Almost missed the Harvest Party. It was the last day of #TheContainerStore sale and it was BUSY!
If I would have missed the party I would have missed a friend (who measured her own closets & had in-house designer create an Elfa Classic closet) declare, “Every time I open my closet I feel like a princess” WOW! I wish!
Who doesn’t want to feel amazing when they open their closet.
Up in Walnut Creek today for work.
Road trip! Bye Mt. Lassen.
1st stop @boltfabricpdx2nd stop @josephinesdrygoods. . . best laid plans . . .
Portland. Dawned on me what it feels like here: San Francisco 30+ years ago. Most of my SF years (and there were A LOT of those!) were spent on Potrero Hill, pre everything going on now. I am not against change, but feeling nostalgic for neighborhood friendly vibes. Portland delivers!
The work and effort on the cabin continues…
So close to final clean up. Burning still allowed. Storm coming. #cabininthewoods
View from front porch: barn + cowboy cabin + 60’ fir + redwoods. Listening to river and generator.
One year later: sweat and tears and checkbook—but it feels like home again. What can I say—I love peace and quiet and space.
I think the prayer flags worked. And one volunteer sunflower standing watch.
Time to do more white staining. But first, anything that needs to get done outside before the rains, has to happen in September. Next 30 days.
Dead tree standing. Would make good firewood. Time to prepare for Winter. It’s coming.
Now that I have been away from the cabin and madly working for days, the cabin becomes fog.
“Push the limits of what one closet can hold.” My sentiments exactly! We can always use our space better, as long as our belongings are beautiful and/or useful. (There’s no need to organize things that we don’t need to keep!)
I had the first of many Container Store custom closet consultations today! They were a lovely couple expecting their second child in August. Super organized, yet relaxed, in spite of being at tail end of a home renovation (which is a feat!)
You bet I want to deliver the-dream-come-true designs for their 3+ closets!
You can learn more about The Container Store’s In-Home Design & Organization Services here.
Organizing flowers and the sewing space in my #tinyhouse : : thank you @coyotefamilyfarm for fresh veggies & flowers!
Saw this brilliant red barn as I was coming back from the cabin and couldn’t help but take a photo of it.
Nothing signals the arrival of spring quite like blue skies and fluffy white clouds. And more rain showers. I can never bring myself to complain about rain in California, after years of drought..
"Does it spark joy?" -Marie Kondo
Such a simple question can have radical consequences. How amazing to live a life overflowing with joy! More than pre-Marie Kondo (let’s be real 😂)
Having fewer (much loved) things makes finding a home for everything you own easier! Flowers are always a source of joy, but having vases that also #SparkJoy brings that to a whole new level
✨✨ 💐 ✨ ✨
Note to self: be on the lookout for new (to me 😀) vases. Now that I am spread out over three places, I have reason to look for some more beautiful objects.
Color is sure to #sparkjoy for me! Love that you can find interesting combinations anywhere. (In parking lots, sitting in my traveling office aka car 😂) Also helps to enhance colors through photo editing software!
I waste a lot of time being resentful of the damage the characters caused. At the same time, restoration + improvements are happening. Am almost at end of budget of paying for help. When weather a bit warmer I will start on my wall/ceiling treatment of this room (upstairs of barn). I figure it will take 40 hours of work (you know how those estimates go, unrealistic!).
Is there anything better than the first Spring Saturday of the year? Add peach blossoms and waxing moon = 💓💓💓💓💓
One thing I know for sure, I need to see color everywhere. My go-to shelf liner is faux oil cloth, and my source is @stonemountainfabric #PolkaDotsForever
And a #KonMari(ed) kitchen is so much more pleasing to use! How wonderful to open a drawer and see just the tools I need, rather than a mountain of unloved/unused stuff.
Sitting in car. More rain and more cookies and tea. I have had more cookies this past year than my entire life. It doesn’t even bother me too much. Warning 😀.
Had a deadline, thank goodness, to get a portion of my paperwork finished for taxes. It was time to KonMari ALL my papers, again. Honestly, had been shuffling all my paperwork to a box since moving. Time passed. I am left with the three areas of papers: 1. Need to take action 2. Need for current year 3. Need to keep indefinitely.
Everything else gone. What remains couldn’t even fill a banker box. FREEDOM
I am celebrating!
More to life than organizing. A lot more . . .
How could I almost forget about #Ribbonerie?! A visit every other year isn’t too harsh on the pocket book! Paulette Knight has been a one-woman show in San Francisco for 30 years. Seems to be a theme this year.
I haven’t BEGUN to share how @stonemountainfabric #SparksJoy in my life. Now all I have to do is create and sew. I will post makes to the @jane_dolan Instagram account. But I always get a thrill at how organized these fabric and notions still life photos are.
“The Less I needed, the Better I Felt” -Charles Bukowski
Time for my own KonMari Tidying Festival again.
My stuff is driving me nuts. There’s too much of it. I won’t be able to put it away properly until I go through my categories, in order.
As much as I would love to believe one only has to KonMari one’s house one time. That isn’t always the case, life circumstances change due to a move, travel, or whatever and things can go haywire. (Maybe that’s just me). Prepare and recharge for the new year.
Jane Diaries
2018_12_14
As you know, I love the KonMari Method™ of organizing, and was a very early adopter of it! I love using it with clients that more traditional organization methods haven’t historically worked for.
Marie Kondo sparked a worldwide movement, and now we get to watch her work through her method with real people.
The trailer just came out, and I can’t wait to binge watch the series when it releases on January 1st - perfect for an inspiring start to the new year.
Be sure to watch the trailer above.
And if it inspires you to start getting your house in order be sure to get in touch!
![[this photo goes with yesterday’s entry — a different lifetime in NY]Jane Dolan laying on the steps in front of a building in New York City.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57237d8f746fb941a5bdd704/1545253892259-5EVBU3AG071ABW75JSE6/Screen+Shot+2018-12-19+at+4.10.40+PM.png)
[this photo goes with yesterday’s entry — a different lifetime in NY]
Jane Dolan laying on the steps in front of a building in New York City.
I took myself out on a date: movie and dinner. Wasn’t planning on dinner but the film was Japanese and there were noodles . . .
I wish I could recommend “Never-ending man: Hayao Miyazaki” — what happens when the director and animator Miyazaki attempts to retire in his early 70’s. It’s a story worth telling, but the director of his story was lost.
Jane Diaries
2018_12_13
It’s easy to forget, and so important to remember when embarking on a tidying journey, just how much energy tidying takes!
After an eight hour tidying session with a client, I am toast and in bed.
Jane Diaries
2018_12_12
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