• Cure Clock: 7 Weeks Remaining
• Assignment: Read pp. 70-99, clean and declutter the kitchen, cook
• Flickr Pool: Northwest Fall Cure Pool
Week One is in the bag, and we've been galvanized by our clean floors, fresh flowers, new perspective from an unused part of our home and the space cleared by putting one item outside.
We're also starting to get a feel for how much time, energy and follow-through we'll need to get through the next seven weeks. This will be different for each one of us, and now is a good time to adjust our goals to make sure we accomplish what we set out to do.
Don't be afraid to take on more or less — for example, focusing on the Deep Treatment alone instead of adding the One Room Remedy, especially if this is your first Cure, or choosing a smaller room to focus on. Be ambitious — after all, your home deserves it — but be realistic as well.
>>Northwest Fall Cure Flickr pool
Weekly Assignment (Deep Treatment): This week is Kitchen Week for those of you who, like us, find it helpful to think of each week of the Cure as the room it focuses on. Give yourself lots of time to clean the kitchen; it may be helpful to spread the task out over multiple days, rather than saving it for the weekend.
Weekly Assignment (One-Room Workout): It's all about the floor plan this week! When measuring your room(s), remember that while accuracy is generally a good thing, don't get too obsessed. In fact, we've seen plenty an excellent floor plan done completely freehand and by sight.
Discussions & Useful Links:
Welcome to our newest Northwest Fall Cure participants (we're up to 74 people!):
Washington:
dinosaurgerms
MsMartini629
Oregon:
virtualsarah
California:
colleen
Previous Northwest Fall Cure 08 Posts:
The Fall Cure on the other AT sites:
General Info:
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
The World's Ugliest Condo: The Big Bathroom Reveal 
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Homesteaders' Cocktail Recipe: Lovage Simple Syrup
Comments (5)
Lovely bed, aquarabbit!
I'm amending my request a little bit as, after sitting in the bath with a number of different materials this weekend, I'm imagining that both white ceramic/porcelain bath accessories or natural wood finish (sorry, Martha, no faux bois here) will work well. The bathroom has quite modern lines. Here is the vanity that we ended up purchasing (in a smaller size):
http://www.oceanbathrooms.com/product/duravit_fogo_ash_olive_vanity_unit_600_basin
I'm already falling behind and we've just started lol. My camera charger seems to have disappeared so hopefully I'll be able to borrow one from a friend so I can post some pictures up. (perhaps it will turn up during the cure) I've bought my flowers and posted up a picture I just got that I love in my kitchen.
Today I'm hoping to get rid of my far-to-big-for-the-space computer chair by selling it on CL and replacing it with a smaller and colorful one from IKEA.
Going to buy some window film as well so my cave of an apartment might feel a bit brighter. :D
I'm loving this home cure. I'm not participating (don't how the book AND I live with my parents right now). But I did put the book on my wish list at Amazon. I hope AP will do this home cure once a year, and I'm hoping to be up to speed by next year. :)
I love reading about the adventures. Keep it up. :)
nickel525, the home cure comes around every spring and fall. I love that AT hosts it. I hope you can join us next time!
Ok, truthfully I didnt read this whole article, but I do think its funny that there is a jar of peanut butter next to the sink of cleaning supplies.