Today's giveaway (cleaning Amber's Room)

After we had to construct a makeshift bed in the attic for vgqn and magscanner when they honored us with a visit last month I've been thinking that it's time to give Amber's old room a makeover. It is now used primarily for sorting laundry, occasional sewing, reading or napping, and occasionally as a guest room. It's not functioning especially well for any of those uses.  It's a small room (10' x 12') with windows, doors and radiator in awkward places. But I have an idea how to rearrange it to make it more usable. This requires the dreaded Sorting and Winnowing activity. I've been working on it sporadically for several weeks and just last night got to the point where I could vacuum the closet floor. As anybody who has done this sort of thing before understands, this is a major turning point. Although the room is now a complete mess, I am nearly to the point where I can start restowing the stuff I've decided to keep. Yay!

So it's time to start getting rid of stuff that doesn't make the cut. I'm starting with this darling little Zen Garden that has been sitting sadly on top of Amber's radiator since she went off to college. I put on some New Age music and spent a happy hour raking and arranging it for pictures, so I can attest that it is rather soothing to play with. Wouldn't it make a lovely gift?

I've posted it on Freecycle, but if anybody on LJ would like it, you can have first dibs.