Declutter With Me on Monday Tuesday | Week 7
Wow. I have to admit to you I am having some serious backsliding as of late. Not only is my decluttering suffering, but I find myself very tempted to buy unnecessary things. I wonder if there is a support group for this? I will be striving to focus on family/home time during Lent this year. I hope this will help curb my desire to purchase some a lot.
Now back to decluttering!
This week was fairly easy as well. I tried to enjoy the small amount of decluttering because I think next week has me in the storage space in the basement. Yikes. I will absolutely be enlisting the help of my hubby for that.
When I read that the bulk of this week's tasks were clearing a desk, I was excited. I thought I was totally off the hook for decluttering. Here is my desk and printer before:
Now back to decluttering!
This week was fairly easy as well. I tried to enjoy the small amount of decluttering because I think next week has me in the storage space in the basement. Yikes. I will absolutely be enlisting the help of my hubby for that.
When I read that the bulk of this week's tasks were clearing a desk, I was excited. I thought I was totally off the hook for decluttering. Here is my desk and printer before:
And after putting some clothes in their right place and packaging up something that needs to be mailed, here is my desk and printer after:
In my dreamy fantasy world, that is all I would have needed to do this week. But wait! There is this other desk... in our master closet. Much to my hubby's dismay, it is pretty much my office. I bet he just loves getting dressed in there! Here is my space before:
I have to admit that I pretty much enjoy organizing this space. Crafting makes me happy. Organizing my crafting things makes me happy too. Here is my happy little space after:
So, with the exception of organizing your bulletin board {which I do not have,} that is it for this week! Hope you are all hanging in there with the decluttering.
If you are new to this blog or this concept, please check out Beth Dargis's blog, My Simpler Life. She has a free downloadable calendar to help guide you decluttering your way through 2012. It's never too late to start! Take the first step today.
Making a Temporary House a Home | Curtains
One of the first things my hubby and I add to a home {other than our own furniture and belongings} is window coverings. Of course, every home we have lived in has been quite different than the one before. For a few moves, we had to buy new curtains for several, if not all, the rooms in our house. We have finally reached the point however, where we seem to have curtains in our arsenal that will fit somewhere in our new home. We usually end up buying a set or two for at least one room in our house though.
Adding curtains can be simple and inexpensive. Of course it can be very detailed and expensive, but there is absolutely no reason it has to be. The curtains don't have to match the room exactly. {In fact, I find a room more visually appealing when there is a little contrast going on.} I usually enjoy the challenge of finding the best fitting, most cheap option there is.
Here are the places I found my cheap, good enough curtains featured in the photos above.
From top to bottom:
My main piece of advice to you would be to just put something up there. I truly think you will be happily surprised with what you see.
Curtains add a lot to a room for a minimal cost. Simple coverings over your windows can add texture and color where there was none before.
Covering your windows can reduce outside noise and filter the amount of sunlight that streams into your home.
Even adding a small valance can pack a big punch.
I still find myself amazed at the difference adding a few yards of fabric to a room can make.
From top to bottom:
- www.target.com We bought these curtains nearly five years (and four houses!) ago for our master bedroom. I am happy to stay they have made there way out of storage to be used in our room again!
- www.landofnod.com My daughter's quilt is from here. I didn't want the curtains to be matchy, matchy. I found her curtains and shams on deep clearance from The Land of Nod and they coordinate nicely with her quilt.
- The Exhange at Panzer. Yes, believe it or not, I found curtains at the Exchange. If you live here, you know what a feat that is. I actually bought these for our old rental house on the economy. We needed something basic and neutral. I liked these because they resembled burlap. It added a nice feel to our rented farmhouse. When we moved on post and decided the bathroom needed some window coverings, I thought these would be perfect.
- www.potterybarn.com Okay, I totally splurged on these. But I promise I went through every other possible resource for a valance in our kitchen. The good thing is, when you get two curtains for $9 for your son's room, you have a little extra to spend on a valance in the kitchen.
- www.walmart.com My hubby and I got some very nice crib bedding for our son. We had a hard time finding something we agreed on. When we finally did, we did not hesitate in purchasing it. At our farmhouse, a curtain was impossible on our slanted attic windows. When we moved on post, our son's room definitely needed curtains. I have to say I came very close to spending nearly $200 on the coordinating curtains for his room. Just typing that makes me feel a little ill. Thankfully, I came to my senses and checked with Target and Wal-mart online. Wal-mart had some nice true red curtains at a beautiful price of 2 for $9.
My main piece of advice to you would be to just put something up there. I truly think you will be happily surprised with what you see.
*If you have a tricky room where you are unsure what to use to cover your windows, email a photo to robyn_lee97 <at> hotmail <dot> com. I would love to feature your space on my blog!*
Declutter With Me On Monday | Week 6
Left, right & center of bedroom dresser
I felt this week's tasks were fairly simple and straightforward. Normally, our bedroom dresser is pretty free of clutter. As luck would have it, however, it was a bit out of control this week.
Things just needed to put away in their rightful place. It wasn't too labor intensive or taxing on my brain. It was just busywork, which I already have plenty of, *thankyouverymuch*!
I felt this week's tasks were fairly simple and straightforward. Normally, our bedroom dresser is pretty free of clutter. As luck would have it, however, it was a bit out of control this week.
Things just needed to put away in their rightful place. It wasn't too labor intensive or taxing on my brain. It was just busywork, which I already have plenty of, *thankyouverymuch*!
Clear off one bedroom shelf
We don't necessarily have any shelves in our bedroom, so I tackled the window ledge in our master bath. This is where my hubby and I keep our items of daily use. I still had things up there that hadn't been put away since our trip to Venice. I'm horrible about unpacking.
A little rearranging is always good. The coffee cup has been returned to it's rightful home as well as the dusting cloth. Hey, if anyone has any ideas as to what to put in the cream colored bowl, please let me know! I've considered river rocks and decorative balls, but neither seems to fit.
Clear off another bedroom shelf
I've run out of shelves, so I moved to an area in my home that is always in desperate need of tidying... my daughter's bedroom.
Every surface of my girl's room is usually covered in something. Her room is pretty random. Take her dresser top for example. My conditioner was carried in here by her baby brother and the screwdriver was probably left here by yours truly.
So, that's kind of it for this week. Not terrible. I'm starting to wonder what kind of trouble I'm in for next week! How is your decluttering coming??
One Little Word On Wednesday
I finally sat down and did my layout for January. My word for 2012 is "discipline." I elaborated quite a bit on the journaling cards in my layout as to why I chose this word, what I am inviting into my life and what this word means to me. The extra bits and pieces are little visual reminders of my word and it's parts.
The top center card has dots on it that I punched out and inked. Two of them are stamped with the wording "it's the little things." I feel that in striving for discipline, it truly is the little things that can make or break your goals. They seem small at the start, but they can either grow into obstacles or passageways.
The top right card has a chipboard 1 on it that I inked up as well. It says, "first things first." That is a reminder to me to just start. We all need a reminder sometimes to look just at that first step rather than the mountain looming ahead.
The center card is pretty obvious. Schedule is something I am severely lacking and something I am really striving for.
The bottom left card is a bird that I stamped. I chose a bird for several reasons. First, I just love birds. They are beautiful. Second, a bird represents several things I am inviting into my life by choosing to have more discipline. Those things are routine, calm, POISE, peace and JOY.
I'm happy with the way this page turned out. I used a lot of robin's egg blue because that is my current favorite. It also makes me feel calm and relaxed. I am excitedly looking forward to the rest of this journey!
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mes choses préférées | stickygrams + coupon
Have you seen stickygrams yet? They take photos right from your Instagram account and turn them into the cutest magnets. I ordered a sweet little stack of stickygrams that highlighted some of our favorites from Venice. Here's a peek:
Ordering is super simple. Shipping is free. And! I have a coupon for you. If you order before Friday, February 18, use the code robynlee97456 and you will immediately get $2 off of your order.
Declutter With Me On Monday | Week 5
It's February! We have completed one entire month of decluttering. How is it coming? Even if you've missed some days, it's still okay to jump right in at the current date. Don't worry about what you've missed. Just start today.
This week we conquered candles, nixed knives and fought with the fridge. If your household is anything like mine, you actually fought the toddler to get to the fridge! I am happy to report that this week our lives are back to our normal and I was able to accomplish some decluttering tasks.
Candles + Kitchen Drawer {1/30 + 2/3}
I don't have a lot of candles anymore. I used to be an avid collector of candles. If it was pretty, if it smelled good, if it had sentimental value I bought it. As you may or may not realize, candles do not move well. They usually end up melted or broken. I guess you could say I have the military to thank for my small stash of candles.
Here is what my stash consists of:
The Everyday | Niven Morgan Gold - When we moved from Oklahoma in 2005, my dear friend Rebekah gave me a Niven Morgan Gold pillar as a going away token. Needless to say, I was smitten. With the exception of fall + Christmas scents, I have not bought any other candles since then.
The Holiday | Yankee Seasonal Scents - I'm a sucker for them
The Practical | generic candles in various colors to change with the seasons
I combined Monday's task with Friday's task of cleaning out one kitchen drawer. Because we have very few kitchen drawers, I moved onto the cabinets. Conveniently, the cabinets that housed the candles really needed to be organized. Here are the shots:
Keep Only Your Good Knives {2/1}
The whole plastic bag situation was a little out of control. Sometimes {frequently} I forget to bring my reusable bags to the commissary. I always save the commissary bags I acquire to be used for trash bags in the bathrooms and in the car. My previous storage solution for these bags was throwing them onto the top shelf of one of my cabinets. Yeah, that wasn't working well.
This week we conquered candles, nixed knives and fought with the fridge. If your household is anything like mine, you actually fought the toddler to get to the fridge! I am happy to report that this week our lives are back to our normal and I was able to accomplish some decluttering tasks.
Candles + Kitchen Drawer {1/30 + 2/3}
I don't have a lot of candles anymore. I used to be an avid collector of candles. If it was pretty, if it smelled good, if it had sentimental value I bought it. As you may or may not realize, candles do not move well. They usually end up melted or broken. I guess you could say I have the military to thank for my small stash of candles.
Here is what my stash consists of:
The Everyday | Niven Morgan Gold - When we moved from Oklahoma in 2005, my dear friend Rebekah gave me a Niven Morgan Gold pillar as a going away token. Needless to say, I was smitten. With the exception of fall + Christmas scents, I have not bought any other candles since then.
The Holiday | Yankee Seasonal Scents - I'm a sucker for them
The Practical | generic candles in various colors to change with the seasons
I combined Monday's task with Friday's task of cleaning out one kitchen drawer. Because we have very few kitchen drawers, I moved onto the cabinets. Conveniently, the cabinets that housed the candles really needed to be organized. Here are the shots:
Photo Organization {1/31}
I admit I do have some photos in boxes that I should go through, but the vast majority of my photos are digital until I print them out for a project. I am currently enjoying Project Life, so my photos are organized by week. Here is a screenshot of how I organize them.
Keep Only Your Good Knives {2/1}
Go Through Your Plastic Bag/Foil Area {2/2}
My foil area has been pretty well contained. We rarely use these products in our home, but they are here just in case.
The whole plastic bag situation was a little out of control. Sometimes {frequently} I forget to bring my reusable bags to the commissary. I always save the commissary bags I acquire to be used for trash bags in the bathrooms and in the car. My previous storage solution for these bags was throwing them onto the top shelf of one of my cabinets. Yeah, that wasn't working well.
I had this extra 2 gallon plastic pitcher collecting dust. I wadded up each bag individually and stuffed them one by one into the the pitcher. {You know it stinks when you grab a plastic bag that has four more stuffed into it!} After the pitcher is filled up, it's easy to grab just one bag through the lid. And look how much more space I have on the top shelf now!
Empty Your Fridge + Clean It {2/4}
Thankfully, I work very hard not to let old and expired things get lost or forgotten in my fridge. That made it pretty easy to complete the last task of the week. I did throw out a few things though!
Don't you just love my little helper? He is involved in almost all of my weekly tasks.
Have a wonderful week fellow declutterers!
Making a Temporary House a Home | First Things First
First things first. Par down, par down and par down some more. I know, I know, this is not very fun. But it is an important step necessary to making a house a home. If you move as often as I do, you never know what type of house you will be living in next. A house full of clutter isn't very relaxing. It also does not give way to pretty decor. I admit this is something that does not come naturally to me at all. I am a reformed pack rat myself.
Growing up in an Air Force family, I moved frequently as a child as well. I am sure my parents loved the fact I lugged around boxes of cards I received in the mail, junk I won at a school fair, and years worth of church bulletins. I have this innate ability to attach sentimental value to almost anything. It's an illness.
I also have this problem in thinking, "What if I need this later?" Later has never come for me. Yes, there are certain papers and records you should keep. Thankfully, in the digital age you can almost always find these records online or contact the source to have another sent to you if need be. As for the papers you truly need to hang onto, they can be stored in a small filing cabinet that takes up very little room.
So, what are some ideas for parring down? Here are just a few:
1. General Decluttering: Join me in Beth Dargis's Declutter 2012 challenge. You can find Beth's calendar here. You can follow along with me as I tackle the items on the calendar each Monday in my Declutter With Me series.
2. The Kitchen: Keep only the minimum.
Tabletop | I love dishes. LOVE THEM. I used to have at least four full sets of dishes. However, my family always reached for the same dishes. There was never a time I needed them ALL. My husband and I made a decision to sell two of those sets. {One set is our wedding china and we will always keep that. It is currently in storage in the States.} We then spent quite a bit of time looking for a practical, pretty, neutral set of dishes that we agreed on. We finally settled on these. After they arrived and were unpacked, we donated any remaining dishes we had left.
Prep + Serveware | In my house, these are interchangeable. Here are all the bowls I have. Two vintage Pyrex bowls, a large salad bowl from my wedding and two bowls I picked up in Soufflenheim. I also have two Corningware bakers with lids and a shallow pasta bowl from Soufflenheim. {I think the pasta bowl will be headed to donation soon.} I use those for baking as well as storing leftover food. Most of the time, the sides we have with dinner are small enough to fit into a bowl from our dinnerware. I also use the large dinner plates as platters.
Flatware | We received a very simple set of flatware {that we chose} as a wedding gift ten years ago. We still have only that set. Along the way, we seem to have lost quite a few tea spoons. I very recently purchased a set of six from IKEA as those are the spoons my kids use the most. We go through the whole set in less than two days. We run the dishwasher almost daily. It works. There are no dishes piling in the sink because we need to wash them to be used again almost immediately.
Growing up in an Air Force family, I moved frequently as a child as well. I am sure my parents loved the fact I lugged around boxes of cards I received in the mail, junk I won at a school fair, and years worth of church bulletins. I have this innate ability to attach sentimental value to almost anything. It's an illness.
I also have this problem in thinking, "What if I need this later?" Later has never come for me. Yes, there are certain papers and records you should keep. Thankfully, in the digital age you can almost always find these records online or contact the source to have another sent to you if need be. As for the papers you truly need to hang onto, they can be stored in a small filing cabinet that takes up very little room.
So, what are some ideas for parring down? Here are just a few:
1. General Decluttering: Join me in Beth Dargis's Declutter 2012 challenge. You can find Beth's calendar here. You can follow along with me as I tackle the items on the calendar each Monday in my Declutter With Me series.
2. The Kitchen: Keep only the minimum.
Tabletop | I love dishes. LOVE THEM. I used to have at least four full sets of dishes. However, my family always reached for the same dishes. There was never a time I needed them ALL. My husband and I made a decision to sell two of those sets. {One set is our wedding china and we will always keep that. It is currently in storage in the States.} We then spent quite a bit of time looking for a practical, pretty, neutral set of dishes that we agreed on. We finally settled on these. After they arrived and were unpacked, we donated any remaining dishes we had left.
Prep + Serveware | In my house, these are interchangeable. Here are all the bowls I have. Two vintage Pyrex bowls, a large salad bowl from my wedding and two bowls I picked up in Soufflenheim. I also have two Corningware bakers with lids and a shallow pasta bowl from Soufflenheim. {I think the pasta bowl will be headed to donation soon.} I use those for baking as well as storing leftover food. Most of the time, the sides we have with dinner are small enough to fit into a bowl from our dinnerware. I also use the large dinner plates as platters.
Flatware | We received a very simple set of flatware {that we chose} as a wedding gift ten years ago. We still have only that set. Along the way, we seem to have lost quite a few tea spoons. I very recently purchased a set of six from IKEA as those are the spoons my kids use the most. We go through the whole set in less than two days. We run the dishwasher almost daily. It works. There are no dishes piling in the sink because we need to wash them to be used again almost immediately.
Utensils | I purchased the bamboo set of utensils from Pampered Chef about 18 months ago. I just received the silicone Le Creuset utensils for Christmas. Together, I use these utensils for about 90% of my cooking. Occassionally, I use the OXO spatula and spoon. Very rarely do I use the pasta spoon or masher. Actually, I need to donate those.
Cooking Accessories | I have a bunch of cool tools that are great for cooking. Thankfully, they are small. I use them occassionally and they are easy to store. I use the Pampered Chef adjustable measuring spoons and measure-all cups multiple times a day. I also use the solid measuring cups and rolling pin frequently. Those are my MUST HAVES. The other things in here really could stand to be donated.
Pots, Pans + Bakeware | I have a large nonstick skillet from Pampered Chef as well as a large Le Creuset pot that I use for everyday cooking. I have two bakers from Soufflenheim, two cookie sheets from Pampered Chef, a Pampered Chef stoneware loaf pan and some generic muffin pans. They are all very easy to store. I have some old nonstick pots that I really need to replace. I use those for boiling eggs, etc.
3. The Bathroom: Minimize!
Towels | In our master bath, we have two white bath towels, {We had four until a recent laundry mistake. Oops!} two white hand towels and several Norwex washcloths. In the kids/guest bath, we have several sage green towels as well as some very cute personalized towels my mother in law made for the kids. All of our towels were wedding gifts. We have yet to buy any towels. {Until I replace those white towels I ruined!!}
Products | I once had a mentor tell me she never accepted free samples of makeup, toiletries, etc. She is a genius. My kids and hubby have all used the same toiletry products for years. It really simplifies things. Sometimes we keep a replacement, most of the time I replace as needed. Having very little toiletries to clutter our bathroom is really nice. I have a product problem. I have way too much stuff. I collect makeup I never use. I truly use the same makeup every single day. I need to get rid of the rest, but I haven't been able to make myself do that quite yet.
4. Closets: If you think about it, most people could do with a lot less clothes. All we really need is a few pair of jeans, some nice tops and a couple of cardigans. I am not an expert on this subject, so please don't look to me for specific advice on clothing! I do know we have way too many clothes. I had a realization that a lot of clothes = a lot of laundry. I have really parred down the amount of clothing our family has, but we could stand a little more weeding out. My goal is to have everything fit nicely into our dressers and closets with space to spare.
5. Books: We have a lot of books. Most of them are books we don't want to get rid of, but we do not use. I came up with a good idea of storing them in clear containers such as this. That way, we can look into the box without actually opening it when we are searching for a specific title. The system works very well. We kept these books in storage either in a basement of storage room. Right now they are safely stored in the States.
6. CDs/DVDs: We have too many of each of these. They were taking up way too much room. My hubby and I decided to recycle all of the cases and bought cd/dvd storage cases that hold 100. We have two with music and one with movies. This takes up far less room than when the cds/dvds were in there original cases. They fit nicely into a small drawer in our armoire.
7. Toys: I try to regularly go through my kids' toys with them and weed out those that are broken or no longer loved. Just having Christmas, it is definitely time to do this again. Although my kids do have too many toys, I try very hard to keep them out of site when their rooms are picked up. The toys are kept in multiple bins within their closets or in drawers/on shelves of their furniture. This, of course is a personal preference. But I do find it makes the overall atmosphere of home much more calm. On a daily basis, my kids drag out quite a bit of their toys. We help them completely clean their rooms about once a week.
8. Laundry: I used to keep a laundry basket in each person's room. That made doing laundry very challenging and frankly, it never got done. When we moved into our new house on post, I had everyone put their dirty clothes in the laundry room. We have a sorter similar to this. {Local friends: I got it at Momax in Boeblingen.}When one of the compartment {or all of them!} is full, I do a load of laundry. It has really helped me to stay on top of those piles of dirty clothes.
Well, I think that covers nearly everything. I hope this post helps you with some ideas to par down in your own home. Now that we have covered this, we can move onto the fun things next week!
Declutter With Me On Monday | Week 4
Confession: I skipped this week. Partly because I had family visiting and partly because of what was on the task list this week: storage shelves and storage piles. We have a total of two storage areas in our home. One of these holds extra home decor items and tools. The other holds overflow materials for school as well as crafts. They both could use some organization. I'll be honest. I am tired this week. I've had a lot of other things going on and the last thing I feel like doing is sorting through school books and yarn. I have picked up where week 4 left off and started with decluttering candles. I will post pictures as well as explanation of week 5 on Monday as regularly scheduled. I hope my honesty is inspiring to you. I hope it helps you realize just because you let go of decluttering for a few days {or weeks}, you can just pick right up and join in on the current day. Don't worry about the days you missed. If you do, you will feel like you are constantly playing catch up. If you feel extra inspiration after you've completed the current tasks, then you can go back and make up what you've missed. And with something pretty to look at, I bid you adieu. I hope you have a wonderful weekend with lots of family time and relaxing!
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| Lake Como, Italy | August 2011 |
Making a Temporary House a Home | New Series
Home. What does that word mean to you? Websters defines it as following:
1 a: one's place of residence
b: house
2 a: the social unit formed by a family living together
3 a: a familiar or usual setting : congenial environment; also: the
focus of one's domestic attention {home is where the heart is}
b: habitat
4 a: a place of origin; also: one's own country
b: headquarters
When I think of the word home, I think of sanctuary, a place of rest, comfort, peace, a soft place to fall, refuge.
This is where my love of home decor comes in. Many people may think home decor is frivolous, unnecessary or even silly. It is definitely a luxury. It is not something we need at all. But, if it's something your can afford, it is definitely worth it for your family.
We move around a LOT. Our house changes very frequently. In fact, we have lived in 7 homes in our ten years of marriage. With so much moving around, familiarity and comfort are important to us. Now that we are living in Europe, it is even more so. German homes are frequently sterile and can be a bit stale. We now live on post. Military homes are always sterile and always stale. *wink*
Along the way, I've picked up some great tips and ideas to make a temporary house a HOME. There are some things we always incorporate into our homes. I'd like to share these with you in a new series of posts. I hope to post these once a week and I'd love to have you join me!!
* If you have any tips or ideas you would like to share, please feel free to leave them in the comments!
We move around a LOT. Our house changes very frequently. In fact, we have lived in 7 homes in our ten years of marriage. With so much moving around, familiarity and comfort are important to us. Now that we are living in Europe, it is even more so. German homes are frequently sterile and can be a bit stale. We now live on post. Military homes are always sterile and always stale. *wink*
Along the way, I've picked up some great tips and ideas to make a temporary house a HOME. There are some things we always incorporate into our homes. I'd like to share these with you in a new series of posts. I hope to post these once a week and I'd love to have you join me!!
* If you have any tips or ideas you would like to share, please feel free to leave them in the comments!
Declutter With Me On Monday | Weeks 2 & 3
The junk drawer. We all have one, right? Here is mine:
The top of the nightstand. Thankfully, mine wasn't terrible.
I had a lot of kitchen utensils in my junk drawer. They were placed in an appropriate drawer. I also have a lot of various things to hang up pictures, keep rugs down and hold curtains up. Those things were all placed in a zippered baggie for ease in finding them later. I'd like to get a few more containers to stick in here for more organization. I currently have a spoon rest from Soufflenheim holding various tools. I really like that and plan to get a few more on my next trip.
The top of the nightstand. Thankfully, mine wasn't terrible.
Let's see.... I have fuzzy socks, a spool of ribbon, brochures, my kindle, glasses. Nice. Most of these things are probably okay to have bedside. They should be in the nightstand and not on it. So, the real problem here is the drawer. Yuck. So, after putting socks, glasses, ribbon and brochures where they belong, the top of my nighstand is clear.
Get rid of unused hair doodads & cosmetics; toss expired skincare; go through three bathroom shelves or drawers. I kind of combined these all into one. Here are my master bath cabinets:
I moved a few things around, threw out a LOT of old skincare that is no longer being used. I also consolidated my hair ties and clips. I have to admit, I actually considered cleaning my mirror and countertops before taking a picture. However, I wanted to share that what is REAL in my house. And this morning, that was messy countertops and mirrors. I used my decluttering time as an opportunity to do a little bit of cleaning. My sweet pea was sleeping while I did most of this. When it was time to take the "after" shot, he was up. I opened all the cabinet doors and he excitedly made a beeline to all of the fun new stuff. I promise what is hiding behind him is decluttered and organized.
So, those are the big ticket taskers for weeks 2 and 3 in the declutter challenge. I didn't include cleaning out under the bed. With the exception of my husband's guitar, we don't have anything under our bed. I think that is a good habit instilled in me by my parents. I've never used under the bed as storage. I kind of like being able to look under there and be certain no spiders are hiding out.
How is the decluttering coming along for you? Tomorrow I will post week 4 and be caught up. I will try not to get so far behind again, but because we currently live in Europe, I can't make any promises! Have a wonderful week!!