Are You Ready For The Fall Cure?

That is to say: do you need help getting rid of stuff, putting your finger on what's not quite working, figuring out why you never sit in your living room or why your collection of heath ceramics isn't fitting in your cupboards anymore? Well then you're in luck because we're gearing up to launch the Fall Cure 08 which aims to help you create a beautiful, healthy, organized home (in time for Thanksgiving):

Each Fall and Spring we launch 8 weeks of curing our homes. This doesn't mean killing yourself to have a magazine worthy home. It means spending some thoughtful time over the next 2 months to create a home that suits you and how you live.

LA will be playing host to all of the Southwest (Vegas, Phoenix, Austin, Santa Fe, San Diego, we're looking at you), Asia and Australia. We'll be posting an official sign up in the next week, but in the meantime, get your hands on a copy of the book, Apartment Therapy, The 8 Step Home Cure. This is also an excellent time to take some before pictures of your home and upload then to the Southwest Fall Cure '08 Flickr Set.

If you have any questions leave them in the comments and we'll do our darndest to get them answered.

To refresh yourselves or to peek if you're curious:
• See all Spring Cure 08 Posts
• See all Fall Cure 07 Posts

Comments (19)

Yay yay yay! I'm gonna start prepping tonight! WOO!

posted by sparkle on October 1st 2008 at 11:24am
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i'm game!

posted by rakimou on October 1st 2008 at 11:27am
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oo, I need curing!

posted by lemonadefish on October 1st 2008 at 11:28am
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Can Salt Lakers be cured too?

posted by dsigninslc on October 1st 2008 at 11:29am
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Canadians need curing too! :P I'm undertaking a big de-clutter project over the next few weeks.

posted by Juliescript on October 1st 2008 at 11:33am
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If I live in Seattle do I do SF Cure as apposed to LA?

posted by Mrs_W on October 1st 2008 at 11:36am
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I spent the last two nights de-cluttering (and dusting and polishing...)

After this week, I"ll be ready to de-clutter the liquor cabinet.
;-)

posted by bepsf on October 1st 2008 at 11:54am
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i've been waiting for this! i so need it!

posted by J.L on October 1st 2008 at 12:01pm
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I think I'm gonna do it this time. I'm re-organizing anyway, so why not get with the program? :)

posted by krpm1 aka Kelly:) on October 1st 2008 at 12:04pm
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funny.... i already started. but 8 weeks? noway.

posted by littlejex on October 1st 2008 at 12:25pm
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Excellent! I'm ready! YEAH!!

posted by lulutrix on October 1st 2008 at 1:23pm
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I may jump in but have been doing some decluttering, organizing etc off and on since August, for starters, getting rid of a bulky, bland sectional sofa and may, repeat, may have found my couch, if the first person who replied to the Craig's List ad decides not to take it, then I get a crack at it and it's exactly what I'm after too. :-)

Since I'm a Seattlite, I think we go through the SF arm of AT to do it.

My goal is to make my place just a little better than it's been.

posted by ciddyguy on October 1st 2008 at 1:41pm
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dsigninslc -- yes yes salt lake city can participate with the LA cure.

Mrs W -- You'll be with ATSF since you're in Seattle.

Canadians are with ATSF or ATChicago, depending on which one you're closest to.

Love the energy going on here. And remember you can tailor the Cure to fit whatever you're working on--maybe a room, maybe the whole house. Maybe you've already done the decluttering but need help with the arranging, we've gotcha covered.

posted by laure on October 1st 2008 at 3:08pm
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Salt Lickers Uni... Ahem. I mean. Salt Lakers Unite!!

dsigninslc, I'm here too. I did the spring cure and can't wait to finish up what I didn't get to during the fall cure :-)

posted by kimg924 on October 1st 2008 at 4:54pm
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I'm excited!

posted by tamar on October 1st 2008 at 7:27pm
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I don't get it. So, if you're not in the Southwest, Asia or Australia, you can't sign up...?

Forgive me, I'm fairly new here.

posted by lilithslair on October 2nd 2008 at 4:13am
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lilthslair, each AT locale will have a place for you to sign up.

posted by J.L on October 2nd 2008 at 8:40am
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I did the spring cure, and I feel sooo much better! I still could purge more stuff and organize. I think I will unofficially join and make more improvements!

posted by stellato on October 2nd 2008 at 9:35am
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I cannot wait! It's a shame the fall colors contest isn't AFTER the cure... I am going to finish this time. Last time I started to slide, and my bedroom never was finished. Oh, and then there is the "ghost closet" that wasn't done either...

posted by my umi says... on October 2nd 2008 at 12:14pm
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