I got started before it got too hot and I rested with a glass of water as needed, but I did get my sewing room mostly straightened up and cleaned. This morning as I walk through here(office is in sewing room too)it feels so nice. It had gotten quite dusty and the whole house was smelling dusty. The fans are blowing the dust around and you can just tell I really needed to vaccum and dust to make it fresh again. I decided to start with the sewing room. I want it to be comfortable for sewing often or more often like nearly everyday. I did not sew at all yesterday. But maybe I will have a chance before we go to church this morning and later after we get home.
Not only did I clean I did a little rearranging. I had stacks of various things on the floor and we had to walk around them to get through the room. Now we can walk through without tripping over anything. I also took the closet door down to help it feel more open and to use the wall space behind it for my cutting table. I think I will eventually make a curtain to hang over the closet door. But I won't do that until we finish painting this room. Taking down the closet door also will make it easier to tackle painting the next section after we get cooler weather. I also moved the ironing board from the family room into the sewing room. Much easier to use when I am sewing and need to press seams open. Also makes for less clutter in the family room. My bookcase is also straigthened up and now you can easily see the books of my favorite author. That is what the picture above is, books by my favorite author Debbie Macomber. Hers are the some of the few I am keeping. We are trying to narrow down our book collection. Many of the books I have, I read then add it to the bag to donate to the library. But not Debbie Macomber's books. My husband does the same with his books. I am hoping to narrow our collection down enough where we can actually get rid of at least one of our bookcases, maybe two.
While I was doing the cleaning, my husband was going through the paper tiger stacks and deciding what to keep and what to shred and toss out. I kept handing him stuff as I cleared away things. He was watching football, so that was a good thing to do while watching the game. During commercials he would shred and toss or put away. It worked out very well. It got up to 106 yesterday. I read in our local news that it has been a hotter than usual summer this year. I can believe it. On to cooler days. Makes it easier to focus on crafts and sewing when it is not so hot.
