January Challenge (4 of 5)

[fred_mouse]

How did the decluttering of the work space(s) go? Did you spend time looking for things that could go, move a thing or two, or have a wildly successful week? Or did you work on a different space instead?

For week four we are moving from decluttering spaces in order to make them more welcoming to us, to making our space more welcoming to others. What this might look like

• Is it difficult to get into the house? Option: work out what of the stuff in the front hall / entrance / verandah / front step is useful to have there, and deal with (some of) the rest. If that stuff is clutter to be rehomed, maybe make the getting it out of the house a priority
• Is there nowhere for visitors to put things when they visit? Option: go through the shoe rack / coat rack / other storage and getting rid of what you don't use so that there is space for visitors to leave their shoes / coats / other when they visit
• Is there nowhere for a visitor to sit? Option: Clear a second chair! Or a path to a second chair!
• Are there too many choices of tea, and none of them good? Option: get rid of the stale tea so nobody accidentally gets served it. Do not suffer stale tea.
• Have your serving plates / company coffee mugs / tea cups seen better days? Are there good ones that never get appreciated? Consider: ditch the dodgy, have the joy of using the nice ones (and if the nice ones aren't ever going to get used, is it time to send them out into the world to bring joy to someone else?)
• if you have a car and are a person who provides transport, is there clutter in there making life awkward?

Remember, this is a gentle challenge, and if you get one thing progressed, that is a big win even when you can't give yourself the credit.

Comments

[vae]

My lace pillow and some threads I'm never going to use are bagged up waiting to go to creative reuse, and I need to go through my lace bobbins as well since I have far more than I'm ever going to need for any one project. We're due to go out there on Saturday to drop things off.

I've also gone through a chest of drawers and found an old duvet cover, a pair of curtain linings, and a rug we no longer use, and those are bagged up waiting to go to a charity shop.

[fred_mouse]

Well done on finding things to go out! I covet lacemaking items, but given how little I do of the existing crafting hobbies, I really don't have time.

[vae]

I still have a lot of bobbins, both ready to go and waiting to be spangled, and a lace pillow and cover cloths. I don't make lace to the point where I need a pillow to work on while the lace on the first one sets any more!

[fred_mouse]

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