Let the decluttering begin!
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a picture and just a few words.
Actually, I have two pictures today...a before and after.
Every summer, I make an effort to declutter my house from top to bottom. Try as I might to avoid it, during our homeschool year things slowly get messier and messier, and by the time summer rolls around, we're in need of some organization!
I tackled the kids' bathroom this past weekend.
I cleaned out the drawers, cabinet, and wall cabinet, and it is so, so much better in there now.
Remember how I put my honey bottle in a cream cheese container to prevent drips? Well, we're trying the same idea with mouthwash, except I'm using a Chinese takeout container.
I can't wait for this level of order to spread around my house. 😉
Great tip for putting honey bottle in a container.I always have problem with it, I just put it in the kitchen cabinet just the way it is (sometimes upside down) and it gets so sticky. I will try this.
I love the disposable drip-catcher! I'll have to try that with my honey. As a bonus, seems like you could turn the almost-empty bottle upside-down (so as to get out all the honey) without making a big spill!
Yep, that's another advantage. My cabinets are so much less sticky since I figured this trick out.
What I love about cleaning out cabinets that contain supplies, like cleaning fluids, shampoo, soap or toothpaste, is that I always find we have way more supplies in stock than I had thought. And I can go even longer between buying new supplies!
Looks great! What kind of supplies did you store in the plastic pull out drawers?
They hold nail polish, extra toothbrushes, and travel toothbrush/soap containers. They're not super full, which is just how I like it!
Decluttering and organizing is so much easier when one lives alone. Roommates do insist on having opinions on what happens to their stuff. ;->
we use the lids from any plastic container as coasters under bottles under the sink ( or in the cabinets) that get drippy. I like it a little better than the cottage cheese container because you don't have to aim the bottle into the container to put it away.
Either way, so much nicer to avoid sticky rings on shelves! And ants!
Ooh, a lid is a good idea! I don't know why I haven't thought of that.
When I declutter a drawer or cabinet, it makes me feel so good. I like to go back and look at it several times.
Oh, I do that allll the time! Ha.
I'm basically assigning myself one spot a weekend to go through. The good news is that I did get through a few piles this past weekend. The bad news is that there are a few new ones...
Great before and after photo...with a 4yo and a 2yo old at home, I think we have to do this like every other day. 🙂 Regardless, that bathroom cabinet looks so much more organized! Looks like you now have room to grow too.
No, no, no! No growing! I want to keep the empty space. Ideally. 😉
haha...that is what we said but somehow the toys keeping growing with each and every birthday. 🙂
We now require our kids to donate an old toy before they can open up a new toy. Our 4yo gets it, but for obvious reasons, our 2yo doesn't. We end up just making the decision for him. 🙂
Looks great! I love how a little decluttering can make you feel so much better 🙂
Wow, a little scary with the chemicals so close to stuff that is meant to go in the mouth! Otherwise, looks good! I love to organize - just don't do it often enough!
I"m pretty sure those are old toothbrushes for cleaning with. They are not the current ones that they use to brush their teeth with.
Oh yes! I should have mentioned that. I never keep our actual toothbrushes under the sink!
Thanks to you I now have my honey in a container as well!
I also started saving the styrofoam trays we get discount produce on and put them under my sink for my oil, vinegar and dishwasher detergents. They are the prefect size and when they get messy I just put a new one under!
I love the honey idea! I have molasses on a coaster in the cabinet, and I have a beyond beat-up rimmed cookie sheet under my sink and keep the drippable stuff (dishwashing liquid) on it.
Those are some great tips for preventing drips. I may have to do that at my house.
Oh I love a bit of decluttering. As a recovering sentimental hoarder 😉 it's one of my now favourite topics. The brilliance of decluttering is that the clearing of physical space has so many benefits that unless you do it it isn't really that easy to understand. I emotionally and mentally feel lighter when I know what is in my cupboards - and that the items are actually needed. Oh and as for my fridge - well that's old news.
I declutter 20 things each day as well as doing massive culls. This works well!