Homemaking Challenge for January: Update #2

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I’m so thrilled with my progress.. It’s taken a bit of time but I’m just about done. My youngest son Isaac has been a great help to me in the whole process.

So for a little recap (you can see all the before pics on the 1st blog post and my progress up to this point on the 2nd post)

When I finished last time I had cleared off this area….
 



And was ready to tackle this area…
 



I began by moving items that were laying on the floor and in my way to the other side of the room. Then I took each of the storage totes, one by one, and went through them. I found items I no longer needed and those went into my “give” boxes, I found items that I had to question myself as to why I still had them and those were tossed (no more purposeful life left in them or the items were broken, etc..), and a few items I needed to think about and they went into the “I don’t know” box until I had gone through all totes and could go back and make a decision on them.

When it was all done I had been able to empty out a couple of totes which gave me more space to store items that had previously been sitting on the floor and in the way. The finished picture…
 
And I did use the area to left (in the above pic) for storage of items as well...


It felt so good to see it all cleaned up and organized I just kind of wanted to sit there in the basement for a bit and take it all it! Ha, ha!!

When all was said and done here is what I had left to give away…



Now I have just one area left to go through. It is the shelves I store soap and other soap making supplies on.
 
How is your storage area clean & organize project going?

 
We Can Do This Girls!!


 
 

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  1. Cozy Seaside HomemakerJanuary 17, 2014 at 6:39 AM

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  2. Cozy Seaside HomemakerJanuary 17, 2014 at 8:36 AM

    Hi Crystal, I seem to be having trouble commenting via my phone and accidentally deleted my comment - I tried to reply, but I think it deletes the replies too - in a nutshell, the post was just to say thanks for your great blog and I really like it!! :)

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  3. Jennifer January 18, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    Slowly, slowly I'm getting our basement play area to the point where it could actually be played in. I need to buy a couple of more lights because I know my children won't want to play down there no matter how clean if it feels darkish.

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  4. RachelJanuary 21, 2014 at 1:00 PM

    Doesn't it feel great to get it done and see the progress?! Life really is all about the little things, even in the cleaning department. Finally bought a mop this week to use to do the floors instead of the old hands and knees method.

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