Sooo, did y'all know my husband is an antiques dealer?  Yup.  He's the kind of antique dealer that collects for years then goes into business.  His initial, and ongoing, passion is Arts & Crafts furniture.  In order to avoid the "living in a warehouse" look  we instituted the rule "one in, one out".  It works pretty good, especially when you're talking big and very heavy pieces of furniture. 

Which brings me to my current state of disarray.  We're getting ready for the one antique show we sell at (antique shows are limited in our life because I hate packing, hauling, re-packing, hauling back and putting away.  Yuck.  We have a store for crying out loud.)  We are selling three pieces out of our house, which could be good.  Three out, three in.  Maybe.

This bed is going:



It's a twin bed we've had for, oh, maybe 18 years?  It's been slept in once.  Really.  It sits in our office.  There's a great story about how my husband acquired the bed, but honestly?  We could use this space better. 

Also going is this wicker chair and ottomon in the corner, it's my porch reading chair:



There is at least a plan for the porch

And then there's this teacart:



This is the one giving me fits, I cannot figure out what to do next here.  Everything I try looks like a bunch of furniture lined up against the wall.  In fact, it's looked like that ever since we juggled things around on Memorial Day. 

So where was I going with all this?  The house is kind of turned upside down and I'm not sure when it's going to be right again.  It's an unsettling feeling, I don't like it.  Frankly, it's why I organize to the point that I do, when things are settled I'm comfortable.  It's why anyone should organize, to simply feel good.  I'll be plugging away for the next couple of weeks, or more, trying to get things back to comfortable again.  There's my motivation for organization in a nutshell, comfort.  For me.  It's all about me.
 
PS, remember how I said I got rid of my marbleized wallpaper because Jenny at MFAMB  doesn't like marbleized?  She doesn't like Arts and Crafts either.  We won't be following her down that merry trail.

Number of things I've knocked off my Fall To Do List:  Errm, well, ok.  One, two if you consider I haven't purchased one single fall decor item.