No, this isn't some brand new, underground, amazing discovery... but it's new for me. I went into Home Goods this afternoon while wandering around Glendale, and I've either seriously underestimated this store or never actually been in one before. Or perhaps this one in Glendale is an anomaly in regards their stores.
They had a pretty huge selection of everything you might need for your home. Forget IKEA, go to Home Goods.
I've been meaning to replace a couple basic "home goods" and although I didn't today, when I finally decide to I will definitely be hitting up Home Goods. I might even be able to find a table small enough to fit in my kitchen nook. Or even find a tall and narrow shelf so I don't have to go get an IKEA LACK shelf.
But if you're just looking for some good basic necessities on the cheap, they'll more than likely have you covered. Need some good white sheets? Home Goods has them, and sorted by size. Need a new set of matching bath towels? Home Goods has those too, a whole WALL full of them all sorted by color. What about throw pillows? Yup, those too, also sorted by color. It's coordinating made easy!
What about random piece of utilitarian furniture that's not from IKEA. Yup, Home Good has that too.
And possibly the best part? SUPER CHEAP! I only bought a couple candles, but still... they were cheap! Three Yankee Candles that would normally cost me a total of $60 were only $25... $25!!! That made me way happy.
Sunday, December 21
Friday, December 12
Graduation Day!
Wooohoo! I survived The Fall Cure!
As usual, I didn't get everything done that I wanted to do, BUT I did accomplish quite a bit and my apartment is living proof.
I thought it would be a whole lot easier doing the cure in a place that I just moved into, but it turns out that it's not. At least not for me. I managed to amass quite a bit of "stuff" that I just really don't need... and for some reason it's incredibly difficult for me to organize and empty that outbox (that one is still on my to-do list).
But enough of the negatives, here's a list of the changes I was able to make:
• Dusted, mopped, and cleaned the ENTIRE apartment.
• Backed up my entire music collection to a dedicated hard drive.
• De-cluttered the entertainment center.
• Tacked down extension cord to entertainment center.
• Wrangled all cables at the desk.
• De-cluttered books. (I even sold some!)
• Cleaned the entire bathroom.
• De-cluttered bathroom storage
• Installed two towel hooks in bathroom.
• Installed jewelry branch hooks in bathroom.
• Installed a shelf above the bathroom doorway.
• Reorganized my wardrobe closet.
• Hung artwork in bedroom.
• Hung curtain rods and temporary curtains in kitchen.
• Hung wire basket in kitchen.
• Hung the knife rack in kitchen.
• Removed more than one item from apartment.
• Successfully sold 4 pieces of furniture on craigslist. (This was one of the most difficult tasks)
And on top of all that, I was even able to get some Christmas decorations up!
They're tiny, but I like them.
I still have quite a long to-do list to work on, but I'm hoping that I'll be motivated to do a lot of it during my time off for the holidays. This is going to be my first Christmas in LA (and in my new apartment), so I might as well make it a homey one!
As usual, I didn't get everything done that I wanted to do, BUT I did accomplish quite a bit and my apartment is living proof.
I thought it would be a whole lot easier doing the cure in a place that I just moved into, but it turns out that it's not. At least not for me. I managed to amass quite a bit of "stuff" that I just really don't need... and for some reason it's incredibly difficult for me to organize and empty that outbox (that one is still on my to-do list).
But enough of the negatives, here's a list of the changes I was able to make:
• Dusted, mopped, and cleaned the ENTIRE apartment.
• Backed up my entire music collection to a dedicated hard drive.
• De-cluttered the entertainment center.
• Tacked down extension cord to entertainment center.
• Wrangled all cables at the desk.
• De-cluttered books. (I even sold some!)
• Cleaned the entire bathroom.
• De-cluttered bathroom storage
• Installed two towel hooks in bathroom.
• Installed jewelry branch hooks in bathroom.
• Installed a shelf above the bathroom doorway.
• Reorganized my wardrobe closet.
• Hung artwork in bedroom.
• Hung curtain rods and temporary curtains in kitchen.
• Hung wire basket in kitchen.
• Hung the knife rack in kitchen.
• Removed more than one item from apartment.
• Successfully sold 4 pieces of furniture on craigslist. (This was one of the most difficult tasks)
And on top of all that, I was even able to get some Christmas decorations up!
They're tiny, but I like them.
I still have quite a long to-do list to work on, but I'm hoping that I'll be motivated to do a lot of it during my time off for the holidays. This is going to be my first Christmas in LA (and in my new apartment), so I might as well make it a homey one!
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