So, as a result of spring cleaning, it’s like we live in a different house. Seriously.
Some of the changes:
1. We now make our bed each day. And you CAN make the bed, because you can get to the bed!
2. My daughter can actually find everything in her room and playroom. Oh, and there is enough room for her to PLAY in the “playroom.” How about that? Before, the hideous pink carpet wasn’t even visible. Which I guess is a good thing AND a bad thing.
3. I can find my books on my bookshelves. (Click this picture to get a very dorky detailed view with stuff labeled.)
4. We got rid of A LOT. Tons. This was just one part of it. We also got rid of some large items, like a treadmill, two totes full of stuff from my part-time job that I no longer needed to keep at the house, a bunch of food for the food bank…
5. And, finally, the part I’m proudest of… my closet! I got rid of things I no longer wear, and I got everything sorted out by color (pants/skirts at left, shirts by color at right.) Shoes on the shelf.
In doing this, I got rid of about a third of my clothes. I’m someone who hangs almost all my clothes, so what you see here is just about the entirety of my wardrobe, unmentionables aside.
Before doing this cleanout, I had more than 100 shirts. 100!!! Who needs 100 shirts? How wasteful. I still probably have more than I should, but at least it’s better. (And doing my closet qualified me to enter Organizing Junkie’s closet cleanup roundup, so that’s good too. I needed that extra motivation!)
Anyone else have any spring cleaning accomplishments to report? We’re still finishing everything up, but the hardest part is definitely over!
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