Look: Spring Cleaning In Full Effect

That's our living room the night before Saturday morning this weekend. We emptied every box in our walk-in closet, followed our own advice to slim down our life, and put our apartment on a diet like Laure did just a short while ago...

The impetus for the whole shebang was to make some extra room in the closet where our deepest and darkest secrets are kept (aka our mess), while also making a little extra money. We co-hosted a yard sale with our neighbor Sara (whose apartment was shown here), and ended up selling a 100+ CDs, old appliances, books/magazines, clothes and most notably, a cockroach hand puppet (a birthday gift). At the end of the day, we made $200 and regained a whole lot of room in our closet (while also meeting a lot of amusing characters throughout the morning). Of course, we nearly blew all $200 away afterward celebrating over the weekend, but it was spent without any guilt after all the hard work and resolve that went into cleaning out things we really didn't need any more. With LA weather starting to perk up, we highly recommend you do the same and give your closet a storage colonic!

Comments (16)

a storage colonic? ha! i.love.it

posted by animalhouze on April 14th 2008 at 4:02pm
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Yes! Storage colonic. I fell over.

posted by ladynite on April 14th 2008 at 5:30pm
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ooow, I spy a kitty. You best keep him or her.

posted by JonD on April 14th 2008 at 6:04pm
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Hey, if you decide to Spring Cure that case study thig a ma jig lemme know!

posted by SFGail on April 14th 2008 at 6:32pm
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what is that couch?

posted by Adam Wood on April 14th 2008 at 7:12pm
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Oh -- that's a case study isn't it.

posted by Adam Wood on April 14th 2008 at 7:13pm
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I spy a Fellowes DS-1 shredder. Nice.

posted by theguyinthecorner on April 14th 2008 at 8:00pm
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Got to go through the pain to get to the beautiful end result :)

Karen

posted by Alkemie on April 14th 2008 at 8:20pm
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It may be the angle, since it's not a really clear view, but DANG - that cat seems HUGE!

posted by annaland on April 15th 2008 at 2:50am
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"the night before Saturday morning"

You mean Friday night - or do you have another mystery day of the week in Los Angeles???

posted by Violetsrose on April 15th 2008 at 3:25am
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Violetsrose-

lol thx! i was seriously like "Friday?"! LOL

posted by SD913 on April 15th 2008 at 4:59am
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Perhaps it's a dog. Inquiring minds need answers.

posted by JonD on April 15th 2008 at 6:01am
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thats about the same size as my cat!

posted by bethanylemony on April 15th 2008 at 6:52am
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That's Eero, our mischievous cat. She's not any bigger than a standard feline, so its likely just the wide angle lens making her seem "wider" :D

posted by gregory on April 15th 2008 at 7:45am
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That's pretty much what my LR looks like right now (plus one cat). I'm in the midst or the Cure, a job change and finals!

I'd love to see the "after" pics. Both in your place and in mine.

posted by bunny on April 16th 2008 at 4:40am
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In LA, everyone leaves work early and by the time you've commuted home through traffic having left at 4PM, perhaps it feels like a whole 'nother day of the week (SCORE, theweekendbeginsday!)

posted by woodleyparkzoo on April 22nd 2008 at 10:51pm
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