As The Clutter Goes ... So Does The Stress

Photos Owned By Gloria Faye Brown Bates  ... this combination art room, pantry, catch-all room doesn't look like this now ... it's more organized.

For the past several days I have been decluttering the kitchen and my art room combination pantry/catch-all room. Oh my, I can't tell you how many sighs of relief I have taken.

I had so many bags of things to throw away ... I have so many things I will take to Goodwill. All I've thrown away are things from the past ... things I won't ever need, use again. I still have a lot to go. When we moved, there were many boxes, so much furniture. 

I took down shelves that are brown in color ....would you believe the color brown drove me crazy ... gracious! 

I don't like dark colors. The shelves are nice but, I just couldn't bear the dark color. You wouldn't believe the stress that left me once I took them down. I love seeing the white walls, I love white ... bright, cheerful.

At this point, I have two rooms like I want them. I will begin another room tomorrow. This is what I loved to do before holidays all through the years ... deep clean. It's a wonderful feeling that goes along with making holidays more special. This is my way of thinking.

As the clutter goes, so does stress ... I just took another sigh of relief.