Oh dear, another week and a half gone and I haven’t been a good blogger. Once I get through a tight work deadline over the next week, that should change. Of course on top of work and teaching I also have Thanksgiving to prepare for, and the house needs more tidying up before next Thursday.

We’re into the little projects these days — the ones without a lot of punch, but with a big day-to-day impact. The new home office, which became the dumping ground for all clutter, is coming along. After moving the file cabinet and some other storage containers from the basement (along with a trip to Container Store), I tackled the mess. It still has a ways to go, but I’m confident that we’ll be able to stay on top of paperwork much better with a dedicated home office rather than with various spots scattered throughout the house. Maybe our dining room table will be used more for eating than for yesterday’s junk mail!

We’ve also been working on the kitchen and added a couple of wall cabinets that were left over from our summer mini-remodel. It gave me some much-needed additional storage space, and gave us more counter space as well. Photos to come.

Pete built a skinny base cabinet for the other side of the stove that now houses cookie sheets and the like. We saved a small piece of butcher block just for that purpose. It makes a huge difference, not only to have a spot to rest utensils while cooking, but also in finishing off the stove. It was a slide-in stove without the slide-in appearance and just didn’t look great. Now it’s starting to look like a cook’s kitchen!

Like I said, photos to come as soon as I can catch my breath.

Tags: clutter, home office, kitchen, organize