GARAGE
We have been trying to organize these shelves since we moved in. We finally got the right side (first photo) finished, but realized we needed more shelves for the other side. I decided to go to Costco one day while Collin was on a conference call. I bought the shelves, got them home, put them together and organized the rest of the garage all by myself. Needless to say, I was pretty proud of myself. I wanted to sleep in the garage that night and just stare at my handiwork :) Collin was rather impressed too. I would like to say thank you to my mom, who taught me to be a proactive person and GET THINGS DONE!
BACK PATIO
The back patio has had old boxes, trash and yes, a dead Christmas tree, on it since we moved in back in December. It was a nightmare and really disgusting. I finally called our trash company and found out that we could schedule a free "bulk item" pickup, so I did that which forced us to get all of the crap out into our alley to be picked up. It feels sooo good to have a clean patio! The only problem is that it looks really bare and empty. Thankfully, we have Professor Copperbottom to fill some of the space now. And, on a daily basis, Chloe scratches at the door to go outside and sunbathe. She loves it out there.
FRONT PATIO
The front patio has been in need of weeding/sweeping cleanup for some time now. I didn't do any planting or anything, but spent some time on Sunday weeding, cleaning up leaves and dead flowers and then went to the store to buy mulch and laid mulch in all of the flower beds. Once done with that, I did a thorough sweeping and hosed off the patio. It looks so nice now!
P.S. I wish I had a picture of what Collin was doing while I was doing all of this, but it slightly resembled someone slathered in suntan lotion laying in a lounge chair.
CLOSETS
Our closets really needed to be organized, so today I decided to get that project underway. I weeded through a bunch of clothes and got everything into nice, neat piles. I even fixed all of our shoe racks and got those organized. It's nice to not have to dig for the matching shoe in the back of the closet when you're 8 months pregnant!
BED INTO A COUCH
And finally, when we set up Laila's nursery, we moved the twin bed that we had in there out into our upstairs common area. We call it "the nook". I don't love the idea of having a bed out in the open, but I do like the idea of having more places for visitors to sleep, so I was determined to find a bunch of pillows and make this bed look like a cozy couch that was meant to be out in the nook. I am pretty satisfied with the result.
Well, that's it for now. The house is looking much better these days and I have peace of mind.
Organization makes me happy.
We have been trying to organize these shelves since we moved in. We finally got the right side (first photo) finished, but realized we needed more shelves for the other side. I decided to go to Costco one day while Collin was on a conference call. I bought the shelves, got them home, put them together and organized the rest of the garage all by myself. Needless to say, I was pretty proud of myself. I wanted to sleep in the garage that night and just stare at my handiwork :) Collin was rather impressed too. I would like to say thank you to my mom, who taught me to be a proactive person and GET THINGS DONE!BACK PATIO
The back patio has had old boxes, trash and yes, a dead Christmas tree, on it since we moved in back in December. It was a nightmare and really disgusting. I finally called our trash company and found out that we could schedule a free "bulk item" pickup, so I did that which forced us to get all of the crap out into our alley to be picked up. It feels sooo good to have a clean patio! The only problem is that it looks really bare and empty. Thankfully, we have Professor Copperbottom to fill some of the space now. And, on a daily basis, Chloe scratches at the door to go outside and sunbathe. She loves it out there.FRONT PATIO
The front patio has been in need of weeding/sweeping cleanup for some time now. I didn't do any planting or anything, but spent some time on Sunday weeding, cleaning up leaves and dead flowers and then went to the store to buy mulch and laid mulch in all of the flower beds. Once done with that, I did a thorough sweeping and hosed off the patio. It looks so nice now!P.S. I wish I had a picture of what Collin was doing while I was doing all of this, but it slightly resembled someone slathered in suntan lotion laying in a lounge chair.
CLOSETS
Our closets really needed to be organized, so today I decided to get that project underway. I weeded through a bunch of clothes and got everything into nice, neat piles. I even fixed all of our shoe racks and got those organized. It's nice to not have to dig for the matching shoe in the back of the closet when you're 8 months pregnant!BED INTO A COUCH
And finally, when we set up Laila's nursery, we moved the twin bed that we had in there out into our upstairs common area. We call it "the nook". I don't love the idea of having a bed out in the open, but I do like the idea of having more places for visitors to sleep, so I was determined to find a bunch of pillows and make this bed look like a cozy couch that was meant to be out in the nook. I am pretty satisfied with the result.Well, that's it for now. The house is looking much better these days and I have peace of mind.
Organization makes me happy.
6 comments:
very nice...the garage shelves were the most amazing feat of all. :-)
mmmhmmm i love those beige pumps of yours in your closet. nice job with all the organization. you should add a picture of my closet to your resume and take up professional organizing.
love you.
give laila a belly rub.
I'm so impressed you did all of that while being 8 months pregnant! I can barely do that as I am now.
Beautiful work, Heather!
My favorite part of this posting is that you wanted to sleep in the garage just so you could look at your work. I would have felt the same way!!!
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