Autumn Cleaning

Two weeks ago, I had had it. The apartment was dusty and the air felt stagnant. Most was tidy, but could definitely be cleaner. I t was the weekend before my sons 5th birthday and the autumn equinox. He is my equinox child. So little curt was writhe his father a bunch that weekend, so I cleaned with full on vigor. I cleaned the bathtub drain, I washed the linens, I moved furniture around. Well I always move furniture around, but I era
Ly changed a lot this time. I moved my sewing table to the dining room, perhaps i will use it more, and I moved cur's arts and crafts table to the living room. We gave definitely been using that more.

I started to strip the paint from my bay window...what I call the faery window...as we can sit in there and tell stories. I washed down all the cabinets..emptied the cupboards and rearranged the pantry.

It took most of the weekend, but oh what a feeling. Here are the pictures to prove it!
Here is a picture of my entryway.  I received this furniture from my family home and could never find the right location for them.  I like the chairs here.  It is nice to have a place to sit down and put your boots on in the morning.  



Here is a picture of the hearth.  Unfortunately the chimney was closed up ages ago...so I use it as a nature " table"/display.  I love the lighting here as it really has an ethereal glow to it! 



Here are some closeups of the autumnal display.






And here is how I set up the main play area in the living room:









Here is the dining room:

Here is the large sit-in bay window.  I call it the faery window.  I usually have it adorned with silks and use it as a cozy knock for play or reading.  Itbis currently undergoing some renovation...so it's a bit bare.

I moved my sewing table from my bedroom to the living room.  Perhaps I will get to those sewing projects now.

In the kitchen, on the work counter sits a garden gnome, next to the garden tool caddy. 
Here is a longer view of the kitchen


Here is curt and greg's bedroom.  The linens were being laundered.  

Some closeups of their room are as follows.
Here is the mamas an chair, which we call the womb chair.  We snuggle up in here after bath and read our bedtime tale here.  This was another orphan piece of furniture which could just not find it's rightful home in the apartment.  This seems like a good place.  

Here is another meditative place...the bathroom.  Candles and incense are lit every night at bath time...lights are closed...it looks beautiful.


Well, that's the entire clean as can be apartment. I feel so refreshed and organized.

Happy autumn to you.