Its our kickoff! Welcome! This is weekend #1 for our crafty/organization weekend project. Each weekend for the next year, we are planning on tackling some type of project to help us clean, organize, simplify, and make our lives a little bit craftier!
First off, I moved into this house in April. I went from maybe 1200sq ft of space, not all livable, a dungeon basement and very old fixtures/decor to a 3600sq ft house. Each room needs major cosmetic work. There was no cohesiveness to the design from room to room. At first I was super excited about the endless possibilities. The first thing we changed was the room with the kittycat artwork carpet. We ripped out the carpet in the family room and then the 6 layers of flooring in the kitchen so that we could have the same flooring throughout the two rooms that were open to each other. It was beautiful. After a few projects though, I began to lose steam. The house became more and more disorganized. I was losing control with the cleaning. Then I came across another blog.
Clean Mama is my new hero. She breaks down chores, has to-do lists, organizing kits. I know, I know...I could do all of this myself. But, I'm literally so drained that having a pre-made list laid out in front of my is so nice. And, after a few weeks of doing things her way, I'm on a great system that is soooo easy and saves a lot of time. My house STAYS clean. Not kidding. It literally takes me no more than 15-30 minutes per day to do a short list. Maintaining is the key. The other night I was so tired and thought about skipping, but a few minutes later I found myself just Git'n'er'dun! It was worth it. Coming downstairs in the morning with the kitchen damn near sparkling is a great feeling and starts my day off right. her blog also helped me break my projects down into steps.
So, for our first weekend project entry I decided to tackle a few closets in my house. I started by taking everything out of the closet in my daughter, Sophia's room. Her room has also had a complete overhaul which took a little over a week to paint and pull together:
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Room before...dark and dreary |
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Random, leveled stripes |
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Happy trees! |
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Owls and shelves!
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Cute closet doors! No more plain white! |
Sophia is 5 and is not the best at cleaning or organizing. What kid is at that age though?! I wanted to create a system to help her be more self-sufficient when getting ready for school. Her closet was a disaster on the inside:
We started by taking everything out of the mess hole. Added some new bins and shelving, as well as a stepping stool so she could easily reach the hangers to put her own clothes away. The pink hanging organizer has five shelves, one for each day of her school week. Sunday night we put the clothes on the shelves that she picks out for the week. Each morning, Sophia gets up, grabs an outfit, and gets herself dressed...usually before I'm even out of bed!
That only took a few hours so I decided to tackle the hallway closet as well...
I labeled the medicine drawers, per a pinterest idea, used baskets that I already had. A little organization goes a long way mentally. I love opening the doors to these closets now. It jump-started my desire to keep going on the home improvements.
Weekend #1 was a success. I keep going and looking at the closets and smiling. Now, 51 more to go!!