Linen Closet Declutterfication

Declutterfication. haha A new word I just made up....

Anyways...

  If you saw my title page for Project Life, I mentioned that my One Little Word for this year is REDUCE. I've decided that I'm going to use that in many different ways. Reduce clutter, reduce weight, reduce stress, reduce debt. I could go on and on.

 So I've been trying to get in the mood to declutter our place. The best way for me to do that is to start small. Find little places that I can quickly get done within an hour.

About 3 weeks ago I tackled my closet and I even took before and after pictures like a good blogger should do. :) BUT I took them with my cell phone and I have no idea how to get those photos onto my computer. LOL (So if anyone could help with that, just leave me a comment down below please :) )

This week I decided to go through our linen closet:

Here's the before:

I'm sure it has been worse, but I was tired of not being able to find anything!

Here's the after:

So much better, right?

So here's some tips that helped me:

1. Drag everything out that you possible can. It's going to look worse before it gets better.

2. I started with the actual linens first. Get all the sheets together and store kids sheets in a container so they're easy to find quickly. (Think middle of the night chaos.) The container I used for the crib sheets, I got at Dollar Tree. The wicker one I bought a Wal-mart MANY years ago. I have ALWAYS stored my sheets inside their own pillow case. I think my Grandma showed me that, I can't remember.

3. Sort through your towels. If there's any you don't want anymore (that are in good condition) donate to a women's shelter. If there are any that are not in great shape, donate to an animal's shelter. Fold the rest and line them up.  (I keep washcloths and hand towels in the bathroom)

4. I put our summer blanket and our son's summer quilt in one of those clear zipped up bags. I had some extra pillowcases that I put in the bag that our shower curtain came in.

5. I used one container to store extra bottled goods. Extra shampoo, hairspray etc. then a smaller one (blue box from Dollar Tree) for extra razors, deodorant, toothpaste etc. I also keep a huge zip-lock bag for trial sized things.(I used it when I had my youngest at the hospital.)

So that's what I've been up to! Have you been getting the new year itch?

Hey, you wanna see my bathroom?

Hey hey! Thanks for stopping by. I finally got 1 room in our house completely done. Well done, enough. Basically all we can do to change anything is paint, so I'm going to have to learn to be content with what we have because it's a whole lot better than living in a cardboard box! :)

And since my mom is probably the only one who actually reads all my ramblings, (Hi mom!) I have no shame sharing our bathroom. :)

SOooo without further ado: our bathroom 

This is what it looked like before we moved in (bad cell phone pic) :

And now...

Don't blink! You might miss all the good parts! lol  

Like these super cute boys :)

Installing a double hook down lower is super helpful for little lads who can't reach very high. :)

And more likely that wet towels will get hung up.

Come on. If that don't make you smile.....

One more thing. If you have kids you know what a pain it is to store all those bath toys. I finally came up with a solution that I like, so far. Just get one of those mesh bags that some use for laundry and hang it up with those super strong peel and stick hooks!

Seriously, we've had this up for about a month now and LOOOVE it. So easy to just scoop up all the toys and let them air dry. 

So there you have it! Our super small but very efficient bathroom. :) More details about storage in another post!

(BTW, paint color is Pacific Pines (D0425) From Glidden)