We should work more on organization here. It is no wonder why such companies as closets. com and Organized Living have done so well. I reached a certain point here in the office where it was impossible to work anymore. I had done a lot of graphic work on Monday, as I said, and then when I was done there was really no sense of relief. I had bad feng shui in here. The paperwork was getting way too far out of control. I'm looking for creative ways to store all this stuff now because I spent all day yesterday going through the crap on my desk and putting some in the "file pile" and some in the recycle bin. So one thing with respect to this interior is cabinets and shelves. Why don't I have enough cabinets and shelves? We gotta get cutting and screwing up in here. Another thing is the cork board. I need more of it. I like having a bunch of things visible on there. But it's getting congested and multiple holes are ending up in things which I never intended to poke holes in the first place.
I briefly considered becoming a maid once. It sometimes feels like I ought to be getting paid for keeping the files organized and the desks neat. The prestige of being an architect is nice, but things always need to get cleaned. We were talking about new rugs for the house, and how much we hate the old rugs. But how can I specify cream rugs in a place where nobody takes their shoes off? Grass gets tracked in all the time, and I'm trying not to become irritated by the grass again today, but it gets onto everything and sticks there. Do most designers just not care about the maintenance of their finishes?
We were thinking about mud rooms recently also. The house needs one, but our remodeling budget is nonexistent. Someday I'd like to rebuild the little addition on the back because I know there is no insulation in there, and it is open to the kitchen. Yes, the people who owned the house before took off the door and put in a window like hole in the wall to connect the addition to the kitchen. But it needs to be rebuilt. It's sloping downward from the house, it's letting cold air in all winter, the roof gets dammed up with ice, and the overhang sags and blocks the door when that happens. I'd like to put a nice gable on that bump out. It would be so much nicer, and then we could consider a mud room. I'd make the current room a mud room, but there's not even enough space under the door for a mat! And since there is no doormat, the grass gets tracked right into the house. Ahh, life's little frustrations.
Anyway, I'm very pleased to have tidied up a bit in the office. Now, back to work!
I briefly considered becoming a maid once. It sometimes feels like I ought to be getting paid for keeping the files organized and the desks neat. The prestige of being an architect is nice, but things always need to get cleaned. We were talking about new rugs for the house, and how much we hate the old rugs. But how can I specify cream rugs in a place where nobody takes their shoes off? Grass gets tracked in all the time, and I'm trying not to become irritated by the grass again today, but it gets onto everything and sticks there. Do most designers just not care about the maintenance of their finishes?
We were thinking about mud rooms recently also. The house needs one, but our remodeling budget is nonexistent. Someday I'd like to rebuild the little addition on the back because I know there is no insulation in there, and it is open to the kitchen. Yes, the people who owned the house before took off the door and put in a window like hole in the wall to connect the addition to the kitchen. But it needs to be rebuilt. It's sloping downward from the house, it's letting cold air in all winter, the roof gets dammed up with ice, and the overhang sags and blocks the door when that happens. I'd like to put a nice gable on that bump out. It would be so much nicer, and then we could consider a mud room. I'd make the current room a mud room, but there's not even enough space under the door for a mat! And since there is no doormat, the grass gets tracked right into the house. Ahh, life's little frustrations.
Anyway, I'm very pleased to have tidied up a bit in the office. Now, back to work!
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