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Movin’ On In

March 28, 2011

I read recently about news sources linking social media (and home design blogs) to depression, a condition they refer to as “social comparison”. You know, those are the types of bloggers, designers, influencers who have professionally designed, staged, and photographed homes and spaces. My home’s none of those, and usually has dirty dishes in the sink and lots of dog fur piled in the corners… so, since I’m feeling transparent, here’s what was I up to this weekend – making a huge ass mess:

Big ol' mess in the living room. This isn't all of it either, I just couldn't fit it all in one frame.

Pete’s apartment lease ended, so he’s moving on in. Sly little happy grin.

The benefit (besides being closer together and I’m not going to bother you with love crap) is that now we have duplicates of appliances and tools and furniture. The problem? Now we have duplicates of appliances and tools and furniture. And cups and bakeware and baking soda and oh my god, we won’t have to buy black peppercorn, like, ever.

And, the kitchen is a crazy mess too.

All that booze in the background was a pleasant surprise, found in the cabinet above Pete’s fridge (the black hole of cabinets as far as I’m concerned). And what could be bad about having two coffee makers and two juicers and two blenders and two crock pots? It’ll be nice to have a in-house backup for when the first bites the dust (although admittedly the crock pot I inherited is from my parent’s wedding shower 36 years ago so maybe I’ll send that one packing at a garage sale this summer).

And flying pan surplus is good. Pete has one nice frying pan. I have one nice frying pan, but I also had several bad frying pans. We took great pleasure in throwing these older pans which are only describable as “the most sticky-non-stick pans ever” in the trash.

Sticky non-stick pans, OUUUTTTT. OK, that picture looks like he’s giving me thumbs up for the sticky pans. It was really a thumb-gesture-over-the-shoulder like “youuuu’re out”, so maybe this side view of the pans will show you the grossness that we’re go happy to see go:

Sticky non-stick pans, closer up. Badness!

(Sidenote, I still freaking LOVE my new camera.)

And you know I mentioned having a garage sale sometime this summer? I’m sure lots of the unnecessary duplicate items will find their way in there, like excess dishes and glasses and cookie sheets and casserole bowls). And even though I’m a book hoarder, we’re also filtering through some of them and planning to pass them on to others:

Scrawny to Brawny. Yeeeeah.

The bedroom and closet situation is a bigger issue we’re still working on. How does a man who wears the same two t-shirts and two pairs of jeans have so many clothes? And he already cut the inventory in half with a plan to donate to charity. I guess I should do the same.

Clothing piled up.

More to come. Hopefully featuring less mess.

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Emily
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7 Comments


Irene
March 28, 2011 at 12:51 pm
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It’s going to be interesting to see exactly how you guys manage living together. Oh, all the other stuff is cool too – :D



Emily
March 28, 2011 at 1:11 pm
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Yes, interesting it shall be :) Thanks Irene!



ginnie
March 28, 2011 at 3:46 pm
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Oh the joys of living together! Get out and set up your chore list!

When C and I moved in together I got rid of all my furniture and just brought my clothes, a dresser, TV, and dog. Other than that we kept his mattress and couch/arm chair. My mattress was still so new and so great but it would have been such a hassle moving into the city and neither of us could drive those huge Uhals so I left it for my roommate to set up her guestroom.

Other than that we bought everything new and old..most of our things came from good ol’ Craigslist.

Good luck being all domestic with each other! :)



    Emily
    March 28, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    Thanks Ginnie! I think it’ll go really smoothly. Pete’s the champ of doggie pedicures, so he’s a keeper.

Cait @ Hernando House
March 28, 2011 at 4:24 pm
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So exciting!

Oh and I totally took that as the “yoooooou’re out!” gesture before the explanation.



    Emily
    March 28, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Haha, thanks Cait.

Lauren
March 31, 2011 at 3:03 am
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Ahahahahaha (3 years of co-habitation later, and I actually threw out a can of black peppercorns YESTERDAY – not even kidding).

Excellent pics – I like your new camera too.



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