Welcome to another view of my Interior World, the one that has lately involved various kinds of purging and rearranging.
You have watched me haul out boxes of books, and even empty bookshelves. But today I took a stab at lightening up some of the knick-knacks on my favorite bookshelf in my living room. Here are two views of the shelf…BEFORE. Notice an arrangement of some of my Disney figurines….there is little room between them.
Here is another view of the full-length bookshelf with books and figurines:
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Now take a look at AFTER….I took away a few of the gorgeous creatures. Not to worry, they are in a closet, and maybe they can be swapped out for the ones currently on the shelves…at some point. (Below), note a close-up of a couple of the shelves, minus a few of my favorite things.
And here is another view:
A start, right? I wonder when I will be satisfied? I suspect that once I started this whole thing, I had unleashed a purging fury.
What do you think?
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Meanwhile, I am reading a rather frightening story about a family living in an isolated home in the shadowy woods…and what happens when two escaped convicts invade their home.
As Night Falls, by Jenny Milchman…
Sandy Tremont has always tried to give her family everything. But, as the sky darkens over the Adirondacks and a heavy snowfall looms, an escaped murderer with the power to take it all away draws close.
In her isolated home in the shadowy woods, Sandy prepares dinner after a fight with her daughter, Ivy. Upstairs, the fifteen-year-old—smart, brave, and with every reason to be angry tonight—keeps her distance from her mother. Sandy’s husband, Ben, a wilderness guide, arrives late to find a home simmering with unease.
Nearby, two desperate men on the run make their way through the fading light, bloodstained and determined to leave no loose ends or witnesses. After almost twenty years as prison cellmates, they have become a deadly team: Harlan the muscle, Nick the mind and will. As they approach a secluded house and look through its windows to see a cozy domestic scene, Nick knows that here he will find what he’s looking for . . . before he disappears forever.
Opening the door to the Tremont home, Nick brings not only a legacy of terror but a secret that threatens to drag Sandy with him into the darkness.
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A scary story helps keep me from obsessing about my interiors…LOL. For a while, anyway.
Do you find that books distract you from what is going on in the real world?
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
I absolutely find that books distract me. There have been times in my life when I felt like I just hid in books so I didn’t have to think about what was going on in real life. My favorite hiding place.
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Oh, and that Milchman book looks really good!
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Thanks, Kay, and sometimes we really need those distractions! Thanks for stopping by.
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I really do love the cleaner fresher look for your shelves. Easier to dust…easier to enjoy…plus it sounds as though this is fun for you?
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Yes, Patty, it has become fun…surprisingly. Not a chore, but a challenge. A way to see the things around me for the possibilities. LOL Thanks for stopping by, and definitely easier to dust.
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Yes! I will use books for the express purpose of distracting me for awhile. My daughter would droll all over your Disney collection. She might even try to leave with a few! LOL. Enjoy the book.
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I do love the Disney collections, Nise, but they take up a lot of space and make dusting more challenging…so I’m weeding them out a bit. Thanks for stopping by…and send your daughter over!
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