Life in a box

where have my blogging posts gone?

...for the past three months I have been wrapping my head 

around the "beauty" of relocating an entire household.

I have somehow managed to pack up my creativity in one of the boxes.

Maybe its in this one...?

Here's my attempt at making cardboard look good...

To save a little on the extraordinary cost of a cross country move,  we are packing everything ourselves...and since DH is already in location,
 that means just me.
To make sure it was a task I could manage without getting overwhelmed,
I have been packing 2-3 boxes everyday since March
 and purging and selling things.
It has literally become a full time job!

So here's some fun "before" and afters....

My sitting room before...and now as a holding place for the packed items.

My dining area stripped bare...

My dining room disassembled....noticed I removed my lantern chandelier?

Taking that with me. :o)

My word for 2015 was Simplify....

I had no idea it would be a daily theme for me... 

which meant letting things go...and lightening our load.

I have let go of many fun things....Said bye to my vintage couch...

...a Ballard Desk...

...My shabby buffet...

as seen below...

our new home will not have a formal sitting area...

 

...couch and ottoman will not make the trip...

 

 ....and the biggest accomplishment: Paper Purging
9 bankers boxes of old papers covering more than a decade...

gone in less than 5 minutes at the hands of a professional shredding company.

Whew..it feels good...and I hope to establish a less cluttered lifestyle.

Letting go of emotional clutter as well.

My simple lesson learned?

while my life is packed into a box...my life is not the box.

We are breaking free to a new chapter 

and it is exciting to have shed some of the extra weight

 to start that new chapter Refreshed and Renewed.

I look forward to sharing our new home with you soon

 and all the new projects we will encounter!