Our Master bedroom did not have any closet whatsoever, at our last house. Somehow, we managed to make a small, maybe three foot wide, bureau, work for three years. My husband and I both had our own bureau, but three feet wide is probably a stretch. It didn’t take us long to build up larger…
For today’s organization challenge, I decided to tackle my son’s clothes. His dresser drives both of us crazy. He has it packed full of clothes, but most of it he never wears. I had him pull everything out, it wasn’t folded anyway, and throw it on his couch. It was definitely time to pare down….
Today I decided to work on my office/desk area, for the organization challenge. Yesterday, while organizing the linen closet, I was in my office area and realized it needed some love. I’ve always had a designated, and even organized, office space. Between college, or trying new business ventures, or homework stations, we’ve always needed the…
Today’s project came via a request on Instagram. I would be lying if I said the linen closet was my favorite place to organize. From the very first house my husband and I lived in together, I have been on the hunt for the perfect linen closet. I haven’t found it, 20 years and 11…
I was thinking through my organization schedule today, as I was organizing my kitchen cabinets, and wondering if I wasn’t sharing enough steps each day. I heard a video my son was listening to in his class, that reminded me why I do it this way. The video was talking about how learning new habits…
Today we continue our organization challenge in the kitchen. We will probably end up hanging out in the kitchen for a few more days. Between food, spices, Tupperware and random kitchen gadgets, our kitchens tend to hold on to clutter. Since I started with my fridge/freezer, I want to go ahead and work my way…
For today’s 30-minute organization challenge, we are going to finish our fridge/freezer. We will be cleaning out the freezer and wiping down the outside of our fridge. I used almost the same steps as I used with the fridge clean out, with a few minor exceptions. Freezer Organization Steps: STEP 1: Take everything out of…
Every year, when January rolls around, I am ready to organize and declutter. Something about a new year that just gets me motivated! This year I am especially excited to go through everything, as we prepare for what could be our last move. I can finally let go of all of the extra items that…
I picked up two of these IKEA Rast nightstands right before we left Europe. I knew there wasn’t an IKEA store in Hawaii and they didn’t ship there either. Initially, my intention was to stain these and use them as our nightstands but I ended up changing my mind and keeping our current nightstands. But…
I have been refinishing and painting furniture for almost twenty years now. Originally, I painted everything. It all started shortly after I got married. My husband had been gifted a cherry bedroom set, by his parents. I HATED cherry finish at the time, and convinced him to let me paint it. Being young and frugal,…