Every
once in a while I get an itch to clean and organize something. Usually this
means that I tackle the children’s playroom or the family room. This need to
clean can usually be satisfied with a quick once through of the kitchen or a
day spent vacuuming and cleaning carpets. But after spending five minutes in
the storage room looking for some craft supplies I decided a serious
cleaning/organizing/purging session was in order. It was time to simplify.
My
storage room went from a hot mess that was hard to walk through to a clean
space where toys and supplies are clearly on display and are just a clean shelf
away from use. This is obviously a big improvement. At least I think so.
In order
to do a thorough cleaning and organizing job I first had to empty out my
storage room and do a once over cleaning job on the room itself before I
started placing stuff back on shelves. My son loved this part, as he discovered
some toys that he did not know we even owned…they had been stored for so long!
Once all was clean I started going through boxes and purging items I no longer
wanted, hadn’t used in years, or was unsure of what the product was or did.
This might be my favorite part of cleaning and organizing, as I like getting
rid of useless stuff.
After a
full day of cleaning and purging my kiddos, who were all up from nap time by
this point in time, helped me to put it all back. We decided that the toys
needed to be the first thing you see and easy to get to so that we could more
easily bring them into our toy rotation. Priorities.
It took
me a while, but I did it. My storage room is clean, easy to walk into, easy to
access, and organized. Now what to tackle next?
