“It was a mess, but it was a happy, cozy mess. A mess of lovely, largely happy memories. I felt lucky to have them, despite the disorder of it all...” — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“I have a fond daydream of a day when, like normal, unclutterd folks, I can bring people through my house without hesitation, without secrecy, and without closed doors. More than that, I envision a day when I can confidently stride into every room of my house and find my children's birth certificates or my high school year book or a… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share
“As I worked I continued to be a bit terrified in the back of my mind that it would be awful in the end, a big mishmash of nothing in particular, and there I would be, having wasted a whole week of my life destroying things I wanted to keep. But I should have trusted the long history of women… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share
“In one way or other I was going to have to confront every one of the things I had deemed worth keeping--or, at least, not worth the distress of deciding about--and reevaluate it. Over and over again. Although I have yet to figure out what drives my compulsion to save, I know this much: it is the thought of making… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share
“Once, several years ago, I was looking around for something and moved a piece of furniture only to behold behind it a fuzzy little ball of...what? I looked closer, which is always a bad idea, adn jumped back with a screech. Of course, it was a dead mouse. A dead mouse that had been there long enough that it looked… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share
“I don't like to brag or anything--but I really am exceptionally gifted when it comes to the "Stuff" department. If I had a title, it might be "Her Royal Highness, the Queen of Crap." I could look snootily down from high atop my pile of ancient magazines, holding a scepter of dried bridesmaid bouquets, bedecked with a crown made entirely… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share
“It was a mess, but it was a happy, cozy mess. A mess of lovely, largely happy memories. I felt lucky to have them,… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“There are many shortcuts in life, but perhaps none that come free of consequences. Sugar is one of those things we have manipulated into… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“Important. It’s all terribly important. Until suddenly, one day, it isn’t. Who” — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“I began the process of cutting up my random fabrics into strips. Of course, I chose easy things first, items that didn't' hurt me… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, our culture doesn’t seem to remember much about how you celebrate things without buying a bunch of unnecessary stuff and without consuming a… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“After all, alcohol is a potentially addictive poison, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying a glass of it with dinner on a regular… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
