January Organization Update

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.

LIVING ROOM (downstairs)

• 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.

LIVING ROOM UPSTAIRS (playroom)

• You guessed it - wiped down all woodwork.
• Obviously doesn't get too disorganized yet - did typical cleaning and straightening up of toy bins.

There you have it - that was my first week back. it wasn't too bad and those rooms now feel so good. I know it seems like a lot of work, but I don't do this the rest of the year - at all.... Sure I clean, but I don't spend a lot of time doing it again until next year. I stay on top of things by being organized and staying organized.

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. 

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