
Well, time is up! Put down your pencils and pass your test to the front please! LOL! I'm so excited that today I can finally show all of the hard work I've been doing. This story actually begins 6 months ago when we moved. Everything that we didn't want to decide on where to put at the time got shoved into our storage room. Boxes were piled everywhere. We had to dig through, climb over, and rearrange any time we needed to find something. I knew it needed to get under control before it took over the house, and this challenge gave me the shove I needed to get started. And once I started I couldn't stop there! I ended up organizing my office closet and my boys' closet as well!
First I started by taking everything out of the storage room to give me a clean slate to work with. I sorted the junk into piles: empty boxes, food storage, sewing/yarn stuff, garbage, things to go in attic, and things that go in other rooms. This alone was quite a project. Then, everything that wasn't going back into the storage room got put in it's place and I boxed and labeled everything to put back. I love labeling, I think it is my favorite part lol, you'll see my brightly colored labels on most of the boxes. We didn't get our new shelves until yesterday so for a while they were just stacked nicely. But the shelves arrived yesterday! You should have seen how excited I was, I was practically jumping up and down! I got the first one put together and was so proud to show DH when he got home. I said "Isn't it beautiful?!" I think I might be a little strange lol. So then I stacked the boxes on the shelves nicely and cleaned up the laundry area.
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But that's not the end! Somehow our shelf order got messed up and they sent 2 extra shelves! So of course I had to find somewhere to use them. To the office I went. I dragged everything out, put 1 set of shelves in, neatly boxed, labeled, sorted, stacked, and otherwise organized the mess all into the most gorgeous closet I've seen!
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That's still not all! I had one more set of shelves so I headed to my boys' room. The closet was a mess and I'd been putting it off for too long. Again everything came out, the shelves went up, the room seemed to get messier by the minute, some things ended up in the storage room, the kids were wrecking havoc on the house, but eventually an organized haven of peace shone from the closet that I had been afraid to open before!
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Now I'm exhausted, my fingers and back ache, my husband and kids think I'm completely nuts, but I'm so proud of myself! I keep going to the storage room and closets and just staring, they look so nice! The pics just don't do it justice, but I jsut realized you can click them to see them bigger and better. :) Now, what should I organize next?!
18 comments:
Wow, fantastic! Everything looks so orderly. I completely understand the compulsion to keep going. I'm still going!! Funny, our problems started with a move, too. :) Glad you got it all organized!
Ditto!
Wow Kara! GREAT job!!!
Man, where did all your stuff go?? With it all put away neatly it looks so much more usable and less overwhelming. Awesome job, Kara! You go, girl!
Way to go Kara! :) It looks great!
Oh I think I see an organizing junkie emerging...well done! It is addicting though isn't it. You start with one area and then before you know it you've done a couple of closets. Great job and yes you should definitely be proud of yourself. Laura :)
Thanks everyone :D DH is very proud of me too
Don't ya love it when they mess up an order in your favor? It all looks wonderful!
Nice work. It was really fun to think about where everything should go.
Wow - what a great job you did! I love how you were able to pull everything off the floor that needed to be. And look at all the open space you have! Room for kids on trikes, even!
Hi! visiting from Raising Five...looks like you did a great job! :D Now get some rest! ;)
I have two little girls, ages 4 and 7...out of diapers but they still keep me busy! :)
And you say you don't like to clean. ;) You did an AWESOME job! I'm proud of you too. You deserve a good long break from cleaning now. :D
Aw thanks :) I'm already thinking of what to work on next lol. All the flat areas in the house, desks, tables, entertainment center, dressers, etc that attract clutter. I want them clean and organized, but I think I'll wait a while until I can buy a few little organizing containers for them.
That looks amazing! You did a great job!
Woo Hoo!! you should bake a cake and celebrate! And how lucky was that, they sent you extras!?
So organized now. Love it. And love your labels. I realized I need bigger and brighter ones for my closet. good job!
Wow, great job! You really have been at work this month!
It looks so nice, I always love the end result when everything has a place and is clean and tidy.
I usually start to organize when I open a closet and everything falls on me. Which is pretty close to happening now!
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