My New Year's non-resolution

Did anyone have a  New Year's resolution

pertaining to being more organized?

While it wasn't anything formal,
in fact I don't ever make resolutions,

but I wanted to have this place straightened up

before our routine got back to normal.

It's not done, not by a long shot, but

I am slowly making progress with the piles.

It really helped that my husband knocked

some things off our list and spent

most of the weekend cleaning the basement.

Our bedroom is done,  except for

the always-accumulating piles of clean laundry.

Here is how my yarn stash turned out.

Not the prettiest of solutions

but it is all sorted and easier to get to.

I managed to finish up the attached

living room and kitchen which

gave us back half of our main living area

after the chaos of the holidays.

Even though I first wanted to get

my dining room work space cleared out,
I couldn't resist trying out my Christmas present.

Turns out the kitchen table
offers the best morning light anyway.

On New Year's Day, my husband and I snuck out

for some coffee, a drive and a stop at

the storage building for a used furniture store.

He stood guard over my pile

(what's it with me and piles?)

until I was done "shopping."

Even he had to admit we got some really great deals.

These are but a bit of what I bought.

I'm drawn lately to silver and glass pieces and

this GE industrial gray fan just had to come home.

So there is my progress on my non-resolution.

I'm heading back to do more organizing now.