I called the store ahead and told them my needs – height, depth, etc. They had some very nice ones but I liked this one the best, so I got it. I’ll probably use it tomorrow afternoon to do some sewing. I’m honestly really excited about it!
You are a hero in my book. What you did is like Hercules’ tasks.
Good work! We are clearing out our sheds this week, there will be several trips to the recycling place!
Thanks, Laura Kate! I still have more to do, too, but it is not so overwhelming. I actually went shopping for the first time in weeks and had a lot of fun. 😉