SEEKING SIMPLICITY

A successful Saturday

And so, it was another busy weekend, no really special events planned, but I started out the day Saturday with great hopes of getting some serious reorganization done. A key element in getting this done however was getting some unused things out of the house first.

I had someone scheduled to come at 10 to pickup a step stool we no longer needed. (Freecycle)

I had someone scheduled to come between 10 and 11 go pickup a too-heavy Ikea shelving unit that was threatening to fall off Olivia's wall. (And a puzzle for good measure.) (Bococa parents list serv)

And finally, someone scheduled to come sometime between 10 and 12 noon to purchase our lovely, but now too small, vanity table. (Bococa parents again...)

Everyone showed up on time, took what they wanted, and left a gloriously clear space in Olivia's room. EXCITING! This is the way it is supposed to work, I was very pleased and ready to get busy. Shifted the small-kid art table and chairs OUT of Olivia's room, and into the living room. Painted all parts with some lovely blue paint (rescued from trash room....why not?) and by the end of Saturday, Theo had received his 'new' art desk and chairs, and was a very happy kid. Total cost to me: $0!

On Sunday morning, we hit Ikea early, and picked out a very nice desk for Olivia's room - to take the place of the too-small desk and give her a real 2nd grader place to do homework. Sunday night the desk was put together, and Monday the room was reborn, again, in new style. Total cost of project: $14 (cost of desk and chair minus money made from selling vanity).

A very successful weekend project, in my opinion, and also good for the families who took home things they needed and wanted for free or a very good price.

The woman who took our too-heavy wall shelf already had plans to "Ikea hack" it into a sideboard type of desk by adding legs. And so, the shelf lives on, in a newer and better form, somewhere else. I was so happy, and very glad to get it out of my apartment.... :)