…on tidy drawers:
I caught organising fever … I started emptying drawers all over the house. Never mind that it was dinnertime as my family kept reminding me. Dinner could wait. I was changing my life.
…The process was carthatic … afterward, I spent the night wandering among the drawers, opening and closing them, feeling deeply self-satisfied, like you would feel if you had your oil changed, teeth cleaned and a hundred viruses purged from your computer in the same day.
And I learned this: You can have creditors after you, sky-high cholesterol, kids on drugs, and a marriage as combustible as a live grenade, but clean, orderly drawers will make you feel utterly in control.
Marni Jameson, House of Havoc
Ok. So this woman has my number.
Maybe slightly exagerrated, but otherwise right on the button.
I have fallen in love with organised drawers. I too have been opening and shutting drawers for the sheer satisfaction of it.
This is what happened. I revealed my bedside drawer in this post here. Then I got embarressed. Then I read this post here and got inspired.
Poor Chris.
Together we emptied our top drawers on the bed. The rule was if you don’t use it in the evening or morning – it doesn’t belong. So we culled and found homes for tid bits around the house. Now I was down to basics.
Then disaster struck. I decided to wipe down my drawers before filling them again… but there was mould!!! Everywhere.
After many tears, and wiping down with my homemade spray n wipe (with eucalyptus oil and lemon oil as a deterrant) I decided to line the drawers like my mum has always done. Problem is – I had no plain brown paper, which is what she always used.
So I shopped in my own house… and found an old roll of wallpaper left over from my parent’s recent renovation. PERFECT!
Beautifully lined and tidy drawers.
A before and after shot for you 🙂
WOO HOO!
Now I’m thinking about prettying up the actual bedside top – and adding some practical little boxes to encase bits and pieces, like my nail scissors and files etc, or my panadol etc. Such fun!
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