{"id":13221,"date":"2024-03-17T17:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T17:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2024-03-17T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T19:00:10","slug":"days-in-home-tidying-the-blue-room-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13221","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN\/HOME: Tidying The Blue Room (Again!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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View from the doorway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As ever, we\u2019re just chasing clutter around the house. I am selling stuff, slowly. In the last year or so I\u2019ve probably sold about \u00a33Ks worth of musical gear. Alas, for less than that. Prob realising about \u00a32K on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sadly that\u2019s just money to stay afloat. A slow process of asset attrition. Not ideal at all. And not selling because I want of the stuff, but because of a combo of poverty and lack of storage space!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The same view from the window end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We might let the blue room. We\u2019ve been thinking about it for ages. I\u2019ve been really set against it. Not wanting to share our home now we\u2019re in our 50s! But this time the possible tenant is family. And that makes all the difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I really ought to clear this table as well!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These are the \u2018before\u2019 pics. I\u2019m taking a coffee break. Listening to Dorothy Ashby, with Chester sat beside me. In about 15 minutes I\u2019ll tackle the table. Then I\u2019ll take the \u2018after\u2019 shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This area really needs addressing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above area is a bit of a dead space at present. I really want to do something better with it. One idea is a box-shelf\/cupboard type construction, atop the fridge (but attached to the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The microwave ought to come down off the fridge, as well. So perhaps another box-cupboard thing to the left of the fridge, with the microwave sat on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most improved aspect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The best work I did, of a short term sort, I guess, moving the drum kits off the bed. But they\u2019ve remained in the room. They\u2019re cluttering up a different area now. As you\u2019ll see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking from the window towards the door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I actually improved on the above, by removing most of the clutter off the chest o\u2019drawers. The drum bits are now behind where I was stood taking the above snap. And a few other bits (eg headphones), are elsewhere now, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cleared the table about 60-70%.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I managed to remove about two thirds of the stuff off the tabletop. Which is good. I\u2019ve just bunged it on our bed for now. I\u2019ll have to deal with it properly later, or tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uh-oh! Drums aplenty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My Ayotte and Mapex kits are mostly (but not completely, as can be seen above) bagged up. And are stacked separately. The Mapex is hiding the Ayotte! You can still access the fridge. Which is a necessity, as we already use it as a backup to our other fridge and freezer set up, downstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even better!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally got the table (more or less) completely cleared. And I\u2019m glad we did. As Antonio, our prospective tenant, and (former?*) brother in law, sat down at it to test our WiFi, and see if it\u2019s up to snuff for his work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He seems pleased, and it looks like we\u2019ll have a tenant for a while, from mid-April. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As ever, we\u2019re just chasing clutter around the house. I am selling stuff, slowly. In the last year or so I\u2019ve probably sold about \u00a33Ks worth of musical gear. Alas, for less than that. Prob realising about \u00a32K on it. And sadly that\u2019s just money to stay afloat. A slow process of asset attrition. Not … <\/p>\n

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