A Changed Room

Feeling the need for some change in my life, I re-decorated my entire living room today and it didn't cost a single penny. The room feels entirely different now. So, how did I do it? No, I didn't trade "favors" with a decorator. I just moved the furniture 45 degrees around and removed most of the crap covering the walls. Some of the crap was from the dogs tracking mud, pee and poo into the house and then shaking. Some of the crap was in the form of bamboo screens and way too much stuff nailed to the walls.

Now the storage bedroom is jam-packed with even more of my things, but at least the downstairs looks better. I find it difficult to part with things, I mostly just move them around.

The scary part was seeing what was under and behind the couch. Black widow spiders had set up housekeeping and mice had been stockpiling dog food. I'm so hoping that the mice were just visiting and aren't hunkered down somewhere else in the house.

The bamboo screens had black widow spiders clinging to them as well. I'm trying not to think about what is behind the other furniture. I'm not in the mood to peek and find out.

Most of the day was spent vacuuming, scrubbing, washing and hosing things off. I so badly wanted to drag the hose in the house to work on the walls. Too bad that's against the rules.

I'm very happy with the room now. It's clean, uncluttered, allowed me to work off some nervous energy and it was FREEEEE!