Declutter progress #4

There's been a bit of a declutting hiatus lately, what with uni, and Hugo being in hospital, and etc. But we're back on track this week. Inspired by my PUs, who called some guy called David to come and take away the books they didn't want, who then gave them $250 for them, I finally started going through the boxes they dumped on me kindly stored for me for many years and then returned because they are moving house. And then I went through the bookshelves. And now I have nine, count them, NINE large boxes of books sitting by the front door and David the bookman is coming around tonight to take them off my hands, and, one devoutly hopes, give me some cash. Which may or may not be enough to buy another bookshelf, which strangely I need despite the nine boxes.

Anyway, partly this is all inspired by the fact that the PUs are giving us the beautiful persian rug from their dining room, and also on extended loan the Grant Featherstone rocking chair. It's this one, only my PUs one is upholstered in hideous green fabric, and all the buttons have been chewed off, possibly by animals or small children:

The original fabric was fantastic, it had horsies on, but it was really too tattered and had to be recovered. I'm going to have it recovered again, possibly in purple, possibly in gold, or possibly in an Ink & Spindle fabric, but definitely not in purple and gold stripes like the one above!

Anyway, it's a fab chair, and a fab rug, and I really want the living room to look nice to show them off! And clearly, the less stuff you have, the easier it is to keep it clean. I have *almost* cleaned up the spare room, because Hugo's cousin Andy might stay while I'm in Paris, and also because Zoe might come stay in July. And also because I'm sick of walking past it and not being able to see the floor!