In For a Penny...

One long wall of my studio is all windows. There is a long shelf running along the windows, and my cutting rulers live on that shelf. I looked at it on Sunday morning and all I saw was dust. So I moved them over, and as I started to put them back I decided to clean them. I was amazed at how many of them had dirty edges, so I cleaned them all. Then I cleaned the racks holding them.

Maybe you can see where this is going.

So I moved everything from out from under the cutting table, vacuumed under there (translation: let the Roomba loose) and then cleaned all the stuff back there.

There's a vent in that back corner for the air conditioning, and even pulled it out and cleaned that too.

I also washed these two windows, and I washed the long shelf before I put the stuff back.

I am going to work my way around the room, cleaning EVERYTHING. I've actually started with the hardest and messiest corner, so the rest of the room will be easier.

After a break, and dinner, and the dinner dishes, I cleaned the sewing table and the small cutting table. The rest of the room will be "downhill" from here. And then I'll tackle the fabrics.


Nancy, it never occurred to me that "doodads" was a colloquialism. Doodads are just stuff. This and that. Mostly it's stuff you usually keep in your "junk drawer." Knickknacks, on the other hand, are cutesy little ornamental things that look pretty and collect dust. I do not generally have knickknacks because they occupy space that is better served for something else. And except for babies and little girls and boys, (and maybe some small dogs) I hate, loathe and despise anything "cute."