One thing about living in a house built in the 80s is there is a severe lack of closet space. There are no walk-in closets. Almost all the closets are shallow and the built in shelves are almost useless; however, I am blessed to have a big home and I want to live within my space...so the de-cluttering continues.
My linen closet had some sheets, beach towels, first aid, sun screen and miscellaneous decor. When the door is closed, it all fits...
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| See...it's not bursting open. |
...but open the door and all hell broke loose. Another fallen Jenga pile that needed sorting and cleaning and purging, oh my.
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| I get the feeling some kiddos have been in here. |
I embraced this venture and found myself in a mess. The thing about organizing is it almost always gets worse before it gets better.
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| Getting a little claustrophobic...need to take a break. |
When I finished, I introduced the family to the new linen closet and gave them each a tour. Hopefully they will know where things are when they need them and know where to put things away when they are finished...hopefully was the key word there.
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| Ahh..my OCD friends are lovin' this. |
In the end, things are cleaner, organized and there is a nice pile for donation.
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| Detailed list of donations post coming tomorrow ;) |
Okay, I'm going to be honest here: I really decided to take pictures of things after I cleaned so I could remember. I am the "odd" one in my bunch of friends. I'm the one that isn't OCD & doesn't have perfect closets, drawers, cabinets or shelves. In fact, the only reason the mess bothers me is because we have too much stuff!
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