clutter

What do you read in the lav?

June 4, 2017 By Ellen

Not long ago I was chuffed to discover that this ‘umble blog was the lavvy reading of choice at the home of a pal. For the smartphone generation littlest-room reading has no limits – with your pants around your ankles you can google yourself to where ever you fancy. Is it me, or is the […]

So sorry about the mess?

June 5, 2016 By Ellen

A little bit of bunting to draw the eye away from everything else… How many times have you said that to visitors? Yeah, me too. Even on the occasional times when there was no mess, no clutter of toys, no cobwebs, no stains, no odd smells and no dust, I said it. Only then I […]

A year of letting go…

January 1, 2014 By Ellen

Or pining for some order…That’s the pine needle mountain left on the carpet when I moved the Christmas tree.This year, I’ve decided that I will no longer be whining and whingeing about clutter and mess, I will be doing something about it. 2014 is the year of showing the unnecessary, unlovely and useless the way […]

362/365 Burning ambition…

December 29, 2013 By Ellen

My new weapon in the war against clutter…

341/365 Bye Tigger, it’s hard to see you go…

December 8, 2013 By Ellen

I find clearing out the kids’ toys incredibly difficult. Not only is it an irksome chore, but it gives me proper pangs of something a bit like regret. Today was declared a day of action, team tidy-up before we could allow the tinsel and festivities in. The Boys were charged with tidying their rooms […]