I really love how Mary made a printable for each week! It helps to not feel like you HAVE to finish in a day! Since she breaks it down by a new task each day, you can almost guarantee that you will finish each week, if you have even just 20 extra minutes in the evening to complete the task! I mean something is better then nothing, and you will feel so much better when the room is clean and organized! At least I always feel better!
If you want to print the Week 1 Checklist you can click HERE where Mary has shared it! :)
Now my living room was not too horrible to start, a few weeks ago my mom had come over to help clean most of my upstairs with me ...Thanks Mom! So really I just had some toys, clothing (my daughter's) and a few other odds and ends to sort through! We do not have coffee tables so I was able to skip that part of the challenge! However I had not really done any real organizing in our TV stand!
I had a ton...and I mean a ton of cards in one side of my TV stand I took only a few out that I liked and would use over the next year or two, and some for scrap booking and listed a big box on the local Facebook for-sale page in my town! I started my auction at $1.00 and figured if I can't sell them for $1 then I can donate them! Which by the way if you ever have cards...some of the ladies in Mary's Facebook Group said you should look for a nursing home, because they often can use them! Great idea! They ended up selling for $8.00! And that extra $ will go towards paying down our debt! - More on that in another post ;)
On the other side of the TV stand I keep my Project Life stuff, and my photos! I am sure it wont always be here, but for now this is what works! I cleaned that spot up a bit too since it kind of just looked shoved in!
We keep blankets in the bottom drawer, which usually stays organized since you have to fold them before you put them in!
Next drawer has some books and work out dvd's and weights! This was pretty organized already!
The top drawer has the project life album since it wouldn't fit in the other spot with my other supplies. Plus this drawer was just the right size!
Left top drawer has some game controllers and games .... also stays neat most of the time!
Top right drawer has all my wax melts for my scent warmer! I know I have a ton.... and several of the same kind! I need to get into the habit of turning them on daily so I can use some of these up!
The bannister always seems to be a "catch all" spot...and yes it is almost always mostly my stuff...I know sad...and quite embarrassing! I try to teach my kids to put things back when they are done...and here I am just sitting my stuff up on the bannister, because I forget or become to lazy to take it where it belongs!
Now that the week has come and gone...I am so happy that I was able to get some cleaning and organizing done in this room! Come back next week to see what I did in the Kitchen! :)
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