In all I guess it took a couple of days to get these areas finished up. I’m starting to lose steam because I’m getting to rooms that I don’t spend a lot of time in and I’m just plain getting tired!
I don’t have a picture of the linen closet before decluttering, but it wasn’t really horrible to begin with. I do have a couple before pictures of the guest bedroom…
I think maybe some other things had been moved (or dumped) in there along the way in this decluttering process. I started by returning things that I knew belonged in other rooms to their home (mostly the clothes that were in there and a few other odds and ends. I then starting sorting through things and piled together the things that I knew we needed to get rid of.
I did part of the linen closet while working in the master bedroom, because all of the medicines and extra supplies went back in there. The rest of the linen closet kind of tied into the guest bedroom because I moved out a bunch of sheets from the closet and moved the sets that I was keeping for the guest bed into a drawer in the guest bedroom.
I know it’s not easy to see, but there are actually open spaces in the closet! I have an extra set of sheets for Graham’s big boy bed in there, and need to add an extra set for our king size bed (I’m thinking we definitely need a flannel set!)
I’m much happier with our medicines and things in there too – makes it much harder for little hands to get to.
And here is the guest bedroom now…
(Don’t worry mom – we’ll make sure the cat gets out before you and dad arrive AND I have a brand new blanket all put away and ready to break out…never touched by kitties!)
The totes are not a permanent fixture in the room, but are clothes that will be sorted through post-pregnancy. They bother me a little bit, but I’ll get to them eventually. Here’s the other side of the room…
I’d still like to get some curtains up on the window and maybe some sort of art on the wall, but that’s about all I’d do for now. I have off-season coats/clothes and luggage/bags in the closet – there is also some room for guests’ hanging clothes.
And finally – the truck was loaded for another trip to Goodwill. This part feels GREAT!
So there are three rooms left upstairs – Graham’s big boy room, Sprout’s room, and the craft/catch-all room (mind you, the only “craft” I really do anymore is all contained on my computer…probably don’t need a room dedicated to craft supplies – lol) I know that a LOT of stuff has landed in there though as I’ve gone through other rooms. I’m going to have to be feeling REALLY ambitious to take that one on. For now the door stays closed.
We (and when i say we, I mean Wil) is going to be working in G’s big boy room this week – a second coat of paint and getting trim. I can’t really do much in Sprout’s room until G is into his new room…so for now, decluttering is on hold.




