Tackle it Tuesday: An Ongoing Mess
February 5, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Tackle It Tuesday, organization
Just about all of us have one. It’s a place that we can’t seem to keep clean and organized no matter what we do.
Here is a picture of my clutter spot. It has been haunting me for two years. Each day I see it and it makes me feel unorganized and burdened. I feel as though I have too much to do and I’ll never get it all done. No matter how many times I go through the papers to file, toss, and shred, the pile is never gone.
I’ve been wanting to move all of these papers to my laundry room bookcases and this week my hubby helped to tackle the problem.
I kept trying to get rid of this eye sore, but the truth is, I needed all of this stuff. I just needed a place to put it where it wasn’t so unattractive. Now it’s in my laundry room and it’s still accessible. It’s just out of my kitchen which makes for a much more pleasant environment.
Another bookcase in the laundry room got more organized too. Things had to be moved around to make room for the mail and bills. We have a large laundry room so we use it to keep the kid’s puzzles, games, and such.
Tada . . . here is my clean kitchen counter. I’m so pleased. It’s amazing how something so minor could make such a difference in my life.It’s hard to believe I sent Julie, from Declutter It, this picture nearly a year ago. (Oops, I was wrong. It was back in November.) It feels good to get things under control. Maybe now I won’t procrastinate so long. Sometimes it just feels like you can’t figure out how to get something done and you need a little help from someone else. Yay for hubby!
What have you been tackling this week?
Ha HA HA- ahemmm… This is so ironic, since I just posted about how much paperwork I have for five kids. And not just the run of the mill paperwork, but the scrapbooking gets overwhelming to say the least!!!
Holy Cow! That counter doesn’t even look like the same one, I had to scroll up to see if you posted a picture of a different part of your counter!
Looks great!!!
i’m happy to see you reclaimed your kitchen counter!
I got Turkey Butt’s underwear drawer organized so that I can now find her socks.
I am kind of in love with your red paint!
Emily: Thanks. I am too. It was a really hard decision. Our countertops are dark, but they have some red flecks of color. I wanted to paint the kitchen blue to match my china, but then we discovered there was a dark rose (almost red) ring around the china. We decided if we painted the kitchen a pinky red, then it would match. I love the color. And it looks great with the white cabinets. The only problem is, when we go to sell, we’ll probably have to paint over it (several times). Ugh!
BTW, my living room is Americana. I’ll have to take some pics and post them.
That’s inspiring! Great job!
Great job! I’ll bet you’re enjoying that cleared off counter. ;o)