Room dividers as window treatment?
kids bedroom divider ideas
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Andy
So I have an idea that I have seen used only once before, I loved it. Instead of shutters or a curtain, would it look nice to use room dividers? Do any of you have that for your living room? Send me a picture(: andyroldan94@gmail.com
Of course, nice room dividers.
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I have personally never seen it but the one thing I know about room dividers is how versatile they are. So I would not be surprised at all if a room divider as a window curtain looks great and in fact becomes a popular style. I use my room divider to separate my kids bedroom into two so they can feel like they have their own space even though they have to share a bedroom. I am sure there are hundreds of other ways to use a room divider as well I say go for it.
I have personally never seen it but the one thing I know about room dividers is how versatile they are. So I would not be surprised at all if a room divider as a window curtain looks great and in fact becomes a popular style. I use my room divider to separate my kids bedroom into two so they can feel like they have their own space even though they have to share a bedroom. I am sure there are hundreds of other ways to use a room divider as well I say go for it.
Do you feel like you could be on the show 'Hoarders"?
Real
I have had no contact with my emotionally abusive mother or father/siblings for about 10 years.(They told me that's just the way SHE Is, and I SHOULD PUT UP WITH IT!) I know I am better off without her/them in my life, but around the holidays I always long for that loving extended family! (That I never had.) I am married to a good, but not especially emotional man, and have children in high school and college. I LOVE my family.
i enjoyed the holidays with my husband, kids, and hubby's extended family. I feel blue because they passed by so quickly. I can't stand the idea of taking down the Christmas tree! I hate winter without Christmas!
Another thing that is making me feel badly, is WHAT A CLUTTERED< SLOPPY MESS MY HOME IS! This is nothing new, but it's really bothering me! I work part-time, so I have more time to do stuff than a lot of women, but I can't seem to get anything done! As I sit at the computer, I see coffee grinds, and crumbs on the kitchen floor, and I feel bad about my disgusting home. The only time I really clean is if company's coming over, and then I close off most of the house, do some superficial cleaning, and pray they don't discover what a SLOB/Hoarder I am. There is clutter every where too-piled in boxes in my bedroom, falling out of cabinets, and closets, etc. Every time I start to organize things, I don't know where to put stuff, get overwhelmed, and give up! When I think of inviting friends over, the stress at how much work i'd have to do overwhelms me, so i don't invite anyone over. When I go to friends homes, everything is spotless and organized, so I feel even worse. I feel paralyzed by this. I have been in and out of therapy over the years and take anti-depressants.
I tried the FLY Lady Website, but found it overwhelming.
Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a realistic solution that works for them?
Thanks for listening. Please pray for me. I'm in a funk!
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Yes, but you need to rewrite this in the form of a question that doesn't look & sound like you're just wanting to chat. Ask a new question like this: What is a realistic solution for hoarding that works?
Then your added details, such as your dislike of the Fly Lady website, could be the same as it is now.
By the way, while you're waiting for answers, you could do a search on "Search Y! Answers" above to find similar questions that have been asked before. It's just a thought on something that we may overlook.
The main answer that I could say is to take one step at a time. Another is to do a complete task like sweeping & mopping the kitchen floor, which may involve moving a pile of newspapers away from under or next to or on top of the kitchen table. Can they be grouped together in a box so you can sweep & mop?
Regarding one step at a time, most experts say to stick to one room at a time or even just one closet or one shelf of a closet or the kitchen table or whatever that would make a visible dent. When you're done, would anyone look at it & still say that the one thing you worked on for one hour or three or even all day is still a mess? If so, then keep working again tomorrow in whatever length of time is possible beyond meals & dishes & basic survival.
Think of the Fly Lady philosophy & what it is saying, namely to do just one thing for now. Now take what you dislike about her technique & rewrite that style to suit yourself. It's just a thought.
The other thing to know is that besides websites, your public library may have some books on household organization & suggestions. Some of them are quite good, while some ideas might not be for you. I would suggest a 3-ring binder & notebook paper with dividers. Then you can take notes on the book's ideas & your thoughts on the matter, then put it where you can find it. You could also keep a tally type chart of hour many hours you spent on cleaning, sorting, & organizing each week. Set a goal for the initial sorting task & another just for routine cleaning. Maybe it could take you 200 hours of sorting & tossing & such. As one author said, in 200 hours she could do anything, even write a book, so keep such a chart when you have a goal. Well, I don't know about 200 hrs being enough, but maybe 400. How many hours would that be per week for one year? How long does it take to make a dent that you can notice?
5 hrs/wk for Jan-Mar would be 65 hours. What could you do in 65 hours? Remember that this is in addition to the required survival tasks like shopping, cooking, & cleaning. If that's only 2 hrs/wk that you have available, then make it that. That would be 26 hrs. over 3 months or 13 weeks. Hey! 26 hrs is something, isn't it? That's even exciting. Now decide what you plan to accomplish in that time. The kitchen? The hall closet so it only has linens & toothpastes & stuff? That's another suggestion I've seen: Keep like things together & only allow things on a shelf or in a storage box if it fits that category. We need to drill that in our heads sometimes: think in categories.
Another method is to clean as though company is coming & you want to do a quick pick-up. Sure, do that, but remember that it's probably not thorough sorting. It's a rough sort to toss last week's newspaper ads or whatever, putting away coats & shoes & putting a few other clutter things away & sort the mail. Do that every day or every weekend. Could be 15 min/day or 15 min/4 times/day. It might work if you didn't have the hoarding problem, so go ahead & make it a habit, & a very good one at that. Just keep in mind that it's not the same as your sorting & tossing as a long-range goal.
I keep saying "tossing." Don't cringe, though. Given enough file cabinets & bookshelves & other organizers, you MIGHT be able to keep everything & not toss a thing unless it's foodstuff or moldy. Do you really want to, though? Look at the cost of storage & lack of space & give it a hard look, boxing or bagging things for thrift shops, recycling papers, & shredding still others. If you like, you could keep a secret count of how many bags or boxes of stuff you tossed or got out of the house. Then if anyone criticizes what still might be a mess, at least you will know what you've already accomplished even if you don't raise any arguments about it.
So, replace your grand funk with calm, cool, & collected. Don't like the Fly Lady & her burst of energy? You can still do it calmly your own way, just so long as you're doing something.
Yes, but you need to rewrite this in the form of a question that doesn't look & sound like you're just wanting to chat. Ask a new question like this: What is a realistic solution for hoarding that works?
Then your added details, such as your dislike of the Fly Lady website, could be the same as it is now.
By the way, while you're waiting for answers, you could do a search on "Search Y! Answers" above to find similar questions that have been asked before. It's just a thought on something that we may overlook.
The main answer that I could say is to take one step at a time. Another is to do a complete task like sweeping & mopping the kitchen floor, which may involve moving a pile of newspapers away from under or next to or on top of the kitchen table. Can they be grouped together in a box so you can sweep & mop?
Regarding one step at a time, most experts say to stick to one room at a time or even just one closet or one shelf of a closet or the kitchen table or whatever that would make a visible dent. When you're done, would anyone look at it & still say that the one thing you worked on for one hour or three or even all day is still a mess? If so, then keep working again tomorrow in whatever length of time is possible beyond meals & dishes & basic survival.
Think of the Fly Lady philosophy & what it is saying, namely to do just one thing for now. Now take what you dislike about her technique & rewrite that style to suit yourself. It's just a thought.
The other thing to know is that besides websites, your public library may have some books on household organization & suggestions. Some of them are quite good, while some ideas might not be for you. I would suggest a 3-ring binder & notebook paper with dividers. Then you can take notes on the book's ideas & your thoughts on the matter, then put it where you can find it. You could also keep a tally type chart of hour many hours you spent on cleaning, sorting, & organizing each week. Set a goal for the initial sorting task & another just for routine cleaning. Maybe it could take you 200 hours of sorting & tossing & such. As one author said, in 200 hours she could do anything, even write a book, so keep such a chart when you have a goal. Well, I don't know about 200 hrs being enough, but maybe 400. How many hours would that be per week for one year? How long does it take to make a dent that you can notice?
5 hrs/wk for Jan-Mar would be 65 hours. What could you do in 65 hours? Remember that this is in addition to the required survival tasks like shopping, cooking, & cleaning. If that's only 2 hrs/wk that you have available, then make it that. That would be 26 hrs. over 3 months or 13 weeks. Hey! 26 hrs is something, isn't it? That's even exciting. Now decide what you plan to accomplish in that time. The kitchen? The hall closet so it only has linens & toothpastes & stuff? That's another suggestion I've seen: Keep like things together & only allow things on a shelf or in a storage box if it fits that category. We need to drill that in our heads sometimes: think in categories.
Another method is to clean as though company is coming & you want to do a quick pick-up. Sure, do that, but remember that it's probably not thorough sorting. It's a rough sort to toss last week's newspaper ads or whatever, putting away coats & shoes & putting a few other clutter things away & sort the mail. Do that every day or every weekend. Could be 15 min/day or 15 min/4 times/day. It might work if you didn't have the hoarding problem, so go ahead & make it a habit, & a very good one at that. Just keep in mind that it's not the same as your sorting & tossing as a long-range goal.
I keep saying "tossing." Don't cringe, though. Given enough file cabinets & bookshelves & other organizers, you MIGHT be able to keep everything & not toss a thing unless it's foodstuff or moldy. Do you really want to, though? Look at the cost of storage & lack of space & give it a hard look, boxing or bagging things for thrift shops, recycling papers, & shredding still others. If you like, you could keep a secret count of how many bags or boxes of stuff you tossed or got out of the house. Then if anyone criticizes what still might be a mess, at least you will know what you've already accomplished even if you don't raise any arguments about it.
So, replace your grand funk with calm, cool, & collected. Don't like the Fly Lady & her burst of energy? You can still do it calmly your own way, just so long as you're doing something.
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