Happy November! I am so excited
for the holidays. Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday followed just
barely underneath it with Christmas. I love thanksgiving because it is the one holiday
that to me hasn’t been ruined by retail marketing (obviously considering it
just gets skipped over 90% of the time). Seriously though I love Thanksgiving. Pumpkin
pie and turkey, hot coco, cold weather (or barely cooler if you live in texas),
families gathering together to eat and talk and enjoy each other’s company, football! I
am one of those, go all out decorate and host a party kind of people. I
remember when I was little thinking about all the things I would do during the
holidays when I got married. Although my plans didn’t quite work out as I
planned (His family isn’t big into holidays and mine is out of the picture) I
am still looking forward to when we are finally in our own place and I can
really get into the holiday season. My project for the next few weeks is going
to be to get our little house all decked out for the holiday season. However, I
am working on a baby budget (I’m talking infancy here) and a small space with
way to much clutter. If this sounds like you then stay tuned for how to plan
for the holidays on a tight budget and limited space. To give you a better idea
of what kind of space I am working with we have aprox. 600sq. ft. and it is two
mirrored bedroom/bathrooms connected by a hallway with a door leading to the
back yard in one of them. So we’ve basically turned one of the bedrooms into
our living room (the one with the door to the outside) and it’s connecting
bathroom is our “kitchen.” We use the hallway as an extension of kitchen which
then leads into our master bedroom. So basically a one bedroom/bathroom house.
Honestly I have no complaints! It is a lovely little setup. The only noticeable
shortcoming is lack of a kitchen but we make it work.
Anyway, if you would like to join me in my
decluttering/decorating extravaganza then stay tuned. As for now if you are
joining me on this adventure then lets start with a room. I am starting with my
living room because the only way I am getting a Christmas tree in there is if I
move a LOT of stuff around.
First, pick a section of your
home to start with and make a plan. Start with the obvious simple stuff, pick
up the trash and if there is clutter that shouldn’t be there move it. If it has
a home, put it away. If not then pick an area (preferably the last place you plan
to deal with) and turn it into your “pile.” This is where all the stuff that
you don’t know what to do with will go…we will return to this towards the end
of our adventure.
After all the obvious trash and
clutter is gone next you need to start deciding what to keep and what needs to
go away. Get a bin or box and some wrapping paper (if you have breakable stuff)
and start going through your room and deciding if stuff needs to stay or go.
Once this is done there will be a lot more space for holiday decorations.
Now I don’t know about you but I have three
MAJOR obstacles in my living room that need to be moved. I have a five gallon
and ten gallon fish tank and a recliner in the corner where my tree went last
year. Obviously these items can’t just be “stored” until later. So I am going
to have to do some serious reworking to make stuff fit…or get one of those “night
stand” Christmas trees (that is so not happening). So if you have any major obstacles
identify them now so you can start redecorating to accommodate those items.
If you have followed me this far
then you are well on your way to decorating and decluttering your home on a
budget. With work, some family drama, school and finals week only a month away
it promises to be a busy next few months. Life goals is to have Thanksgiving
decorations up by Nov. 1st but since I have clearly missed that
deadline I am going to try to get everything done by the 15th. Subscribe
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questions or suggestions (vintagegirl112212@gmail.com)
I will try to answer as many as I can. Stay tuned, and pictures are coming
soon!
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