Thursday, April 8, 2010

It's time to shout - CLEAR IT OUT!

One of the blogs I have followed from very early on in my blogging life is Money-Saving Mom.  I appreciate Crystal's tips on frugality, coupon clipping and one of my favorites - organization!  This week she is hosting a "Clear Out the Clutter Challenge" and I couldn't help but participate (my house absolutely needs this right now).


This weeks assignment - living room, coat closet and hall closet.  I haven't had time to get to the hall closet yet (maybe this evening), but here are my before's for the living room and coat closet.  Now no judging please, I'm keeping it real with actual BEFORE photos that show the mess, you know your house can get messy and cluttered sometimes too - especially if you have little ones!

 Living Room


Coat Closet

A glimpse of my desperately-needing-a-clean-out Hall Closet (AFTER pictures to come soon I hope)

 
It felt great to dig into that coat closet and clear out some clutter.  I ended up with a large bag full of things for a future garage sale, some items that went straight into the garbage and some that were relocated (appropriately) to the garage (tools and such).


Overall items gotten rid of:  22 (including 2 jean jackets - I had 4 and I can't even tell you the last time I wore a jean jacket!)

Here are my after pics:
Living Room


Coat Closet
Those bags on the bottom may still look like clutter, but they hold my gift bags, wrapping and tissue paper.

If you want to see more about the challenge or see what others are purging you can check it out over here.

4 comments:

  1. Looks great, Mindy!!!! Love the clean look :). That's how I function. I hate clutter.

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  2. That's awesome! I do one room a month but have slacked on it lately. Thanks for the motivation!

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  3. Looks great! I'm on a clearing out kick too. Love your slogan ;)

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  4. Looking forward to our garage sale soon Miss Alicia! Hope I can clear out lots more. :)

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