I requested some AT books from the library, thinking they would be fun to look at and get organizing/decorating ideas. I had no idea that I would be getting this amazing book about decluttering/organizing/therapy 
. It's so awesome, I had no idea that Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, who founded AT, used to be a Waldorf Teacher. How cool is that? He helped parents of his students to arrange their homes, too!
From the back cover:
Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space.
I love his style of writing, and his stories about helping various people in NYC are really fun to read. Of course, this is coming from a man who lived with his wife and a babe in a 265 sq ft. apartment! I'm buying this one for sure.
Here's the Roster, pm me or post if you want to join us! If I didn't put you on the list, I didn't know if you want to do it so just let me know! Post here and let us know how you're doing. I think we should all post a final home tour (ahem photos) as part of our process. I'm going to be very daring ( I know lots of people here IRL and post some before pics. I dare you!
Week 1:
cece Cleaned floors, purchased flowers, donated a few board games, clothes,
es1967
kellid
liontigerbear Shampooed carpets, addressed the flow of her living room. Nice work, mama!
racheloperasinger
zoomom
miss_sonja
mamaheids
contentmom
kavita
. It's so awesome, I had no idea that Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, who founded AT, used to be a Waldorf Teacher. How cool is that? He helped parents of his students to arrange their homes, too!From the back cover:
Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space.
I love his style of writing, and his stories about helping various people in NYC are really fun to read. Of course, this is coming from a man who lived with his wife and a babe in a 265 sq ft. apartment! I'm buying this one for sure.
Here's the Roster, pm me or post if you want to join us! If I didn't put you on the list, I didn't know if you want to do it so just let me know! Post here and let us know how you're doing. I think we should all post a final home tour (ahem photos) as part of our process. I'm going to be very daring ( I know lots of people here IRL and post some before pics. I dare you!
Week 1:
cece Cleaned floors, purchased flowers, donated a few board games, clothes,
es1967
kellid
liontigerbear Shampooed carpets, addressed the flow of her living room. Nice work, mama!
racheloperasinger
zoomom
miss_sonja
mamaheids
contentmom
kavita
. Another is the 50/50 rule -- have 50% hard surfaces and 50% soft surfaces. Obviously these are just guidelines but he really describes how to make a house a home and living in small NYC homes decluttering is a critical skill! I don't think that I'm up for doing the Cure, but I definitely find his book inspiring and I have referred back to it a few times so it's a keeper on my bookshelf 
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So seeing how other people have very non-bland, non-boring spaces with that wall color is SO helpful!
Space is cramped now that we have a child (21 months). I would love to join in on this too. I'm decluttering all the time and want to do some redecorating. I just can't keep up with all the stuff and we really don't buy that much! Going to the library in the morning to check on this book.
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