Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Fall Cleaning and Other Things That Aren't OCD Symptoms

Let’s get one thing straight: I do not have OCD. I don’t mean to sound like Todd Akin, but I’m not referring to legitimate OCD, where you literally can’t enter a room without stepping in and out 37 times in a row. I mean the kind that people use as an excuse for their superiority complex. I know a lot of girls wear this diagnosis like a badge of honor; a kind of pledge into a club of people who outwardly mock their odd rules of “no shoes in the house” or the fact that they simply will NOT eat red meat because it’s not clean (??? ) but secretly pat themselves on the back for, ya know, being better at life than everyone else. These people are sick and should be shot on sight.

So, I do not have OCD. What I do have, however, is a completely random and inexplicable need to ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS!! every now and then. Last weekend, it was my vanity.



I spend a lot of time here at my vanity, with my vanity. It’s not exactly perfect—my “vanity” is actually a desk and a separate mirror leaning against the wall, both from West Elm several years ago—but I’m a firm believer that every owner of a biscuit should have one. The grooming process is one that should be enjoyed and indulgent. However, the way I’d been keeping things, it was less Disney princess and more hot tranny mess. I have, I dunno, probably 3 dozen make up brushes, I’m suuuuuuuure a hundred eyeshadows, and oodles of lipsticks, glosses, and crayons. So when the ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS!! mood struck, I gave in and did just that.

You should take absolutely ZERO advice from me on organization, but in the interest of being an over-sharer, here’s how I approached the whole thing. 


I started by clearing everything off and out of the desk. After giving it a good scrub, I put back all the items I actually wanted out where I wanted them, and then planned everything else around it. So, my tray went back first (it was a great Target find a few months back), followed by my makeshift brush holders (recycled candle holders—they were expensive so I’m getting my money’s worth!--and my great grandmother's depression glass), and my mirror. 

That was basically all I wanted out, so then it became a matter of organizing the roll-out drawer. I bought two new organizers in black from Target that were apparently recalled, so I ended up snagging them for $1.99. 

I then divided all my make up into piles to figure out what to do with them: eye stuff; face stuff; lip stuff; trash. Once the piles were built, I frontloaded the organizers with the stuff I use most commonly, like powder, blush, and eyebrow stuff, because god knows I’m too lazy to pull it out all the way to see what’s lurking in the back!
An hour later, and I know have a minimalist grooming space. Well, as minimalist as I'm gonna get.
I have no clue if I did a good job at this whole organization thing, but I’ll tell you this right now: my closet is up next.


How do you organize? What's the hardest part about organizing in your opinion??

Monday, May 7, 2012

Apartment Therapy


For the entire calendar year, I've been obsessed with this bedding, but I just couldn't bring myself to make the investment. So, I poured over the internet (read: Pinterest) in hopes of finding a more affordable knock off. Like searching for an exercise routine that I might actually enjoy, my efforts were hopeless. Finally, I couldn't bear it any more. The sheets were the last "must have"item on my list of apartment necessities, so I bit the bullet and bought them. My patience paid off with a 20% off sale, so ya know, I only kind of felt robbed. But then they arrived, and I washed them, and then slept on them, and then I felt like the richest girl in the worlddddd!!! And then I was reminded that not only had I not updated my blog in over a week (new job...what can I say?), but I hadn't yet shared the new abode I've been living in sin with Kyle in since last fall. So here you are.
{Yes, that is Fifty Shades of Grey on my nightstand. I haven't cracked it open yet because I'm scared.}
{The sofa I originally told you about last summer.}
{I scored this amazing rug on Gilt Group months ago.}
{It took Kyle and I  a few months to agree on a coffee table, but I think this one was worth the wait.}
{In other discount-luxury-goods-websites, I finally found the solution to our
mail problem on One Kings Lane with this adorable gold and pink bin.}
{We lucked out with an amazing patio, a rarity in these parts, so we had to have a patio dining set.
We've been eating dinner out here most nights ever since we got this.}
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