What a week so far. A bunch of you have already uploaded your before pictures to the Flickr pool and we're busy making sure you guys are all included in the Official Sign Up (check for your name in the updated list after the jump). So welcome and hope you're motoring along on your first assignment. Some useful links after the jump:
Welcome to:
Arizona: rudopal, J.L., lelusama, OneWallKitchen, stefspets
California: mmmmj, Chusmabilly, Laura, Mar5195, Chinagrrl, agellee, stephanieokay, Shurie, claudelemonde, elr51884, mfree1and, Daffodil, guerrillaaesthete, silverlake mommy, Liz, sparkle, Christal, ARC, beesting, tangerinetreehouse, jrdk, BellaEBrutto, sparklehead, ltk
Colorado: Allison G, brooke,
New Mexico: kms
Texas: Hustafel, msteddie, bunny, dianamac22, hotrodgal, anemone, Val,
Utah: Aimee's Petite Maison,
Welcome to everyone that's signed up so far. If you're on the fence, you still have a couple more days to make it official.
This Week's Assignment: Get your hands on a copy of the book and read through page 69. You can also determine if you'll be working on the One Room Workout or a Deep Treatment of your whole home.
For the Deep Treatment:
This week is all about gaining some momentum and breathing some life into your home. How do we do this? We start by mopping or vacuuming the floors, buying ourselves flowers and taking one thing out of the house and putting it out on the street. Once you've made some space for yourself, start collecting inspiration for your style tray.
For the One Room Workout:
You guys get to hone in and focus on just one room which means you get to spend more time on what we call the frosting: the decorating, coordinating and planning of a whole room. So this is the week to figure out what room you want to work on, what your budget is, and start collecting inspiration. Check out some of the past home tours for inspiration. Or we've even tagged a bunch of our posts 'inspiration' and that might be a good jumping off point.
No matter which one you choose, remember to use us as a resource, ask us questions, ask for help, be nice to yourself and your home. You don't have to do it all at once, just do what you can of each week's assignments and you'll be making great progress!
Useful Links:
• Join the discussion on low budget Cure ideas
• Lots of you are doing your whole homes
• Have you looked into Natural Cleaners?
• Link to Southwesterners who are blogging their Cure progress
Previous Posts:
• ATLA Spring Cure 08 Week One: Welcome Class
• ATLA Spring Cure 08: Official Sign Up
• ATLA Spring Cure 08: Getting Started
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I'm missing from the list still... but I just signed up last night.
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I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I just finished one major project, which will help me get one large object out of my apartment (selling is like putting something out on the street but better, right?) but I have two more that are physically and mentally in the way of me doing any overall organizing.
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San Diego AT email me your name and I'll put you on the list! laure (at) apartmenttherapy (dot) com
view laure's profile
Oh how fun! That's my bedroom. :)
I just blogged about my first week. I was able to do everything but buy flowers... but I have some plants inside that are blooming right now so I feel like I have the spirit of the task taken care of.
view Aimee's Petite Maison's profile
I bought flowers and am still reading the first 69 pages.
Still working on Photographs.
view mmmmJ's profile
laure i'm doing it too!
view goodnightdean's profile
Oh yea and I am selecting the Deep Treatment!
view mmmmJ's profile
I love including the dog as part of the room plan.
view JonathanB's profile
I want to hang the room plan on my wall. Nice job.
view brittanykate's profile
i'm just getting started... i made a new blog to document my progress (ltkltkltk.blogspot.com) and uploaded some before pictures onto the flickr pool!
view ltk's profile
I also love the dog on the bed graphic . . . nice.
view ChrisToronto's profile
I've also chosen to do the Deep Treatment. I found the cord to my camera, so I plan to post pictures this weekend. I did not do any picking up or staging when the pics were taken, so you can get a sense of how bad my current storage "solutions" are.
I also plan to Scooba the floors.
I plan to buy some of those CFC lightbulbs and flowers this weekend.
I'm also making the switch to non-clay kitty litter.
view bunny's profile
Bunny,
Try Feline Fresh. It's made of pine, it clumps and is compostable (ick?) and FLUSHABLE. (It's also about 15$ for a giant bag, unlike Swheat scoops which is like a million dollars for a small bag)
No more garbage full of fecal matter! It's changed my life!
view ChristineBadina's profile
I also want to know what software 17seconds used to create that plan!
view bunny's profile
I'm doing a modified two room cure. My bathroom/vanity area and the bedroom. I need to upload my pictures to flicker. I'm working on a tight budget and with out the abilty to paint, but hopefully I'll be able to make some big changes to both areas with new window treatments. I'm also participating in thekitcn Cure that starts next week. So it should be a busy and exciting time. At some point I'll have to tackle my living room, but I'm just not ready for that yet.
view Christal's profile
Hey Laure, I don't like writing in books - are there printouts of the style questions and the checklists?
So far:
- I got daffodils for $1.29 at Trader Joe's!
- Cath. Charities did a pickup of junk my husband had accepted from his parents (that problem requires a different kind of therapy!) that was taking up huge amounts of room in my garage.
- I did my "Jan-Feb-March Jumpstart" project to use Howards Restore a Finish on my mom's dining set that takes up half my garage and put it on Craigslist. No luck yet but I've had some calls! Anyone want a solid oak dining set?
- I already use Ecover products in my house.
- I've got a neighborhood association list set up so that we can order special air filters from Home Depot so my house won't be so dusty.
- I've got to do all this on a budget of next to nothing, so I'm going to consolidate my credit card bills and refi my house so my bills aren't so high to mitigate the stress that having a home creates.
- I feel like I'm forgetting something but I think I made a good start!
view Joan in SB's profile