The results

Okay, so I did all the things on the above list, and some laundry as well. I also found the piece of paper I was looking for. The living room downstairs took a long time. Wait-did I say I would dust? I didn't do that. Again, as I moved the living room couch away from the wall, I found things like granola bar wrappers and popsicle sticks as well as the occasional stray sock. Now, how do you get the "cleat" smell out of that area. Since I don't have a mudroom, the cleats get left by the front door and I have tried a lot of different methods but it's kind of like the smell of a wet dog that won't go away. When we did the addition, I wanted a mudroom but the area where it was supposed to go would have required changing the entrance way and dismantling a room. I didn't think that was worth it. I've seen some nice built ins for entrance ways, so eventually I'd like to do that. I've never seen anything for the area immediately outside the door however. That's the kind of thing I need. I do have kind of a unique house now. While it was thundering today I realized that from the front windows it feels like you're in a treehouse. That's one of the things I like about it. Lack of a garage...dislike. But at least I never have to clean out my garage, which I'm sure would be full of things if I did have one. Tomorrow is another day off but I certainly don't want to spend it cleaning again.