Being Grammy...: July 2020

7.30.2020

Too Much Stuff - Update 1

So I started my project in the far back room of the house - the master bathroom. You wouldn't think a bathroom could need much help, after all, it's not that big of a room. In my case, you'd be wrong.

Our master bathroom is quite large. Quite old. Quite in need of updating. Since that's not currently in the budget I decided to start with what I can change and worry about the cosmetics of the room later.

I chose the master bathroom linen closet as a place to start.

Here's my inspiration from Pinterest:

Here's the before of the linen closet:

It contains towels, paper products, sheets, blankets, some personal products, and humidifiers (yes, we have three of them. It's very dry here in the winter and our out-of-town guests all need humidifiers in their rooms) .

The space between the shelves is narrow and when I don't take time to place items in there precisely (instead choosing to use the much easier "shove it in" method) it quickly becomes a jumble of stuff.

So, I took everything out. Cleaned every shelf. Reorganized and re-prioritized the items that need to be in this space.

Here's the after:

I've found that when the closet is organized and everything has a place I'm more likely to put things away properly instead of stuffing it in there.

This may seem like a small project to you, but it was a great start for me. It's a space that's been bugging me. It was easily accomplished in a short amount of time and it's inspired me to continue on my way.

Stay tuned as the decluttering gets more ambitious!

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7.21.2020

Too Much Stuff

I have too much stuff in my house and in the garage. It is driving me crazy.

I am an extremely organized person so I'm not complaining about clutter. It's all nice and neat and everything is in its place. There's just too much of it.

I constantly work on decluttering my house, but it seems that whatever goes out is immediately replaced by something coming in. Why do I do that??

So today is the day that I make a stand. Today is the day that I start in one corner of the house and work my way to the front door. Reorganizing and decluttering as I go. How long this will take is anybody's guess. But I am determined.

All of you will be my accountability partners. I'll keep you informed of my progress.

I will say that I think part of my frustration is that there's five of us living in the house right now. My daughter and her two kids moved in on February 1st and will be here probably until the beginning of December as their house is being built. So a large portion of stuff in the house right now is theirs, not ours.

As I work through this stuff, I'll include some decluttering tips for inspiration.

Here I go!