Midwest Fall Cure: Week TwoClearing The Path

jess2nola's flowers are a work of art. They are packed with bright colors and accented by patterned placemats and curtains.

Week Two Deep Treatment:
Bones:

Fix one thing in your apartment yourself.

Clean your kitchen from top to bottom and throw away old food.

Buy a water filter and use it.
Breath:

Run your hands over every wall in your apartment.

Clear a space for an Outbox.

Clear one surface and use the Outbox.
Heart:

Buy fresh flowers.

Determine your style.
Head:

Find a new recipe and cook at least one meal at home.

Choose the date for your housewarming.

Sdk310 has two vintage fire extinguishers that need a purpose or place. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Week Two:One-Room Remedy

Decide what activities you want in your room and where they will go.

Buy, borrow or make a floor plan tool.

Map out the room that bothers you most and work out your solution.

Name your vision.

Build a shopping list.

simply.goldyn. has made a grocery list packed full of yummy things for a week of cooking at home.

Need Help With Cooking At Home?
Our sister site The Kitchen is jammed packed full of recipes reflecting the changing of the seasons and the ingredients that will most likely be found in your grocer this time of year. Remember, shopping for ingredients that are in season will usually help cut back on cost and yield the tastiest dishes!
Even if you already have a dish in mind, don't forget to check out their recipe archives where you can find something to suit your tastes by Holiday, course or even type of dish.

Telsing is making note of the small things on the list of repairs to tackle in this weeks DIY repair challenge.

Great Links and Discussions:

cvillegal is looking for a way to keep the wood floors in their condo clean and protected? Do you have a tried and true method? Join the discussion!

Telsing could use some encouraging words when it comes to bathroom renovations. Do you have any small tips that might make the place seem more inviting?

Lost Newf is blogging her Cure experience and home renovations in general (along with her husband Ted) over at The Bayly Battle.

simply.golydn. is looking for a more organized way to contain the weeks worth of recycling. Do any of you have any small space solutions?

Do you have a question you'd like to ask? Post a photo of it to the Flickr Pool and let us help you out!

heymomo has checked out all the small repairs that need to be made. Making a list of this sort can seem daunting, although knowing all the places that need patching or painting can make the repair process more streamlined. Only having your tools and such out once can keep your space cleaner and make a better use of your time.

Midwest Fall Cure participants:
(Have we left anyone out? There's a whopping 101 of us! Way to take initiative Midwest (and friends!))

Alabama: Splomo
Arkansas: lemonadefish
Illinois: LindaK, landerdander, beth_in_chicago, chicagoflamingo, HomeFor2, Vikini, alexandscott, rockypondgirl, chicagomom72, Hekela9, Mrs.Mack, Cvillegal, ksmile, orangeblossom, eshirden, madgel24, RWL, juliejuliezzzzz, rkdavis, Andi, ascout, tamaraamick, Sam Kraus, chicagoamber, CeciliaC, harmonyfrance, SassyBlondeGirl, freneticfloetry, sblack511, anniemontana
Indiana: Dawn, Sarcelle, Gemini Girl
Iowa: tarasana, khensley76
Georgia: bellamira, jeanthief
Kansas: Jo_Bair, girlginger
Kentucky: merskine
Louisiana: urbanconjure
Michigan: JanG, Laurall, jamyzz, Simply.Goldyn., lorijo
Minnesota: ivegots, Sparklebot, cyclopathic, northwind, simpleshelly, Seshat, lilithslair, Sheaff, Sunkay, SarahN, Molly Margarita, bright_as_yellow, happify
Missouri: nicolem2882, STLcoleen, Sadie, Chelle, sarahrae
Nebraksa: djohnson
Ohio: signe, baxlala, kennedm1, ewserk, suzieboozie, serenity_evenstar, neda, amyewine
Oklahoma: Mary, Francesca, design.is.good
Tennessee: alona
Texas: lehall, MelissaS, wendi, AustinV, Melanie Millar, maybellene, srw
Wisconsin: Robin
Canada: Veronica, smallcitybeth, honeyfresh, Jenny!, heymomo, ce_pelle, Lost Newf
Undeclared US: hourto, Emmm, caradoll, HeatherAB
International Undeclared: Telsing, elle_media, PoignantTuna

gridpaper also has some Spider Mums that are brightening up our Flickr pool!

Previous Posts:

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One - Weekend

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One

The Midwest Fall Cure: Week Zero - Weekend

Midwest Fall Cure: Let's Go!

Roundup: The Best Of the Midwest Spring Cure

gridpaper. has split the flowers in her kitchen into two vases. Often we think the more the merrier when it comes to our flora, but this is a great reminder to spread things out and make every room brighter with a small bouquet.

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I am joining in late, out of town on vacation. I did the spring cure and it was a great jumping start for me. I am now going to put much more thought in to my style. I think I let my house dicatate what I thought was my style instead of what I really wanted my home to look like. I am going to get caught up this week. The spring cure really made me continue to declutter and keep my home working for me and not vice versa.

posted by raikenn on October 20th 2008 at 4:43pm
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I'm surprised to discover that my tastes are organic modern. I always thought I was traditional with a twist no one could match. No wonder I had problems finding things I like...I was looking in the wrong places! I didn't even know "organic modern" existed before this.

posted by Mrs.Mack on October 21st 2008 at 9:04am
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The kitchen is the biggest disaster for me, and has never been streamlined enough for me to enjoy being in there. I've kicked its ass in a serious way this week & have been spending time in it every day. By the end of this week it should be completely awesomed out!

posted by jenny! on October 23rd 2008 at 6:13pm
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