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Hope to see you soon!
Kristina
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
House updates coming soon!
Moving can be stressful and even though I have been through it before I still forget how hard it is.
I am used to helping clients pack, unpack, design the layout of rooms and help them organize their new spaces but somehow at my own house I get impatient. I know how the process works and I know it takes time to find a place for everything but in the meantime there are not enough hours in the day. The piles make me crazy and the unfinished projects hang over me. I guess that is why I do what I do for a living.
My house is finally coming together after about a month of living here. I have to remember to be patient and realize I can't have instant perfection. I am trying to focus on the little things that make a big difference. A cozy blanket on the couch, some art on the wall and a pup asleep by my side and it is starting to feel like home.
I am used to helping clients pack, unpack, design the layout of rooms and help them organize their new spaces but somehow at my own house I get impatient. I know how the process works and I know it takes time to find a place for everything but in the meantime there are not enough hours in the day. The piles make me crazy and the unfinished projects hang over me. I guess that is why I do what I do for a living.
My house is finally coming together after about a month of living here. I have to remember to be patient and realize I can't have instant perfection. I am trying to focus on the little things that make a big difference. A cozy blanket on the couch, some art on the wall and a pup asleep by my side and it is starting to feel like home.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Good Egg Organizing moves to Hillsborough!
Good Egg Organizing has moved to Hillsborough, NC. I know this may come as a surprise to some of you! My last house was supposed to be our forever house and my husband and I put so much work into it. It was a beautiful house with almost 8 acres of land. We loved being in the country for the peace and quiet and our house had lots of space and plenty of storage. After living there for a little over a year we realized it was so much work to maintain the house and property. There was also the factor that being in the country with all that peace and quiet meant that we were far from restaurants, shopping and things we wanted to do.
So fast forward to our decision to sell the house and move somewhere with a small town feel but lots of art, music and great food. Our house sold very quickly which we were grateful for but that put us in a tight time frame with a December move a week before Christmas! To those of you that I have worked with for years thank you for your understanding and patience with me and my limited availability during the holidays.
We found a house near downtown Hillsborough and we are so excited about the location. The house was built in 1921 so we are starting over again with a long list of projects, something we are very familiar with. The house is also half the size of our last house with very limited storage and no garage or shed at the moment. Lets just say I am presented with many organizing challenges! Normally I love a good organizing challenge but there are only so many hours in the day. I have been working around the clock to get everything put in its place. Lets just say that my husband, myself and the puppies do not like living in a cluttered house!
I will be posting some updates as I make progress on all my projects.
Until then I will try to remember what I tell my clients...take one project at a time and it will get done!
Happy New Year!
Kristina
So fast forward to our decision to sell the house and move somewhere with a small town feel but lots of art, music and great food. Our house sold very quickly which we were grateful for but that put us in a tight time frame with a December move a week before Christmas! To those of you that I have worked with for years thank you for your understanding and patience with me and my limited availability during the holidays.
We found a house near downtown Hillsborough and we are so excited about the location. The house was built in 1921 so we are starting over again with a long list of projects, something we are very familiar with. The house is also half the size of our last house with very limited storage and no garage or shed at the moment. Lets just say I am presented with many organizing challenges! Normally I love a good organizing challenge but there are only so many hours in the day. I have been working around the clock to get everything put in its place. Lets just say that my husband, myself and the puppies do not like living in a cluttered house!
I will be posting some updates as I make progress on all my projects.
Until then I will try to remember what I tell my clients...take one project at a time and it will get done!
Happy New Year!
Kristina
Friday, April 25, 2014
Mudroom Maintenance
When we moved in I was eager to get all the kitchen stuff put away. We all have the misc. items that are used for entertaining but not used every day. You hate to take up valuable space in the kitchen for those less frequently used items.
I am lucky enough to have a nice big cabinet in our mudroom to use for that kind of storage.
Until now I had not really had time to wipe it all down and tear out the old shelf liner and do a major reorganization. After enlisting the hubby to give me the okay on what kitchen items I could donate I had paired the items down to a manageable number. I designated some bins for tablecloths, party supplies, candles and votive holders and Christmas dishes and serving pieces.
Now for the icing on the cake... or so I thought. I ripped out the old liner and decided to replace it with some self adhesive shelf liner. I figured this was a better option because I had heavy serving trays and I did not want the liner shifting. Well it may have been helpful to read the directions about cutting the paper into small sections to make it easier. I thought I wanted less seams so I decided to try to do large sections at once. After lots of frustration and lots of bumps and buckles in my liner I decided I would have to resign myself to the imperfection and just go with it. Lesson learned for next time!
The Before:
New very sticky liner!
I am lucky enough to have a nice big cabinet in our mudroom to use for that kind of storage.
Until now I had not really had time to wipe it all down and tear out the old shelf liner and do a major reorganization. After enlisting the hubby to give me the okay on what kitchen items I could donate I had paired the items down to a manageable number. I designated some bins for tablecloths, party supplies, candles and votive holders and Christmas dishes and serving pieces.
Now for the icing on the cake... or so I thought. I ripped out the old liner and decided to replace it with some self adhesive shelf liner. I figured this was a better option because I had heavy serving trays and I did not want the liner shifting. Well it may have been helpful to read the directions about cutting the paper into small sections to make it easier. I thought I wanted less seams so I decided to try to do large sections at once. After lots of frustration and lots of bumps and buckles in my liner I decided I would have to resign myself to the imperfection and just go with it. Lesson learned for next time!
The Before:
New very sticky liner!
Kitchen shelves
Sorry about that last post! Would you believe me if I said my puppy did it? He actually did jump on the keyboard and hit publish. How do they know just what button to push??? Anyway...
After reading some other blogs I got inspired to paint gray behind my open kitchen cabinets.
I hate to say I can't remember which blog but I think it was "Honey we're home". She has some great ideas!
I really wanted to paint a darker gray but because of our poor kitchen lighting I decided to go a few shades lighter. I also have some blue dishes with a brown edge and felt that they would be too dark against the gray. As I looked at the shelves my husband said " oh no I know what this means!"
I have to say he did see the wheels turning. Yes I wanted to replace all my dishes with bright white ones and white accents on the shelves like the blog had shown. But reality did set in and I decided to watch the budget and work with what I had.
My compromise was going to Ikea and getting some cute fake plants in great white pots to put on the top shelf. That gives me just enough happy and pop of white to wait to replace the dishes. So now I have a bit of a rustic cottage look combined with some white accents.
I do love the way it turned out! It is a subtle difference but gives it a fresh new look.
After reading some other blogs I got inspired to paint gray behind my open kitchen cabinets.
I hate to say I can't remember which blog but I think it was "Honey we're home". She has some great ideas!
I really wanted to paint a darker gray but because of our poor kitchen lighting I decided to go a few shades lighter. I also have some blue dishes with a brown edge and felt that they would be too dark against the gray. As I looked at the shelves my husband said " oh no I know what this means!"
I have to say he did see the wheels turning. Yes I wanted to replace all my dishes with bright white ones and white accents on the shelves like the blog had shown. But reality did set in and I decided to watch the budget and work with what I had.
My compromise was going to Ikea and getting some cute fake plants in great white pots to put on the top shelf. That gives me just enough happy and pop of white to wait to replace the dishes. So now I have a bit of a rustic cottage look combined with some white accents.
I do love the way it turned out! It is a subtle difference but gives it a fresh new look.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Guest Room ready
We finally have plenty of room for guests and it has been great having the extra space.
One of our guest rooms is a little smaller but I think we have made it cozy and I got to re purpose some items from other rooms (like the failed duvet from the master bedroom).
Guest Room Before:
Guest Room After:
One of our guest rooms is a little smaller but I think we have made it cozy and I got to re purpose some items from other rooms (like the failed duvet from the master bedroom).
Guest Room Before:
Guest Room After:
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