Tackle It Tuesday

5 Minutes for Mom hosts something called Tackle it Tuesday, which from what I get is to basically tackle something you have been putting off.

So, I decided to "tackle" the top of my desk. It is an absolute mess (things just piled on it randomly).

BEFORE:


AFTER:


I took everything down. I dusted & put back the things that did belong (with a little rearranging).

Decluttering Day 77 (3/18/09) Round 4

Top of computer armoire, homeschool cubbies...

Top of computer armoire BEFORE:



Top of computer armoire AFTER:



Top of cubbies BEFORE:



Top of cubbies AFTER:



1st Row BEFORE:



2nd Row BEFORE:



3rd Row BEFORE:



Cubbies AFTER (yes that is 4 cubbies empty)

Decluttering Day 77 (3/18/09) Round 3

I decluttered, wiped, organized the back counter, did a massive load of dishes that I'd found from other "tops" (most were dusty, not dirty), decluttered & wiped front counter.

Dishes BEFORE:


Dishes washed this round:



Dishes in Sink AFTER:



Right counter BEFORE:



Right counter AFTER:



Left counter BEFORE:



Left counter AFTER:

Decluttering Day 77 (3/18/09) Round 2

2nd round:
I decluttered, wiped, decorated the top of the armoire; decluttered, wiped & organized top of the small buffet; decluttered, wiped top of stove; washed breakfast dishes.

Armoire BEFORE:



Armoire AFTER:


Small Buffet BEFORE:


Small Buffet AFTER:


Stovetop BEFORE:


Stovetop AFTER:


Breakfast dishes:

Decluttering Day 77 (3/18/09) Round 1

I cleaned my buffet & can pantry. It was a horrible mess (cluttered top). This is a major hotspot for me, so I am hoping I can keep it this way. I decorated it to help motivate me to keep it this way. I know everyone else will just come dump everything there, but hopefully I can keep it clean.


Buffet & Can Cabinet BEFORE:



Can Cabinet Inside AFTER:



Can Cabinet, Buffet AFTER:

LR Painting Project part 1

Ok, so far I have washed, spackled, sanded & painted (1st coat only) of 1/2 of 1 wall in the LR.

Here is the wall before moving the furniture. I had already actually painted it a few months ago, but it turned out to be a different shade than I wanted (olive green). So we are trying again. Don't mind Bailey and the few stray shoes, broom and message board:


Here is the wall cleared away, as you can see it needs a good washing:


Here is the damage the dogs caused scratching to get out (hence the reason there is now a piece of furniture by the door). As you can tell, the door needs to be washed, too:


I washed, spackled and sanded the wall:


The door washed (cept a place towards the bottom that wouldn't come off with magic eraser....I will paint over it):


The first coat painted, will need at least one more coat:

Decluttering Days 53-63 (2/22-3/4)

I need to start at least posting every 2-3 days so I don't get this far behind again. I have been working on my Living Room and Shed the past 2 weeks. I have completely decluttered my Living Room (except my cookbook shelves...don't know that I am ready to do that yet), and I have made a small dent in my shed. I did fill 6 truck loads to be carried to the dump (but a lot of that was BIG items such as furniture). I also freecycled a ton of kids' clothes.

I have also been working on painting the living room, and I started my seeds, too. The seeds were supposed to take weeks (like 6) to germinate, and in only 10 days, there are some that are about 8" tall already. So, hoping it will warm up soon & stay that way, so I am not gardening in my living room. At this rate, we will have vegetables in about another 10 days, lol. Won't it be fun to go no further than my living room to harvest a pumpkin????

Decluttering, Days 41 (2/10)-52 (2/21)...My LR almost completed

Here are pix of my LR...please don't mind the pink & green walls...that's why I am decluttering, so I can repaint (the Liv Room used to be my girls' bedroom...and my dh painted it pink. He paints "around" things, so you may even see some white in there. The little bit of like sage green you see is what I picked out and it ended up NOT being what I thought it would be...hence the reason I didn't keep painting. Sorry the pics are so dark, it was bright outside (and I need another curtain). I will try to take close ups later.

Ok, here's the wall my couch is on. Don't mind the clean clothes to be folded:


Cuz here's the couch after I folded & put the clothes away:


This is the wall for my loveseat & nursing chair. Yes the chair is facing the opposite way...towards my desk. But when not in use, it has to be slid back so the girls can get to their bedroom. The clothes on the rod are for all 4 girls....see drawer note below:


This is my entertainment center (I love that you can close the doors) and my girls' (minus Chey) "drawers"...they are in here, because if not, the girls toss clean clothes that I've put awy in the floor, don't ask why... You can see how close my kitchen is. I like the armoire here, though, so it puts kind of a barrier in between the two...




This is my office/homeschool area. I need to go through the books on the bookshelf (hence not being done decluttering). Mostly all of them are cookbooks, with most of the gooseberry patch books on the top 2 shelves...no, I do NOT have a problem...that's my story & I'm sticking to it. The shelves in the white cube organizer are mostly empty or full of stuff that will have to find homes elsewhere, b/c that is for my homeschool books, which I have not ordered yet.


Hope I have not scared you...this has been what I have been working on decluttering since my last decluttering post. That and the shed outside (for a later post). Wish I'd have taken before pics...I forgot. They weren't bad, just everything was arranged differently.