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Office remodel, phase 1

Sorting books

This year's top reorganization priority is my homestead office. After finally caving and buying a comfortable chair this summer, my current workspace was no longer working. Which was actually a much-needed nudge, since I ended up with a lot of books to discard once I pulled everything off the shelves.

Homestead office

Here's phase two --- shelves removed and only the items I use at least once a month returned to the office zone. Mark has promised to build me a storage futon to continue the renovation into the left side of the photo above, and I'm pondering that big bare wall on the right with its ancient floral wallpaper. Am I really to the point in my homesteading adventure where I'm considering adding a coat of paint?



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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I hope you "discarded" the books by giving them to your local library.
Comment by Nayan Sat Nov 5 14:19:44 2016
You aren't horders are you? The first photo is a bit concerning.
Comment by Shindig Sat Nov 5 20:10:24 2016





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