I see so much posting on social media about the amount of organizing and purging that people are doing. It certainly makes my little "type A" heart happy. A lot of you have reached about about wanting updated on each area that I am organizing and what I really do to organize my home.
So this post will be short and sweet, and if you follow me on Instagram - I post most of these tips there too.
My January 1st - January 7th schedule that I posted last week was bathrooms (downstairs only) and living rooms (upstairs and downstairs).
I pair bathrooms and living rooms together because the living rooms are easy peasy. I don't need to dedicate an entire week to them, although I did throw my front foyer and back hallway in that mix. If you have a busy week try a little something each night, or if you have a couple of certain nights that are busy but not the rest of the week, hit it hard those "off" nights. Here is my room by room cleaning agenda.
BACK HALLWAY/POWDER BATHROOM:
- I wipe down all trim work and cabinets with a combination of warm water and Murphy's oil soap. I LOVE Murphy's on my woodwork, it does a great job and has such a clean smell.
- Take away everything that does not belong. Throw away or put it in it's place. Anything that you notice that gets out of order a lot find a new solution for.
- Stock up on items. For instance in my powder room I stocked under the sink with toilet paper and replaced some of my dingy hand towels with new. I always buy white (big surprise) towels, you can bleach them and when you have a husband that works in dirt for a living - you need bleach.
- While I will wait to "wax" my floors when I am ALL done and can clean the whole house once its all organized, I do wipe up each floor on my hands and knees. And I can promise you that this is the only time all year (unless something is really bad or has been spilled) that I do that.
- Organize linen drawer in back hallway; straighten napkins, etc....
MASTER BATH
- Again wiped down all woodwork and cabinets.
- Replace the shelf liner that I have in each drawer.
- Restock on items needed (and threw away my husbands disgusting razor/trimmer ;))
- Our drawers (actually mainly mine) get messy pretty quickly so this year I invested in some clear drawer organizers. So far I am loving them. Literally everything has a place.
- THROW AWAY what you don't use. I don't need 12 tubes of little lip gloss... They went in the trash.
- I do this often times throughout the year but I took this opportunity to scrub my shower really good too along with other bathroom cleaning.
- Wiped down all trim and woodwork
- Clean and organize lower built in cabinet storage (when doing this I am making room for baby items. I will keep diapers, wipes, etc all downstairs too so we don't have to go upstairs every time we need to change a diaper.
- You guessed it - wiped down all woodwork.
- Obviously doesn't get too disorganized yet - did typical cleaning and straightening up of toy bins.
Take a look at some of my photos from the past week or cleaning and organizing..... see you next later this week with bedrooms and closets.
I stocked up on baskets at target after Christmas.
These are great and now I have a space for Molly's toys, the babies toys and diapers.
The baskets will help me stay organized and they look "tidy" if the doors are open.
I didn't get any photos of my master bath organization,
but this is my hall Powder Room.
Replaced my game fowl prints with these beautiful citrus and botanical prints.
Back hall/mudroom floor as all wiped up.
You guys..... My husband loves movies. These are in a corner by the sofa, so not as easily accessible, but we don't get into them very often.
They are however all categorized by comedy, family, action, etc.... I am picturing a cute blue eyes baby boy having a hay day knocking these all out of order. ;)
That's all for this week.... I will be back maybe later in the week for bedroom and closets. Where the real work begins.
