Declutter Challenge Post #2

Here's how I decided to map out Carla's February Challenge.

Week One: Personal Space Challenge ~ Hallway Closet (it's huge) Hubby did this one.

Week Two: Family Space Challenge ~ The Kitchen

Week Three: Productivity Challenge ~ All the crafty stuff: Yarns, Plastic Canvas, Candles

Week Four: The “Dreaded” Challenge ~ Master Bedroom Closet

Seeing as my darling Hubby took care of the Week One challenge, I thought I would get a jump on next week's challenge. Except I forgot which one it was, and dove head first into The 'Dreaded' Challenge this morning.

Before pics (please be nice):

First half of the bedroom closet. Notice the boxes and clothing piled in front.

The other side. Lots of space to hang clothes....

My little helper.

So I got down to business. I picked up all the laundry that was just laying on the floor (I spared you all a picture of this). I pulled stuff out bit by bit, and started sorting, purging and generally being disgusted with myself for letting it get this bad.

The Results:

•  3 and a half garbage bags of clothing to be donated
• 5 grocery sized bags of garbage tossed out
• 2 dressers cleaned out
• 1 box of summer clothing set aside for me & hubby
• half a small box of items to be donated or given away
• yarn and plastic canvas stash gone through and sorted
• 8 loads of laundry to be done this week

After pictures:

I can see the floor of the closet! Yay!!

Utilising the space as was intended.

Donations, donations. :)

Boxes; 1 full of junk, 2 empty that were just taking up space, now gone.

As an added bonus, I got the top of hubby's dresser cleaned off. My yarn and plastic canvas stash is to the left of this dresser, now in a much neater state. I will be able to find stuff when I want to, cuz now I know where it all is. :)

The top of my dresser cleared of the stuff it had accumulated.

The inside of my dresser is cleaned out as well, so I will have somewhere to put all my clothes once I am done the impending laundry marathon.

Once I got the closet done, I was feeling so good about this accomplishment, that the entire bedroom got the same treatment. I purged, dusted, sorted, tossed garbage, vaccuumed, cleaned the mirror and even pulled out junk from under the bed. Part way through, hubby came in the bedroom and cleaned out his dresser as well. I now believe in miracles!

In summary, it is now the 6th of February, and I already have completed 3 out of the 4 weekly challenges. This makes me so very happy.

I think I'll wait until the laundry is caught up before I start in on the kitchen.