Simplifying- The Living Room

 

Before~

My search for curriculum has left my desk in chaos.

This shot says it all!

So sad. I do this a few times a year, and have been searching for an in drawer solution…

Not bad, but not useful.

The lineup of stuff.

After~

My desk is glowing.

One of my fave cheap decorating ideas.

Books to read.

 

Pared down my magazines.

Free pen cup. I usually “need” organization stuff when I purge. This time I refused to buy anything. One of my favorite things, this bowl, has been inside a drawer. It holds my cell and iPod perfectly. I have my lens cap in there while I shoot.

My monthly bills file, and place to file recipe and homeschool ideas.

Also free- never used containers. My office supply drawer.

My letter drawer. Address book, cards, stationary and stamps live here.

One of these boxes (from my closet) holds cards and photos from special people, the other has all of my extra camera gear.

Before~

Yep. Junk.

After~

A couple books that don’t look so nice in the bookcase.

My Bible, B90Days notebook and sermon note-taking notebook.

 

I forgot the before…my workout books and Beachbody workouts. Some Wii gear.

 

What I did in addition to the purge:

Dusted top to bottom.

Washed ceiling fan blades and housing.

Scrubbed baseboards.

Wiped down doorways.

Cleaned under couches.

Cleaned leather couches.

Dusted the whole room.

Washed blinds.

Cleaned windows inside and outside.

Vacuumed out the vents.

Vacuumed.

Cleaned the dining room of purge disaster.

What did you do today? Now to eat dinner, make spaghetti sauce and hopefully do my Bible reading!

*update*

I didn’t have a green pepper for sauce, so instead made 2 meatloaves, pepper steak, 3 days worth of veggie beef soup and the rest of the veggies are chopped for the sauce on Monday. And, I cleaned the kitchen.