Project Simplify -Week 3

I skipped week 2 for spring break and am jumping back into week 3! My kitchen desk is a horrible hot spot for means when this is full, it spills over to the kitchen island. I had failed filing systems, an overflowing coupon/junk drawer that is too shallow to really be useful.



The desk top shredder and a magazine file used for recycling have worked well for addressing mail so those stay. The black binder is for all active information. There is a space for bills (with due date written in the front of the envelope and placed in order of due date), folder for school, activities, church, meal planning, budget, and one for general to dos. The drawer was cleared, coupons place in sorted binder, and I now have a place to keep my netbook, iPad keyboard, and charger. When not in use it is quick and easy to put away everything.

After:

Project Simplify

Time to dust off the blog to participate in the SimpleMom.net Project Simplify! I love having something to help me stay accountable. The first week was for Kids' stuff. I got a great start on 2/3 kids but a friend had a family emergency that was more important.



Audrey's room before (right):

Audrey's room after (below):
I am not normally a fan of throwing money at a problem, but in this case she really needed to know where her stuff should go as well as have a way to carry a group of items (like ponies) to a play area and bring them back. This is the Ikea Trofast system. I still need to add labels with her, go through the clothing in her closet, and make the book sling for next to her bed. The dollhouse was moved to the foot of her bed where she has space to open it.




Samuel's closet
This closet is deep but not very wide. Plus, there were items that had been stashed in there 8 years ago, long before he was born! So the deeper shelf from Audrey's room was moved in here, perfect for things like big trucks that used to line his walls. Outgrown clothing was purged and only his items are in here now. This plastic bag holder from Ikea is perfect for little kid socks. Clothing that doesn't fit yet and out of season items were moved to the dresser in his room that was emptied of things like his 10 year old brother's baptism certificate. I know, I know, poor third child!