I tend to get all excited and gung-ho in January. The magazines and vlogs and blogs are full of organizing ideas. This year, Marie Kondo has brought the country into a frenzy of purging, organizing, and folding clothes into tiny little squares. Some of the vlogs I follow, on YouTube, have had 30 Day Challenges for organizing. Yep, I’m on the bandwagon! I’m gradually purging and organizing. I have a long way to go. I thought I’d share with you, some of my before and after photos.
We started with our coat closet. I took four garbage bags of coats and hats to Goodwill. It’s hard to believe all of these things fit in that closet!
Next, I cleaned out the junk drawer. It is SO much nicer! Easy to find what we want.
My husband got a new, humongous coffee maker for Christmas. It took up a lot of counter space. So I made a new coffee center, in the hallway. I have since removed the toaster from the coffee bar.
Underneath the kitchen counter, on one side, were two shelves that needed cleaning out. I purged a lot of things, and took them to Goodwill. It looks so much nicer now.
Currently, I’m working on my pantry. Oh what a mess! Found a lot of expired food. Actually, (and I hate to admit this), I found a graham cracker pie crust, with an expiration date of 2008. Glory! I’ll be sharing these results with my next post.
I hope you are perhaps a little bit inspired to work on your house. I still need to work on my closet. And…most everything else! Marie Kondo is young, cute and perky. On my best days, I might be a little perky. Some of her ideas, I like. But, yes, I still roll my socks up in a ball. What are your thoughts on Marie Kondo? Have you been purging and organizing this month? Or do you even need to?
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s our anniversary…43 years today.
Grandma Ruddell