Son of a Pig Farmer

Mamazilla and I have gotten to the nuts and bolts of the kitchen redesign, and it’s been a good excercise in simplification. We’ve taken all the things that we had in our drawers and cabinets and have put them in the garage in various crates and Ikea bags. We’ve temporarily roughed the cabinets in until after we tape and texture the sheetrock. We decided that we wouldn’t bring all that crap back in the house because a) we’d have to move it again and b) it helps visually separate the wants from the needs.

Actually, it’s a lot like what a writer at Unclutterer did.

As I have mentioned in the past, we are downsizing our living space and we must reduce the amount of stuff that we have. The kitchen was the room we tackled last. I came up with the idea of removing every last item from the cupboards to assess what we had on our hands. The end result was quite overwhelming.

You don’t really get a grasp of what you have stored away in those cupboards until you have it laying out for display. I got the same feeling when we had our yard sale last summer. I asked myself, “Where did all this stuff come from?” The accumulation of stuff is gradual, and it tends to sneak up on you. My wife and I have been married for almost nine years now and we have just recently become more conscious of all of the things we have brought into our home.

The taping gets done on the 24th. Then, it’s paint, floor, cabinets. W00t!