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Clean everything in the place thoroughly, and get rid of anything that belonged to the ex. Then get rid of anything you own that reminds you of bad times or makes you feel sad or tired when you see it. Unfinished projects either need to be done or done away with; same with broken stuff: fix it now or throw it out.

I keep a can of Campbell's chicken noodle on hand, as illness is the only time I ever want any, and then only to drink from a cup. I also keep a box of illness-only kleenex around, the kind with lotion, though I am thinking this winter we'll try the kind with Vicks in them. What a ridiculous thing to almost look forward to, but there it is. :/

The closet photo made me grin-- the patterns and colors of its contents remind me of looking into my mom's closet back in the 70s. Somebody loves vintage here...

I have seen the same in a few notable homes in the area. Bigger rooms often seem to mean "more clinical-looking" or "in the (impersonal) style of a hotel lobby." Smaller rooms apparently call for over-the-top details to compensate for the perceived inadequacy of their size. In either case, it would make me not want to be at home, so what would be the point in having a house at all?

lol @matt in kc, here too... and now I'm looking back thru the pics for industrial-size spools.

@joydreamz....you made me laugh, too. In my case, it's because we have a friend who will give us stuff that isn't quite our taste, but then wants to see it displayed. I hope I never find out for sure, but we've discussed how if he gave us dog poop in a box, he'd expect to see it upon the mantel, placed just so.

Imagine, your family can calmly go about your favorite leisure activities for 2 weeks, no worries. Then after the fallout, you emerge to check on the cockroaches and Twinkies, because that's all that's left of what was upstairs.

We had that same orange formica in our 70's basement rec room. Groovy.

Oh, Blueprint. That was a good one-- too bad its early days were its only days. It got shot down with my other two subscriptions (Domino and MetHome), and now I can't find anything I like well enough to subscribe to, though if I did, I'm afraid it would disappear too. *sigh*

There is something to be said for comfort. At least the double cushion makes it an unusual one. Maybe if you brought in some more stuff to make the chair less of a focus in the room (curtains, bright throw and/or pillow, coffee and/or side table), you wouldn't feel like sweating it so much. As it stands, it seems like the rug, bookcases, and chair are having trouble feeling like a complete look; it's like the details are all missing and so the chair has to try too hard to be somebody here. :)