People that visit our home on a daily or weekly basis would not categorize us as “neat.” We do not have a house keeper, and I often find myself barely getting everyone taught, fed, changed, and myself showered and dressed, let alone spending the day organizing the pantry staples.
I’m totally fine with that. Although I do not stress myself over picking up every toy I see, we are actually pretty clean, and surfaces are squeaky even if there’s a mess on top.
Frustrating, but so it is with small children…this includes Matt.
🙂
HOWEVER, we are not completely unorganized, sloppy, and wading through our mess.
Except today….and probably all of next week. It’s my annual purge of all the closets/drawers/cabinets/toys/etc. time of year.
And this year seems to be worse.
Part of it was simply adding more stuff with another child. Our attic renovation seriously amped our garage mess (which now is strikingly close to resembling Sanford and Son’s place). We also may have shoved things into closets when Layla and Kevin came to shoot the house for Cottages and Bungalow’s.
So…it’s time. Time to pull it all out, so it can be put back in the right way.
And while I can’t get the white walls out of my mind (and I think, yay, it’s happening!), I physically need to get more organized, to rid myself of this mess first.
Can’t tell enough from the pictures? Check out the video below.
Just keepin’ it real.
Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow with it all finished.
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This could be my house!!! HA! Happy New Year to you and yours, Char
WOW! You have a lot of work ahead of you…sometimes it just helps to unload as much as you can when you have the energy. I do that sometimes, but generally try to pace myself or I go bezerk! Keep at it! I'm sure it will be beautiful soon!
This is a wonderful idea to be cleaning now for the New Year. I think I'll be taking some notes from you as you clean and post. I love the keeping it real video seeing all the great storage systems you have up is wonderful. I'm the queen of laundry piles and hot wheels in the hallway 🙂 Happy New Year to you
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ORGANIZING! I would do that for you in a heartbeat if I could. 🙂
🙂 Thank you for Keepin It Real…SOOO happy I'm not the only one! AND, I just took a big drawer full of silverware/serving pieces??/junk to GW. Hope you're all done soon!
I love the idea of an annual purge! especially right after Christmas. We are overloaded here and I have already tackled some closets. Good luck!
i LOVE this post. And, we have all been there!
Thanks for keeping it real. I sometimes think I'm the only one with overwhelming closets and storage areas! When I visit other blogs… everyone's homes seem to be so PERFECT! It's nice to see reality every once in a while! Good luck! Love the video 🙂
How funny! I'll bet you'll have everything looking great soon! (I loooove Nutella, too! Yum!)
Shaunna! The only thing I am loving more than you keeping it real here is that southern accent of yours!! 🙂 It is nice to not be the only gal in the room with one! I still get picked on being from Texas where I thought everyone had an accent? My husband particularly likes to mock my version of the word "down". Isnt he sweet?
Thank you for posting! This sounds horrible, but such a relief to know that I am not the only one digging myself out now and again. (Should be more like now for me!) Great inspiration.
Love your post! My house is going to go through the same "mess" Wood floors are being refinished and the carpet is being replaced so everything needs to be cleaned and purged! I better get started!