Oh, I'll tell you my shameful secrets. The lacy curtains are UP, but one pair has needed to be shortened for years! Because the windows are not the same size.
AND I wanted to put a matching piece under the glass top, but I can't find THAT one (another pair that almost match). If and when I do, one panel will go under the glass and the 4th will go into the wider window that needs no hemming! :~)
BUT I know where to look if I don't grab another piece in another color, that is handy, quicker-- the day just busied up with an emergency hospital call Hardi dashed off on, which puts some of his "scheduled" chores back on MY List again today.
Why I know where to look is the Other Big Secret. It's color. Each room has a fixed color palette. If I come across something that fits that palette, it gets set to go toward that room and, eventually, it does flow it's way there (where the well-policed closets usually have room). Then I usually have only one room to check, if I get the bright idea to go off plan and pull a color to mix.
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SQUEAM ALERT ON
One chore now permanently OFF my list is making up the beds for overnight guests. It's just not realistic to put linens on a bed that 2-3 cluster flies will crawl into, to die, and then hope there aren't any visible when an honored guest peels back the pretty linens!!!
Instead, the linens for each room, which have been bagged against the flies to begin with, are always there and available. They've been ready that way for years, and ya know what? No guest has ever YET put a fresh set back ON when they left.
SQUEAM OFF
So-- when a guest comes-- if I have time to put the linens on, of course I'll be happy to do it, but from now on I will warn potential arrivees that I may not get to it no matter how much I might like to promise that I will-- these emergencies are the norm, at our house, not the exception. But it's how and why, for example, Hardi can rush off to see a bandmate's son unexpectedly at the ER.
AT OUR PLACE, THAT'S ALWAYS THR TRADE-OFF. (inad capslock)