On the weekend I was inspired by my youngest sister who did some furniture rearranging at her place......we have been in our home nearly 15 years and we DO have some stuff.
We are not big on moving furniture around a lot ....we get comfortable and leave it where it is...
anyways..I was inspired.....to move furniture.....oh and shame ...the dust and things that we found.....
But we have some new spaces....
The other thing I was prompted to do as a result of our weekend family gathering...where my sentimental /collector personality was discussed yet again......
I took a look at some of my stuff and made a very brave( well I thought it was) decision to clear some of my "stuff"
As I was taking out a collection of mine from the glass display cabinet I realised that my life pre-kids was actually competing with the sentimental things of my children.....my life before, I collected things that meant something...were a way of having an interest....spending the little disposable income I had.......BUT
Do I actually need these things now.....what is precious to me now.....my children and the things that remind me of them......
So needless to say I have one glass cabinet of sentiment instead of two!!! Big deal for me...
One day it will all move over and it will be my grand children's sentimental things in the cabinet...
reading this back ...maybe my family have a point......call it the "H" word or a collector of sentiments.....this little collector freed up some space today.
I would show you the rest of the reshuffle but I bet you know what happens when you start moving one thing...you end up with a bigger mess than you started with....
oh great job! Very brave to move some of your specials on!
ReplyDeleteI totally get you though, on our collections from pre-kids.... I myself have slowly ditched bits too... not enough though... lol Good luck with the rest of the re-shuffle.
You certainly do! We've been meaning to move our living around around too but well... Well done you - those glass cabinets are beautiful and would have been hard to part with the one no doubt. Yay for freshening up and treasuring memories x
ReplyDeleteI can so relate to this Bron, but think as I've got older I'm better at getting rid of stuff. Like you, it's all in the family and memories. Love your cabinets and that photo of your beautiful girl. Hope you're well xx
ReplyDeleteyes, I am so there with you - it all has meaning for me and that's where I get a little bit stuck!
ReplyDeleteWell done on the big tidy up! I know exactly what you mean about the tidying activity creating more mess than before you started.
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