I used to use a chicken-shaped egg timer and I liked that the constant “tick tick tick” in the background kind of subconsciously let my brain know that it was “working time”.
Believe it or not, she made herself right at home there when we moved in and didn’t make a fuss.We’re so glad to have been able to finally give her the room of her dreams now though and to have it be something she can really use and enjoy everyday.

Let’s do a little before and after tour, shall we?.So here are those scary dark blue walls I mentioned:.As far as navy blues go, that was a fairly nice one.

The walls were really banged up though and the color was a little too much on all the walls.Plus the creepy red curtains and yellow carpeting really did make things feel pretty creepy.

And it wasn’t good.
Again, nothing really does look good against yellow carpet.-Talk about your plan of attack beforehand.
Even though this is a decluttering quick-fix, it still takes a lot of time.One area of the house per day seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation for what you’ll be able to get done.. -If you have any major renovation materials to get rid of, this would be the time to do it!
Have a plan to get as much of that stuff taken care of as well.. -Have back up ready.We ran into a messy situation with a turkey in a freezer that had been unplugged for 2 months and had to call on the help of 4 different family members to help us deal with getting the freezer out as well as taking care of the kids while we de-stunk the house.
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