Tuesday Morning Book Reviews: “Restore, Recycle & Repurpose” & “Unstuff Your Life”

One thing that drives me crazy is my life in a mess. I like things neat and tidy. It helps me feel that my entire life is under control, not just the closets. Here’s how it goes. I tidy up a closet to my idea of perfection. I promise myself it will always stay that way. “This time I really mean it!” Then life gets busy and before I know it, mysterious elves (couldn’t be me!) have turned those closets upside down. Argh. Read More…

Are You Taking The AT Cure?

Apartment Therapy is holding their second annual, 4-week long Kitchen Cure. Are you a player? Sign-up is closed. But you can come here and I’ll tell you what we’re working on each week. Play along at home! This week we’re cleaning out all our old food and lightly wiping out the cabinets and the fridge.

Here’s how I’m faring.

Look what a mess this is! It’s all misterarthur’s fault, of course.

Let’s see… We eat Ritz crackers, Cheese Nips (they were stale), peanut butter and those cheap ice cream cones. The oldest food I found was a tube of something mysterious that expired in 2002.

Look! Now there’s room for more food. That means I can move the food from the other cabinets into this one leaving a cabinet free for a new set of dishes. Yay!

EDITOR’S CORRECTION: Sign-up is not closed. Sorry about that. I think I needed to eat lunch that day.