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I love how every month or so Apartment Therapy gently reminds us we should be making our beds. :)

Oh, I am so guilty of the whole "weights by the television" idea... they just get pushed further and further under the couch.

Want need wear read... what a great way to break it down! I'm going to be using this as a guideline in the future.

My mom always said that Santa Claus was only responsible for stocking presents, which cut down on the excess a little bit... but only a little bit. My brother and I were long-hoped-for-and-almost-given-up-on grandchildren, and I think our grandmother wished she could have provided more for my dad and his sisters when they were growing up--so we were kind of avalanched by presents some years.

Totally hearing Jillian Ruth. I also hate when whatever is on the wall is placed badly... like a few tiny pictures making a large expanse of wall look lonelier and all the more "renter beige".

Great ideas! I have way too many mugs--people find out you are a tea drinker, and that is what you get for every gift giving occasion. As for the book pile-ups, Better World Books is another great site that takes book donations. Books that are donated to the public library are often passed on to a library friends group and then sold at book sales, which can be surprising to people who think their books will end up on the shelves. But these book sales are wonderful fundraisers for the library--so don't dismay and go ahead and donate with gusto!

I like having people over when I'm first getting to know them, because I feel like my apartment will pull a lot of weight in letting people know what I'm like. (And I am a homebody who is generally more comfortable there than anywhere else.) It's full of books and art and thrift store finds--all very colorful--and they are excellent personality signifiers. I try to live up to how my apartment looks, but it's harder to choose a cute outfit every day than it is to make a few decisions now and then about home decor.

I also love last.fm! After scrobbling for a while, the mix of my own radio + recommended tracks is almost always spot-on.

Totally a pair of '70s looking brick red heeled oxfords at Brooklyn flea for $50. I didn't even try them on--because I knew I would have to buy them if they fit--and I was trying to save money before a big move. They were the most beautiful shoes though, and I'm still trying to find their equivalent.