Comments on: Lack http://fridaville.com/lack/ Where my imagination rents a room Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:20:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Carina Karlsson http://fridaville.com/lack/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Carina Karlsson Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:34:16 +0000 http://fridaville.com/lack/#comment-781 OK, if your white chest of drawers is vintage and made of all wood, not particle board, take it somewhere and get it in the condition you want. The furniture refinishing people can both make the drawers open fully and give it the distressed look you want. Ask around to get someone that is good at this and get a price quote before you commit. Bossy advice, I know, but you'll be glad you took charge of this situation and changed things for the better. OK, if your white chest of drawers is vintage and made of all wood, not particle board, take it somewhere and get it in the condition you want. The furniture refinishing people can both make the drawers open fully and give it the distressed look you want.
Ask around to get someone that is good at this and get a price quote before you commit.
Bossy advice, I know, but you’ll be glad you took charge of this situation and changed things for the better.

]]> By: Jen http://fridaville.com/lack/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Jen Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:34:09 +0000 http://fridaville.com/lack/#comment-751 Hmm. Love the comment above. I wonder about that too. My husband and I discuss ditching our lives for a year to live in an rv and travel the country slowly. We did it before, years ago, and even then I was amazed at what I didn't need. At the time there wasn't the accumulated objects in our lives like we have now. What to leave behind, What to keep, what to give away? What if we really are just happier with less? ps- is it wrong that I'm happy that you are transforming?? Each entry feels like some sort of guidepost. Hmm. Love the comment above. I wonder about that too. My husband and I discuss ditching our lives for a year to live in an rv and travel the country slowly. We did it before, years ago, and even then I was amazed at what I didn’t need. At the time there wasn’t the accumulated objects in our lives like we have now.

What to leave behind, What to keep, what to give away?

What if we really are just happier with less?

ps- is it wrong that I’m happy that you are transforming?? Each entry feels like some sort of guidepost.

]]> By: V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios http://fridaville.com/lack/comment-page-1/#comment-744 V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:06 +0000 http://fridaville.com/lack/#comment-744 Before we moved to Belgium, I downsized and thought I'd done a good job. Not really. I downsized again before we returned to America years later and sent truckloads of things to charity in Belgium. When I unpacked in America, I was shocked by all the stuff I still had. Items that had been in storage for years or in transit for months elicited different reactions as they emerged from boxes and paper. I'd think, "Why do I own this? What is its real value to me, not its imagined value?" It *was* a transformational process. It made me confront so many truths about myself, my life, my history, my values, my expectations. Before we moved to Belgium, I downsized and thought I’d done a good job. Not really. I downsized again before we returned to America years later and sent truckloads of things to charity in Belgium. When I unpacked in America, I was shocked by all the stuff I still had. Items that had been in storage for years or in transit for months elicited different reactions as they emerged from boxes and paper. I’d think, “Why do I own this? What is its real value to me, not its imagined value?”

It *was* a transformational process. It made me confront so many truths about myself, my life, my history, my values, my expectations.

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