20/20 Cure, Fall 2011 | Apartment Therapy

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Graduation!
The 20/20 Home Cure

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Dear Curees, thanks so much for joining me this fall as I repeated myself and the crazy videos I made last year. I wished that I had been able to escort you more or to replace some of the videos with new ones. I wanted to. Tremendous upheaval in my life at home made it impossible for me to do anything more, but I hope to come back with more next time. It is important to me, and I am super proud that the Cure has been helpful to all of you in any way. See you in 2012!

Graduation Tomorrow!
The 20/20 Home Cure

Ok everyone. We had over 1,700 people on our daily Cure email list, at least 500 of those who were brand new this fall. Tonight I'm going to put together a little graduation post to go live tomorrow and celebrate our second annual 20/20 Cure. Got a pic to show some of the work that you did? Send them in to me by tonight, and I'll share them tomorrow!

Day 20: Empty Outbox
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Day 19: Hang Artwork
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Day 18: Declutter Medicine Cabinet
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Day 17: Buy Flowers
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Day 16: Clean One Room
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Day 15: Fix One Thing In Your Home Yourself
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Day 14: Media Fast
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Day 13: Declutter Books or Media
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Day 12: Buy Flowers
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Day 11: Clean One Room
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Day 10: Make List of Top 6 Home Needs
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Day 9: Find a New Recipe and Cook Tonight!
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Day 8: Establish a Landing Strip
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Alert! This was one of the most popular videos of our Cure with over 26,414 views. Who knew?

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Day 7: Buy Flowers & Sit for 10
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Day 6: Clean One Room
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Day 5: Buy or Replenish One Eco Cleaner
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Day 4: Remove One Item and Set Up Outbox
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Day 3: Find Inspirational Photos For Your Home
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Day 2: Buy Fresh Flowers
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Day 1: Clean One Room
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The 20/20 Home Cure: Join Us Monday!

• Cure Clock: 3 days till start
• Assignment: Buy or borrow the book!

Hi everyone! It's time to polish up our homes again, and just as we did last year I've completely re-tooled The Cure for busy schedules and working stiffs like us. It's going to be shorter, quicker and much more accessible. Check out the video above, and jump below for more info. We start next Monday morning, and it's going to be fun.

Oct 24th - Nov 18th

1: Floor & surface clean 1 room

3: Find inspirational photos

4: Remove 1 item & setup outbox

5: Buy or replace eco cleaner

6: Floor & surface clean 1 room

7: Buy flowers & sit for 10 minutes

8: Establish a landing strip

9: Find a new recipe & cook tonight!

10: Make list of Top 6 Home Needs

11: Floor & surface clean 1 room

12: Buy flowers

13: Declutter books or media

15: Fix one thing in your home yourself

16: Floor & surface clean 1 room

17: Buy flowers

18: Declutter medicine cabinet

19: Hang Artwork

20: Empty outbox

The Book

This 20/20 Cure is adapted completely from
The Eight-Step Home Cure, so please get yourself a copy, if you don't have one already. While I'll give you a good deal of info for each project in my videos, the real dirt is in the book.

The 20/20 Cure

Welcome to my NEW 20/20 Cure. In only 20 minutes a day for 20 days we're all going to make our homes beautiful, organized and healthy. This fall I'm making my original Home Cure shorter and more accessible so that everyone can do it and feel good about their home.

Want to do more during these four weeks? Go for it. The twenty projects in the 20/20 Cure are easy and powerful when added all together, but should you want to take on a bigger project, or tackle one room in its entirety, I'd love to see it.

How it Works

The Day's Video—Each day I'll be giving you a project from the book via a short video (oooh, gasp!). I'll post the assignment at 7:45 est each day, so you know what's on tap. For more information on each project, I'll direct you to the chapter in the book where you can read in more detail if you wish.

The Day's Email—Each day's video link will also be sent out via email simultaneously as it is posted to our sites.

Share Your Cure—As you check off each day, let us know how you're doing. Ask questions and discuss your Cure in the daily discussion thread. Tweet and Facebook your progress, and share your pics in our 20/20 Cure Flickr Group. Before you know it, you'll be done and amazed with what you've accomplished.

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