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After seeing Jen’s post a few weeks ago, I became inspired.

And then I got scared.

And then I backed off.

And then I consulted with my husband.

And he was pretty darn excited about it.  Yay!

We started making our list of the 52 things and areas we wanted either organized or de-cluttered (or just cleaned up).  We have a baby (he’s almost one!) and we both work full time so it’s often very difficult to balance work, house chores, play time, relax time, sleep (what’s that?) and still have time to work on things around the house.  But…if we attack one item a week, I think we should be able to do it.  Granted, some of our items are bigger projects than others, but we’ll have to ‘borrow time’ from the easy weeks.  We’re still pretty excited…me more than him, but that’s okay.

So here’s my list:

1. Bottom of the pantry Week 1
2. Laundry Room shelf Week 2
3. Kitchen Junk Drawer Week 3
4. My dresser drawers What Week Is This?
5. Bathroom cabinets Week 4
6. Office Closet
7. Kitchen Cabinets
8. Master Bedroom Closet Week 8
9. Safe (Hub’s area)
10. Scrap-booking Supply Container
11. Sewing Project Container
12. Files (inside and outside) Week 9
13. Tool Box
14. Tool Shelves
15. Dining Room Week 6
16. Bathroom Drawer & Medicine Cabinet
17. Books
18. Dog’s Kennel & Basket What Week Is This?
19. Lane’s Closet (the ALMOST one-year old)
20. End Tables
21. Nightstands
22. Back Porch Week 7
23. Shelves in Garage
24. Tool Bench in Garage
25. Recycling Bins/Cans Week 5
26. Front Linen Closet What Week Is This?
27. Gift Wrapping Containers What Week Is This?
28. Front Hall Closet What Week Is This?
29. Ryan’s Mustang
30. Backyard
31. Jewelry Boxes
32. Middle of Garage (Yes, we give it its own name)
33. Sermon Notes
34. Recipes
35. China Cabinet
36. Halloween, Easter, and Thanksgiving Decorations
37. My Car
38. Craft Idea Book What Week Is This?
39. ‘Junk’ Tub in Garage
40. Christmas Decorations
41. Textbooks
42. Ribbon Supply
43. Ledge in Foyer
44. Cross Stitch Supply Container
45. Out of Season Clothes
46. Blankets
47. Fabric Stash (This will be a doozy)
48. Beading Supply Container
49. Photos and Framed Pictures
50. Medicine Cabinet in Kitchen Week 10
51. Office Supplies
52. CD & Movie Collection

Technically you could argue that I’ve already started…we’ll just call it a jump start.  Two weeks ago the hubs went to visit his grandpa out of town. With him gone, I decided to reorganize my craft room a bit. It wasn’t a huge overhaul, but it’s a huge improvement as far as I’m concerned. I’m definitely not done with it, but I think it’s a great start.

Before

And after

I bought a simple set of metal shelves from Target. My biggest fear was that they wouldn’t be sturdy enough to withstand the baby pulling up on them.  If you have similar worries, don’t.  While searching for something, I turned around and he was pulling and yanking on them and they weren’t even moving. I got them loaded up and they’re still just as sturdy. Score.

I then ventured to the garage for empty formula canisters. I’ve been saving these like crazy because I just knew there had to be something I could use them for.  I printed out ‘labels’ in various cute fonts onto scrapbook paper and used double sided tape to cover the cans.

Personally, I’m of the ‘do what works for you’ mentality.  This system may not work for everyone, but it’s going quite well for me.  I have a serger, an embroidery machine, and two sewing machines (one small, one industrial).  The machine I use most is the industrial machine, but it only sews forward and backward. For this reason, I typically only use my smaller machine for decorative stitches. These shelves hold all three machines beautifully. Like I said, I’m really lovin’ it so far.

Not sure yet what I’m going to officially tackle first, but here’s a sneak peak at some of the ‘larger’ projects on the list…don’t judge.

Tags: Kelley, Organizing

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