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This week, it’s all about the bathroom. Week 6 – Light Therapy Clean bathroom Declutter bathroom cabinet Arrange bathroom efficiently Upgrade razor and shaving supplies Purchase bath salts and nice soap Place a candle in the bathroom Consider scents for your home Plan for the week ahead on Sunday Wake early and take a bath [...]

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It’s good to know that Week 5 is the typical week to fall off the “Apartment Therapy Cure” wagon. Maxwell (Apartment Therapy author) posted that we should focus on what we’ve accomplished so far in the cure to try and motivate ourselves (and each other). So here’s what I have –and haven’t– done. DONE: Bones: [...]

I have been warned about week 5… looks like I’ll be spending some time organizing my files. Week 5 – Getting Into the Thick of It Clean office area Vacuum, dust, mop Declutter files Tackle the cord octopus Try a one-day media fast Buy fresh flowers Choose at least 1 soft/hard thing to add or [...]

I’ve crossed the 1/2 way mark! Only 4 more weeks to go! This week was one of the more inspiring weeks of Apartment Therapy, because you start to see whole rooms coming together with just a few little changes – framed wall art, color, etc. I went to IKEA and picked up 3 frames for [...]

Now the real work starts… week 4 is the declutter deep treatment, so it looks like I’ll be spending some time sorting through my books/media. I think the hardest part of this week will be deciding what colors and items to +/- in each room. It’s so ambiguous. Week 4 – Retail Therapy (& Declutter) [...]

Week 3 is all about de-cluttering the entryway in your home. The theory is that if you don’t let junk cross the barrier into your home it will stay cleaner! :) This week is super easy for me since my apartment is pretty small. Week 3 – The Landing Strip Vacuum, dust Clean entrance/doorway area [...]

I finally went over to Ken’s Artisan Pizza. It did not disappoint! It was already packed when we arrived, and I was surprised at how small the space was. The roll-up side window and huge open air windows make the space really neat, well, that and the gigantic oven! :) The wait ended up not [...]

The Cheap Eats 2007 (Willamette Week) guide doesn’t have a map, and I really wanted to see them all on the same map. So I decided to try out the Google Maps API, but first I needed to convert all the addresses into latitude and longitude coordinates. I ended up finding this website, BatchGeoCode.com, that [...]

I had full intentions of not drinking coffee for 1 month, or maybe 1 week, but then I thought “why? I don’t really have a problem” ha! So maybe I’ll try this next summer, eh? I have a couple years to finish this whole list. :)