Anne Greenfield Blog

Converting your home into your vacation spa

agreenfield — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:48:48 +0000

This will definitely add enjoyment and value to your home.

http://bit.ly/y5cSAH

very cool house

agreenfield — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:24:59 +0000

An 18th-Century Starter House Saved From Ruin

http://bit.ly/wEUMPC

Day 2 of decluttering

agreenfield — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:23:49 +0000

Day 2 of decluttering did not go well. I put off doing my project of the day till 8PM. Way too late to start especially since its taken me over 6 years to attempt to go through and organize the piles of papers received from my parents home once they passed.It has been stowed away behind a large chair in my office accumalting dust. I started with the red canvas bag ( seen in the picture) which I thought I could knock off in an hour but took 2.5 hours just to divide up and then put back in the bag since I don't know what to do with it all. It happened to contain some amazing items which I will now have to share with my siblings and children. These included pictures I have never seen before of my Father taken in Algeria and Morocco and Paris during WWII, my parents when they were dating in 1939 , my babybook from 1956 and three of my Father's old wallets. There was NO money but a card that permitted him a free breakfast for being staff psychologist at a hospital in Salem, Oregon. There were many pictures of unidentified people which I should just throw out-yet I can't. I am proud to report I did throw away my Mother's 3 address books- I figured most of those people have passed as well. So now I have another project that will interfere with my cleaning -to organize my Father's pictures, scan them and send to my brothers.

how to do laundry -the RIGHT WAY!

agreenfield — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:07:41 +0000

While laundry is not my passion-I thought this was interesting especially how to tell if you are over using detergent.

http://bit.ly/AcH6XP

Cleaning up the clutter

agreenfield — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:05:55 +0000

Just back from vacation and I am determined to clean up my clutter. I have started by planning 3 areas of attack each work day.

1.Every morning putting something away in the garage ( off from the floor where it was temporarily placed years ago)

2. Emptying out one drawer anywhere in the house and actually cleaning it out!

3.Emptying out one cabinet in the kitchen and thinning out my collection of kitchen clutter.

Happy to report that on day one-February 1st

1.collected and put away all the thermal bags in the garage

2.cleaned out 2 of my dresser drawers

3.tidied up the "Tupper" ware cabinet-(have you noticed that those containers multiply in the dark.) by throwing out many topless containers.

First day a success!

Stay tune for daily updates I am making myself accountable to you!

such a creative gift giving idea

agreenfield — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:05:27 +0000

I think this is such a creative way to make virtual gifts more fun.

http://bit.ly/xwljCq

a clever use for an old crib

agreenfield — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:40:44 +0000

I thought this was very creative!

http://bit.ly/zgZNlA

urban gardening has gotten even easier

agreenfield — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:54:04 +0000

I love the way you can but a sampler of seeds in a box ready to grow a mini garden on any sunny surface you have -even the fire escape stairs

http://www.allotinabox.com/grow-your-own/

http://bit.ly/wj7SsJ

Most frequently viewed homes in 2011 on Zillow

agreenfield — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:16:42 +0000

Check out the most frequenly viewed homes and some are not even listed for sale!

http://lowes.inman.com/newsletter/2012/01/04/news/168999

http://bit.ly/whmZJI

great kitchen ideas

agreenfield — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:44:20 +0000

Small priced changes can transform your kitchen.

http://bit.ly/xFnPe8