Today I have decided to participate in a Tackle it Tuesday. I definitely have a lot of projects that need tackled around my house. At the risk of being totally mortified, I am going to show you some before and after photos today of at least one project that I am going to be tackling. The project that I am going to share with you today is really embarrassing for me. Please do not judge me and think that I am a bad mother because of this but this is how my little boy's room has looked for about the past 2 weeks (blush):
BEFORE:
This whole mess started when I decided to go through all his clothing and get it organized. His summer stuff needs packed up to give to someone else and all his larger clothing needs organized according to size. I started working on this project and got to the point where everything was neatly stacked in piles according to size and season. Then I got distracted and a number of things ended up coming up, eventually the clothing all got knocked over and mixed back together. Then my son decided to come and "help" me get everything re-organized by pulling all his books off of his bookshelf. Two times I have started working on this and then something came up and it became a big mess again before I ended up making any progress on it. Then I decided that there was no use in trying to tackle it until I had a couple of hours to devote to it. So here I am today, my dad is coming over to get my son for several hours, and this is at the top of my agenda. I'll post the after pictures in a couple hours when I (
hopefully) finish everything. I am also doing a couple other projects that I might show before and after pictures later if I get them done.
UPDATE: after 2 hours and this much clothes, trash, toys, and books to give/throw away here are my results:
AFTER:
Ah, I already feel so much more peaceful and relaxed. Even though I was just organizing, cleaning, picking up, and putting stuff away for 2 hours straight, I feel so much more energized! I know that the closet still is not that lovely to look at, but at least everything is finally put away were it belongs. I could not find any empty plastic storage bins, so I ended up stashing the bigger sized clothing in plastic comforter bags. Now, on to the next task...
