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Re-do

October 4, 2009 by Lauren 8 Comments

When Lloyd got booted out of his classroom relocated in August, he had no place for his many, many classroom plants, so he brought them home. In the past, they were only here for the summer months, so finding a place for them was not an issue. This year, though, he put them in our entryway, which isn’t the best spot. We never notice them, so they never get any water. Plus, its on the north side of the house in an unheated enclosed porch, so it would be a slow, dark, cold death for those poor things this winter.

So, a little shuffle-shuffle sweep-sweep later, our living room looks different! I never retrieved my camera from school, though, so you have to suffer through taken-from-across-the-room-with-the-webcam photos.

Before:
Oh, sofa, you've served me well.

The first shuffle-shuffle:
Heh heh. It's an illooosion!

Note the ‘table’ that was behind the sofa. It’s an ironing board and that blue bedsheet is impregnated with years and years of dust. This is also when the majority of ‘sweep-sweep’ happened, along with some ‘GAH! What-the-heck-is-THAT?’ discoveries.
Not a good look when exposed.

Lloyd helped get the plants out of the entryway and spruced ’em up.
Where's Lloydo?

So, there you have it – plants moved to a south-facing window. And what was on the t.v. while I worked? That’s right – Bridezillas. That show is magic for getting things done around here.

Good luck, guys.

Filed Under: Home 'Improvement'

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  1. Brad says

    October 5, 2009 at 5:47 am

    It’s a downright jungle in there! Congratulations! Houseplants are supposed to be good at filtering fumes like benzene and formaldehyde out of the air.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      October 5, 2009 at 5:51 am

      So I can take up smoking and we should be good?

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 5, 2009 at 6:47 am

        Or embalming.

        Reply
        • Peggy says

          October 5, 2009 at 9:33 am

          HA!

          And that does look great Lauren!! How nice to have such a lovely view from your couch…although having a front row seat may be disturbing if, well you know….

          Reply
  2. Deanne says

    October 5, 2009 at 8:01 am

    The plants look GREAT by the window like that. Someday I want to have plants by the window, just like Lloyd & Lauren. If the sofa is on the other side of the coffee table, then the chatting-with-friends space is still intact, too. Lovely.

    Reply
  3. Kristi says

    October 5, 2009 at 10:29 am

    What a perfect use for the bench from the old table! Love the new look!

    Reply
  4. Christina says

    October 5, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    So can you still get to the door?

    Reply
    • Lloyd says

      October 5, 2009 at 5:38 pm

      We can still get to the back door.

      Reply

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