Clutter Happens

Sundays at our house often go something like this.  Elijah wakes my husband and I up in the morning and the three of us snuggle in bed while we watch a cartoon.  It's one of the only calm moments we get on the weekend.  While I can't stand the mostly irritating cartoons, I savor that 24 minutes of relatively calm, together time.  Cartoon's over...we're up and running.   

Don't be mad at me Polar Vortexers, but I spent the first half of today at the beach.   I love taking long walks to clear my mind and get inspiration for my next project.  I return from my walk to re-join my two favorite boys who are busy building sand castles.  The three of us hang out and play for a while, until I decide it's time for me to walk home and get lunch ready for them.  Lunch is ready and waiting, which gives me time to head into the scariest area of my house. It's where things get shoved and forgotten.  It's packed to the brim.  It's disorganized.  It's the black hole of the house. It's...my closet!
 
If you've ever taken on an organizing project, you know that it has to get worse before it gets better.  That is certainly the case with this project.  I decided to divide the work into phases, working with the front half of the closet, and opting to save the back half for another day.  First thing first.  Remove all clutter.  I toss most of the things onto the bed, to give me a blank canvas to work with in the closet.  This is only a very small portion of the stuff I have to find a home for later. 

Clutter Happens!

If I don't finish by tonight, we will have to sleep on the sofa!

Although I love this dresser, I've decided after 13 years, that it just doesn't serve me well.  In a small space, I need to work vertically.  Notice all the wasted wall space above the dresser.  Also, in my house, flat surfaces tend to get filled with clutter, hence the disaster area on top of the dresser.  I've enlisted the help of my hubby to help install a closet organizer.

I'll check back in a couple of days to let you know how the project goes.  

 

Happy homemaking!

Crescent LoMonaco

The Coastal Homemaker