Do the apartment therapy 8-week home cure

I started a blog for this project — http://thatflatnyc.blogspot.com — just to have a place to write these things down.

A couch, a table and chairs, bed frames for my bad and the kid’s… so far, so good. I’m also working on the balance between warm and cool in each room. I added a frilly fern to the all-white bathroom and am planning to put a wide swath of red paint around the cool grey kitchen.

But I’m already trying to keep the amount of cluttery crap to a minimum, which is really my main problem. Knick-knacks, little things I think are cool, et cetera—I’m trying to keep/display only the ones I love the most and just ditch the rest.

I have the book. I have a new apartment. I have a new vacuum with a HEPA filter.

I have gotten rid of every piece of furniture I don’t absolutely love. I will not buy temporary fixes to fill space.

I’m ready.