Latest Purchase for Good...

I just got the book from the mind behind Apartment Therapy, and it is fabulous. I read 80% of it in one night. Here's the ed statement from Amazon:

"New York-based interior designer Gillingham-Ryan is out to prove that even the dreariest, no-view walk-up can be transformed into a cozy urban oasis using his "eight-step home cure." The unflaggingly enthusiastic author asks readers to "listen" to their apartments-appraising what he refers to as the bones, breath, heart and head of the space-before determining ways to streamline. Despite the decorator's forays into psycho-babble, his advice proves practical as he teaches readers how to determine a makeover budget, de-clutter, liberate themselves from a lifetime of accumulated possessions and choose paint hues. "

There definitely is a tree-hugger-esque feel to it, but I am definitely taking on the 8 step home cure in January, when the holidays are behind us and I can completely focus on it. There's something to be said for his methods as well as his plan - isn't that what we all need - an action plan, delivered in smaller doses over 8 weeks? And no, we don't live in an apartment, but our house is so small that it's probably dwarfed by some apartments out there.

They even have a book blog. Check it out and join me for the next 'cure' in the spring.