I have decided that first and foremost I really need to work on some of the easy organizational things
around the house before I tackle things like repainting the downstairs or rearrange the entire laundry room. Something a bit more basic and very much needed. I am going to work on decluttering our house!!! I have been having a blast! Those who know me will understand my excitement in getting things around here under control. Before we had kids there was a place for everything and everything was in its place. Oh how I LOVED it!!! So after spending more time checking things out in the Blogging World I found this site, A Bowl Full Of Lemons, http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/. It was love at first sight! The author of the site is having a 21 day organizing challenge. This challenge started in the beginning of the month but I am having no problem catching up! I took some pictures of the before and after and here are the pics of what I have done.
No judging allowed please! :)
Linen Closet Before
Why didnt the previous owners paint this inside of this door when they painted all the others?!?!?
Me? I am waiting to purchase new doors and trim so for now brown it is!
Linen Closet After
Ella added the heart decor to the mirror.
Both kids are very excited about the mirror that we have owned for 2yrs
that until now was always on the floor behind my bedroom door.
Coat Closet Before
Coat Closet After
I purchased a shoe organizer today.
Just ran out of time to put it together.
It will be installed and fully functioning tomorrow!
P.S. We owned 10 packs of playing cards. 6 of them were new!
Tupperware and Baking Cabinet Before
Yes, those are some CD's and even 2 portable phones with bases.
Not sure how I intended on using those as Tupperware OR baking!
Also had 2 gallon sized Ziplocs full of cookie cutters that I hardly ever use.
Pulled about 1/2 of them aside for garage sale this summer.
Tupperware and Baking Cabinet After
I purchased the hanging basket for about $6 at Target.
A bit more than I wanted to spend,
but it holds more than I thought it would
and the end result makes it worth it.
Under The Kitchen Sink Before
Under The Kitchen Sink After
One of my great buys today was this basket for $3 at Goodwill!
My husband HATES all of the plastic bags stuffed in this cabinet.
Now they are all neat and tidy "stuffed" in a basket where you can't see them!
In addition, today the kids and I took a field trip to Goodwill to see what great buys we could find. We found plenty...$40 worth to be exact. WAY MORE than I wanted to spend but I did find some great deals. Among them are a bunch of good sized baskets for $2-$3 as well as a couple small ones for $1, a great lamp shade and lamp for $5 to go in Michael's room (Much needed as I accidentally broke his when I was opening up his curtains a few weeks ago. Knocked the poor thing right off the dresser!), 2 beautiful large jars with lids to hold small items in the laundry room $3 each, brand new packet of clothes pins that I am going to decorate with scrapbooking paper $1, new throw rug for the front door $3.
Next we were off to Target to grab a couple things for groceries and I wanted to check out their selection of organizational bins. Well, they had tons. The kids were troopers to spend that long looking at the variety of plastic bins! I again spent more than I wanted to but I got a bunch of them that were on clearance and the $1 section had some great plastic bins with handles. I know I will be able to use them and what I don't use I will take back!
Well,I definitely have some improvement needed in the "Spent More Than I Wanted To" area!!! But I really think I have all that I need to finish out this organizing frenzy. At least I hope I do I am not spending any more $$$!!! Tomorrow I am thinking of starting on the overhaul in the laundry room. Time to pack up some of those wedding gifts that are beautiful but haven't been used in the almost 6yrs they have been around.
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