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After reading this, I've been trying to put it into practice. I think it's a great resolution.
For me it's more about when I've finished my coffee, instead of leaving the mug on the side table, I get up and put it on the kitchen counter. Or if I've opened the mail, I immediately put the envelopes and any junk mail in the recycling and file the things that need to be filed; instead of just leaving it all in a pile for another time. I'm horrible at picking up after myself and my kids may think I'm going crazy since I'm constantly telling myself to "Do it NOW!"
Between this and the January Cure, my house is looking way less cluttered.

woohoo! I did this the weekend I was supposed to be focusing on the kitchen...

We started enforcing Media Free Sunday a few years ago in our house. My kids are teenagers and I get that computers are now their main form of communicating with their friends, but sometimes it's nice to talk and do stuff with them even if I have to crack the whip to get them off of their computers.
Music is allowed and if we all agree on a movie, we watch one together at night.
We're all computer addicts and I think it's important to remember that there are other things to do in life besides stare at a screen.

It has a great shape! I'm a lamp addict. If I'm in a thrift store, one of the first places I go is to check out the lamps. For a couple bucks, you get one, paint it the way you want and have something crazy and different in your house that makes you happy when you look at it.

I do think the lamp is missing something though. The way it was painted previously with the two tones needs to be done again to just add a little more interest to it. Because they are right, currently it does look like a grenade...it's not horrible, it just doesn't look quite done.

I currently want to whip my computer across the room every time I see the word CURATE on all the design blogs I'm addicted to. I realize words can evolve, but this one sounds so pretentious...

Design wise, I've never loved granite or ikat or books that are wrapped in paper.

One friend had a toilet paper holder that was scented inside. I thought that was the coolest thing, so cool, that I dreamt about it that night and peed the bed!!

Another friend had a water bed in the middle of her yard. She said it was for when she set up her tent...we just jumped on it.

Closets were also big for me. I never had one in my room till I was a teenager and we moved into this house that had a huge closet and then a door that opened into another one tucked under the eaves. I practically lived in there, drawing and daydreaming...

It was nice to see the before photos and all the cute little things they had around their home, but it was hard to get a sense of what exactly After looked like. Would have been nice to see more of the rooms rather than the doodads.

oh archdarling, I feel your pain. I have tons of books and movies that I lend out but most people are good at giving them back. We just have one friend that we don't allow to borrow ANYTHING from us. I guess it helps that I have a super geeky husband who set up a book/video database for them to sign things out on...

Home by Michael Bublé and Feels like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk always make me feel homesick for something.

I do love this house, I like how clean and uncluttered it is and all the windows. It just needs some art on the wall or some family photos...it feels a bit like a beautiful house showing.