Summer. Day 5.....Under the Kitchen Sink

Okay. Here's where I blush with embarrassment. This is ugly.

I started by taking e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g out. -All while Baby J was asleep so he wasn't into the chemicals.

 This photo does the left over mess no justice. Whatever this gunk is, I had a rough time getting it off. It took spraying water on it to let it soak then alternating scraping and scrubbing with the brush to the right for a good 15+ minutes. Ick! However, I was left with this beautiful clean slate. Yeah!

 The bins I have in there will have to do for now but I can tell it's not a completely full functioning cabinet yet. But here's a breakdown of what I've got.

 This is the complete ensemble. 2 bins filled with cleaners, gloves, and anything to do the dirty work.

 I hung our fire extinguisher up so it's easily accessible but out of the way.

 These stackable bins are housing scrubbers and drain plugs (Top) and rags (Bottom).

This bin is filled with the cleaners most used whereas the other bin has things like Goo Gone that doesn't get used all the time. This felt good to get done. It definitely wasn't top of my list ever to do but now that it's done, I'm feeling pretty good!

On a side note: Miss T said the other day that she thinks this is a really good thing for all of us. I couldn't agree more. ♥

Day 5..... Under the Kitchen Sink

.......Pulled from A bowl full of Lemons

A little encouragement to keep you motivated...

This challenge is for YOU! You want your home & life organized.  You're

tired of living in clutter. Thats why you choose to be here this very moment.  You want to be inspired by others. But, what you don't realize is that you are inspiring others. Thats the secret. Make it count! Get up, get dressed, fix your hair, do your make-up & get busy!  YOU are worth it. You are beautiful and an amazing human being. There is only one of you. I'm glad to have you in my life.  Thank you for being here.  I can't wait to see how you inspire me today.

~Toni

My Challenge for you

1. Take a picture of the mess! :)

2. Take everything out of the cabinet... EVERYTHING! (Are you starting to learn the habit? Thats great!)

3.  Wash it down really well & lay some contact paper (if you have some).  Its very inexpensive to purchase... under $6.00 at target and well worth every penny. 

4. Purge, purge, purge!!!  I'm positive that a lot of you have some near empty bottles in there.  Throw them out. They are just taking up space. 

5. Get your organizing bins and place some of them in this space.  They work great here.

6. Now categorize like I did.  Like items with like items.  Cleaning tools, soaps, rags, etc. 

7.  That wasn't hard,was it?  You are finished!  Now take a picture and hurry back to show us all how hard you worked today. Great job!

Cambrey: The Linen Closet

*Disclaimer: I have a horrible head cold and can't take anything for it so if my words are jumbled blame the cold season.*
Ok.  So thankfully my linen closet wasn't that bad (probably because most of it is on the floor in my bedroom waiting to be folded), so it didn't take me long at all.  I did however notice that I had a lot of 1/2 sets of sheets, sets that I thought I had already sent to the DI....hmmmm someone has been messing with my donate piles during previous purges...oh, well they are gone now.  My hardest thing was sticking to the simplicity and trying not to justify keeping stuff I don't need.  For example the towels that don't get used unless the laundry isn't done....well, I soon came to the realization that the less stuff I had the less laundry could accumulate (this came to me as I was loading the washing machine).  Well this may have saved me time, but it may also save me $$$$ since I had considered spending my tax return on a new washer and dryer (I may still do this one day since my washer shakes the entire house (and the neighbors house) when ever the spin cycle starts).

Anyway, I have a little more to put away when laundry is done, and a few refolds on the fitted sheets (I hate those)...but for now here it is. 

Day 4: The Linen Closet

Here's the challenge

1. Take your before picture!

2. Yank EVERYTHING out of there... I mean everything.

3. Now, sweep or vaccuum the floor & wipe down the shelving.

4. Get all of your boxes (keep, toss, donate) & start sorting.  

5. If you have baskets and bins, this is a great place to use them. Place your bins/baskets on the shelving and start organizing. 

6. Categorize everything. ie. Twin, full, queen, king, pillowcases, handtowels, washcloths, etc... Remember to only keep what you USE!  I only kept 2 sets of sheets for each bed.

7. Is your donation box getting full yet?? Remember at the end of this week we will take all donations to goodwill or store them for your spring garage sale.

8. Your finished!!  Now take your after picture and get your tush back here to show us your pretty linen closet.

Summer. Day 3, The Tupperware Drawer.

Hey there! I've been behind on picture taking but I'm still chugging along. This wasn't a difficult one for me at all. I don't have that much tupperware because, 1) This family isn't very big on eating left-overs. 2) Every time we have a family party my siblings always take food home in them and don't bring them back.


BEFORE



....soooo this project took me all of 2 minutes or less. Here are the simple before and after.


AFTER







Day Three: The Tupperware Cupboard.

Here's the challenge... (As Taken From A Bowl Full of Lemons)

1.  Take a picture of the chaos!

2.  Empty it out (onto the floor or counter). Grab your favorite cleaner and wipe out the dust and grime.

3.  Stand back and look at all you have accumilated and kiss A LOT of it goodbye, because...

4.  YOU DONT USE HALF OF IT!  So,  start purging into the donation station or trash.

5. Once you have gone through and separated, now you can start categorizing... like items with like items.

6.  Organizing bins or baskets are a great tool in this cabinet to keep the chaos under control. Keep that in mind, so go find some.

7. Now you can put everything back. I'm so proud of you! Look how "neat" it looks.

8. Your finished.  Take a picture and hurry back to show us your beautiful cabinets!

remember if your space is already clean...take a picture and post it, but by all means pick something else to clean today (and post that too.)

Cambrey's computer desk

Cleaning the TOP of the computer desk was not hard at all (now cleaning the top of my craft desk will take us well into the next new year).  And since my desk is soooo tiny I chose to clean the drawers too. Don't you just love being productive?  Anyway, it is really nice to have the desk cleaned off, now I can use it without having to move things around first.  I need to hand that little file thing still, but I need to wait to do that til I can get my IKEA shelf hung (which I need to wait to do since they didn't have it in stock.)

So now the only thing under the desk is the smaller garbage can (which is only there until I make more space in my disaster of a craft room.)  And yes I LOVE my MAC  :)

Happy cleaning to everyone today...I just hope that my sinus' play nice and let me breath.