Hello Fellow Declutterers!!!!!! Cheers for luludou, Kate 510, piratemamaof3boys, AnnieClaus, MinnieCo.... and everyone else who is in this wonderful Club!!!!!
Today.... I am going to work in our bedroom. There are LOTS of papers in there.... from the various stages of decluttering this month. The files are all BACK in the office/guest room. So.... today I will concentrate on getting the bedroom decluttered.... and even.... cleaned up!!!
I see the programs on HGTV.... for "staging" houses for sale. The bedrooms on the "house of the week"... are full of dressers and small tables and chests... and lots of stuff. To "sell" the house.... the stagers take as much OUT of the bedroom - as possible. Then they paint the bedroom (so it looks fresh).... get new bed-coverings. And get one dramatic but simple and impersonal painting or picture.... for the wall behind the bed.
People coming to visit the "Open House".... always say things like.... "Oh. How spacious and lovely the bedroom looks!" They are saying this about bedrooms with NOTHING in them.... except the bed... and one or two night tables. Do these people ever think..... "Where do you put the dresser and the TV and "stuff"??? I guess not.
And we...... we are just like the people visiting the "open houses". We LOVE the clear, empty bedrooms! So.... WHAT are we supposed to do with our stuff? I guess.... we should get rid of as much of this stuff as possible! And.... NOT bring in "new stuff" unless we really, really need it. (As always.... people with growinjg children.... please ignore this!Q Children just NEED stuff! So.... don't beat yourself up about this! People live a LONG time nowadays.... and you will have decades and decades for decluttering.... when the children are grown!)
Long story short.... today.... it is the bedroom, for me!!!!!!