Lets crack this egg this week and get things going again. My kitchen is torn apart... so are all of my rooms basically. Need to sit down and make a plan...

Whos with me???

Love Val

Aye!!!

I was just thinking I need to do this. Now I have motivation! Thanks.

Intro since I am new to the decluttering board:
My name is Crissy and I am a packrat!! I am married to a packrat. I have one son, and a baby on the way.

Off to re-organize my sewing corner, since it has become a catchall for other things.

I'm gonna delurk here to do this one. I didn't get before pictures, wasn't sure if I'd actually follow thru, but this is as decluttered as my sewing/crafting/school room gets. The boxes in the corner are on their way to the post office, that's their temporary home.

Christy I think that looks pretty good from here! Way better than mine.... great job! Thanks for sharing... it looks so loved and useable! I love that look... I consistantly get more there but I tend to think I will like a steril look and then hate it after a few months because it does not look lived in. I just LOVE the home warm room you have there!

Love Val

PS Welcome Crissy!!!

I'm in too. Fortunately I just did my sewing space and desk area a week ago so they will only need a little sprucing. That will give me time to work on the kids room. I will show before and after pics. Warning now though...when I went to take the before pic I couldn't even get the door all the way open :eek: (leftover mess from when my niece was here in March - we just shut the door to the room and haven't been in there since).

Looking forward to seeing everyone's progress.

I'm afraid. . . really afraid. my dh's office looks like, well. it looks like...well it's really, really bad. :( I worked so hard at cleaning it up before Passover - went in there over passover to find out that it was trashed again.

I'm so sick of cleanng up his messes - but I know that eventually I've got to dive back in.

Anyone want to come and hold my hand while I do this? I need company (for support and to say to me: Get your bottom down there and get to work!).

Rivka,

Get your bottom down there and get to work! lol :D

So your dh will actually let you clean up his stuff? Mine wants to be there so I don't get rid of anything he thinks he might need. He's really not the messy one though - I am worse, but we're both improving and this decluttering will really help because there just won't be the stuff around to get messy.

Really though I think the office is the hardest area to keep clean because there is always stuff coming in and going out. This will probably have to be a regular challenge, like once a month have a quickie office declutter challenge.

Good luck!

~Becky

Oh, I made a little progress today in the kids room...I can actually open the door now. :)

I'm with ya! Still really, really sick, so it will likely be a weekend job. I really need to work on this room the most of any in my house though. I also need to file my taxes, but I can't until I sort the two banker's boxes full of paperwork in the...office.

My house is so trashed right now. Yuck. I rested tonight and hopefully tomorrow will feel well enough to get it spruced up.

We also need to file taxes. I'm after dh - this is totally his job - I 'd send them out...

Hows everyone doing this week? I did really well at the begining, and now it is sort of tapered off... but I have a garage sale tomorrow, so I gotta get on it...

I am getting off now and going to finish two pairs of pants... send all my packages out... set up for a garage sale... and clean my sewing room. Few... makes me tired just thinking about it. lol...

Love Val

:o)
We survived the move!
Now there are so many boxes; didn't purge before the move because I GROSSLY underestimated how much time I needed to pack & prepare; had to just stuff everything in a hurry... that would have made too much sense!

We have mostly just placed the large furniture so far; along with all the boxes, here's the BEFORE picture. I'll update with the after shot Sunday.

ROFL! I will add the BEFORE pics once I find the hotwire to get them off the camera.

What's on for next week?

Val, you asked for pics so here you go.

My office space (it's just a cabinet that houses the computer and paper stuff in the corner of our living room):

http://img55.photobucket.com/albums/v167/dolph_heights/desk2.jpg

My sewing area (in a different corner of the living room):

http://img55.photobucket.com/albums/v167/dolph_heights/sewing2.jpg

And what I really worked on this week...the kids bedroom. Before (I couldn't even get the door all the way open):

http://img55.photobucket.com/albums/v167/dolph_heights/kidbedb4.jpg

And after:

http://img55.photobucket.com/albums/v167/dolph_heights/kids2.jpg

Now, what's the challenge for next week?

~Becky

Becky that bedroom looks WONDERFUL! Great job!

Love Val

WOW! Becky, great job! I can't even believe that is the same bedroom.

Well, I just managed to get my house somewhat caught up this week. But, I have been sick and I had some unexpected appointments and things to deal with. <sigh>

Maybe next week I can get back on track. Monday and Tuesday are devoted to getting my son's school paperwork in order. After that I can hopefully catch up, as my husband will be home. Yay!

Glad you are feeling better, Lauren, and getting back on your feet.

:thumbsup:

Pics of the office pretty much finished.

http://herniche.com/shea/office.htm

Dh lost focus...
At least my side is done. We have a box of maps & travel guides to sort through together and I have a 6 y.o. box of papers to go through. It needs some decor items, but I will do all of those once we find all the boxes and decide what will go in each room.
We still need to get a blind - going for just a plain vinyl horizontal in ivory to match the wall color - keep it streamlined/clean. We need it for the sun, plus a house will be going up next door to be started soon; we'll need privacy from the construction workers.

That looks great! Darn DH... lol... :)

Love Val

Is it too late to join? My office is a wreck and we're moving in 5 weeks!

Do you want before and after pics? Yikes--that means FIRST I have to find my camera in the mess. That alone could take hours! :D