The Big Move (not OT)

----------------------------8 So, while doing this and feeling the weight of the wardrobe full of fabrics

tIDYING UP AND PACKING AWAY THE FABRIC READY FOR THE MOVE IS GREAT: TIDY IT INTO STACKING CRATES, AND LABEL THEM. tHEN THE STACKS CAN JUST BE THE NEW FABRIC HOME IN THE NEW PLACE!

(GRR! Didn't mean to shout! CBA to retype that lot!)

My fabrics and books also enrich my life, but as I don't want them to clutter it, the books go on shelves and the fabric in boxes! :)

I hope I can be an inspiration in more than just shedding unwanted clothes and making a new wardrobe! I have a large stack of James's grown-out-of toys and clothes that need to get to the charity shop: the heap is getting in the way and on my nerves! I wonder... If I shift it downstairs to the conservatory so it annoys DH< will he stack it all in the car and take it to the Demelza House shop for me?

Freecycle may get some stuff, and I'm looking into ebaying things like the Action Man collection!

No, we're NOT moving: I'm just hoping that clearing out the excess will

Best of luck with the clearing out, Ursula, and I heartily endorse the wedding outfit plans! :)

Nah, that won't work for me, I've to an excellent new wardrobe that'll be their home. On the other hand - I might put the woollen things into plastic boxes (the ones that used to hold the "precious" soon-to-fit-again clothing items) and put some moth repellant with them. And that's no joke, my place is infested with moths, probably imported with the cheap wool carpeting. The proof to me seems that the corners of the carpeting in some rooms are completely pile-free. That's where they came from. So I keep my precious babies in the cupboard with loads of moth paper.

That reminds me of a really old joke: Young moth is out of the closet for the first time. On coming back, mama moth asks her how she liked it. "Great" she says, "everybody was applauding me!"

Of course the books are in shelves. First thing! Otherwise they might get hurt. No, I'm not obsessive-compulsive, at least not very much. ;-)

I bet it will, I feel like I've got a much larger wardrobe, and I haven't mentioned yet the five bags of old suits and shirts I cleared from DFH's wardrobe. Do you know that cry "But that's practically new!" ? In this case it was a suit that clearly showed by design and fabric that it was bought in the early 90s. I had to prove it by making him wear it (didn't close in the front anymore, ahem) and search the pockets (tickets with a date of the late

Thanks for patting my shoulder! ;-)

U.

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It will, indeed! We did a lot of that sorting out and donating the past two summers at the vacation home. Made probably 10 trips to the nearest resale shop (charity, not consignment) with all sorts of stuff. And the little house did get bigger.

Jean

Our church is having a rummage sale today and tomorrow. Even persuaded dh to get rid of some of his books! - By threatening that I wouldn't throw any of mine until he did his share! Got rid of all kinds of usable (but no longer by me) stuff.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

DH and I have a 'book-a-week' scheme whereby we agree on one book weekly to donate to a charity. Sounds small but it does add up. sometimes we are behind but we eventually catch up.

Jean

"Jean D Mahavier" wrote

How on earth can you stand parting with any of your books, and then even one per week (which indeed adds up to 52 p.a.) Some two or three years ago I chucked out some, and believe me, it was a heart-wrenching thing. At last, some of the stuff I bought through my teenage years had to go, plus such charming works as the "Horse Whisperer", which I thought was crap. But then, it's a matter of taste, isn't it? In the end I took maybe 30 books to the second-hand bookstore. I received maybe 5 Euro for them and fancied them on their way to new - good - home. Anyway, that was some years ago, maybe I should try the whole thing again, this time with my fantastic feng shui backup. ;-) And this time they'll go to some charity. End.

Ah, and about the furniture in our future home: I'm trying to coax him into giving the leather couch and easy chairs as well as the rest of the ultra-rustic living room/dining area stuff to charity, since I'm totally sure nobody on the whole wide ebay would want stuff like that, at least not if they have to pay for it. Hopefully charity will come and pick the stuff up. Uh-oh, now things are really OT.

Bye, have a nice Sunday!

U.

It's not an easy thing to part with books but if your local library has a book sale or as ours does, a used book store you have to think of it as a donation and a chance to pass along a well loved read. I run our library's book store and always love it when someone brings in good books in good condition. We have made a sizable amount of money for the library that way. Books that don't sell fairly rapidly we then give to the regular book sale or pass along to nursing homes, Salvation Army or even the Children s Home. You have to think of them as ambassadors of good will. There are lots of people out there who can't afford to buy new books but love to read. So instead of thinking of them as being disposed of, think of them as being a gift to someone else. Juno

Ursula, I absolutely love leather sofas, chairs etc. All the furniture my DS & I bought for the living room in our new home is leather. DD replaced her elegant(when new) Ethan Allen sofa and chairs with leather, too, a couple years ago. Emily

Fantastic idea, Juno. I have gone through mine recently and decided to get rid of several well-used, but in excellent condition ones, and DS said he'd do the same when he gets home next week. Emily

Well, OK, I guess I tend to think of people who don't have money to buy books as the type not interested in any read beyond tabloids at all. Yes, I have to tear them from my heart and shelves and give them on to somebody who loves to read them. I pledged my cherished second hand Georgette Heyer collection (for those who don't know her: regency romance novels, a kind of more playful successor to Jane Austen) as a sacrifice if I'd get a decent partner. I got them from my shelves but haven't gotten them out of the house yet. Haven't touched them since, though. Got a decent partner - more than decent, I have to admit - so the books gotta go out of the house. Charity, that's it. Church, I'd say. I'll do the step, I'll need the room on my shelves for stuff about child raising and such. ;-) Make room for something new, dubadeedah-dee-doo!

U.

Ah, Emily, the thing with this ensemble is: it's plain ugly and totally uncomfortable, at least for two. In winter your bum freezes on the stuff, in summer your nekkid thighs tend to stick to it in the most painful manner. I have to admit that not all leather furniture is ugly per se. I googled for EA and I can assure you that the stuff is not nearly as classy. It's the type of ensemble you got in the 80s, with high backs, high seats and nothing in its features that would allow my standard ugly-sofa-remedy - a throw-on cover in a nice colour and fabric. Something like this:

I hope that I didn't offend anybody with my tirade against this sofa, but if so: please feel comforted in the thought that everything is a matter of taste, and that, if exactly such a couch as the one mentioned above resides in your living room, you may feel free to think what a horrible taste I have. ;-)

Cheers,

U.

"Ursula Noeker" wrote in news:ehgf8d$ucg$01$ snipped-for-privacy@news.t-online.com:

i'll trade you my child rearing books for your Georgette Heyer! :) i have only read about 4 of her books because i have to borrow them from my friend in NYC. i haven't been to visit since i had my baby (now 6 years old) & i miss reading them. they *are* fun to read.

lee

Those are not a couch and a bed. Those are 800 lb. gorillas. They come with too much baggage, and must go!!

No,our living room sofa and chairs are totally different; mission style red oak with mahogany leather that really looks good , at least to us, against our pale beige walls & carpet. One saying my DGM taught me at a young age, "To each his own." I would probably do more than yell about the mattress you described. It would definitely have to go. Emily

I know they are good, I was sort of addicted and would read them whenever a single Sunday breakfast demanded some cheerful reading. Anyway, if your German is as good as my English the deal is done. (Sorry, all but one are in German, 60s pocketbook editions most. As I mentioned - I made it a rule to get them second-hand.) Still care for them? ;-)

SCNR ;-)

U.

@ Emily & Joanne:

I did complain about the bed and the couch, and I succeeded. Still, I can't imagine sleeping in the very bed my mother died in. Anyway, the young man has since our first meeting undergone a rigid sensitivity training and is now on the right way. He even manages to listen to my ravings about fabric and clothing without more than an occasional absent-minded, kind of vacant look on his face and a slight moan. (LOL) No, seriously, he has a very tender heart but as most men of the oldish school (born in the 1950s into a rather traditional family) has some difficulty in expressing his feelings. But that's another story. I'm looking forward to our new sofa from IKEA

That is one gorgeous sofa, just not my style though. I love the idea of a red wall behind it. My German is limited, I don't know what is meant by "the Mollebo cover" I once painted my kitchen/breakfast area in what was known back in the early 50s, a "barn red" trimmed in shiny white. We had lots of compliments from friends and family. Emily

Oh, it's just the name of the fabric. IKEA christens all their products with more or less Swedish names. The fabric we have in mind is a salt 'n' peppa coloured cotton, the overall effect is going to be a greyish beige. Since we go for kids we both thought that that would be best in case of dirty little fingers etc. (He doesn't want to hear about throw-on covers.)

That barn red - is it the same you find on Swedish houses? That looks really great with white. Wasn't it a bit too overwhelming in the end? That is my fear with the red walls, that I might feel a bit closed in in the long run. Still, I'm just so eager on trying something really new that I'm willing to risk it.

U.