Discardia, Day One

[serene]

Today begins Discardia. I decided to take the next 15 days to declutter 15 surfaces or areas in my house (well, 14 plus my desk at work) that tend to collect clutter. I made a list of 15 things, then randomized them (except the desk at work; that has to be done after I go back to work, natch) and plugged them into the 15 days.

Today's Discardia project: The Sorting Table

We call this "the sorting table", but what it is is our old dining table, and where we put things when we don't want them on the dining table. We sometimes sort things on it, but really, it's just another horizontal-surface crap receptacle.

Before pictures, no pre-cleaning or retouching allowed:





And how it looks now (ignore the datestamp; my camera thinks it was midnight already):

Comments

[nitoda]

I used to be quite good at clearing any one room at a time ... but the *last* room? The one where all the stuff I didn't know what to do with ended up? That last room never got done, despite it moving geographically around the house with regularity. :-)

[deane]

I loved playing Milles Bornes as a kid.

[nitoda]

"Milles Bornes" - sorry, cultural reference I don't have - explain? (if you want to!) :-)

[deane]

A spelling error on my part. It's actually "Mille Bornes". No 's' on the 'Mille'.

It's a card French card game about driving. If you look at the before picture of the table you'll see a copy of the game sitting in the foreground.

It even has its own entry in Wikipedia.