Lets see your simple spaces pics! - Page 5

[moonmama7]

Originally Posted by Delight

We are planning on selling our house, so here are my photos to convince someone to buy it Not every room, but the important ones. I went through a huge simplifying/purging to get everything out. It's so calm now---I will never go back to clutter!

Photos HERE.

Georgeous! Is the carpet in your room Flor tiles? It looks great! Your house will sell in a flash -- promise!

[Delight]

Originally Posted by OliveGirl

Sara, I remember when you posted a photo of your kitchen cupboard that was seriously decluttered. I think of that photo often. I'd love to see more of your decluttered spaces because you are truly an inspiration!

Was your DH seriously on board? Mine isn't, and this is definitely difficult.

One thing I'm struggling with is clothes. How can a family of four (my son just turned four and my daughter is 7 months) produce SO MUCH LAUNDRY? My son is in a phase where he WILL NOT wear shirts with tags (even if I cut the tags out). He only has four t-shirts with tags, so we've been washing them like mad. I have half a mind to get rid of the rest of his shirts, save for two nice polo shirts and a nice Hawaiian shirt. That would bring him to seven shirts total. That should be doable, right? I think I'd rather do smaller loads of laundry more frequently than a gazillion huge loads every seven days or so.

Thanks so much for the kind words. Yes, DH is truly on board. We are addicted to getting rid of stuff!

As far as clothing goes, I think it's a CONSTANT battle. I like to go to garage sales, thrifting, etc...so I have to try really hard to get rid of stuff before I bring new stuff in. That's really hard with DD's clothes. A lot of her clothes have such an emotional attachment for me. But I'm getting better. I realized that there are 5-6 outfits that I continually put on her, and the rest gets worn only occasionally. I am on a mission this weekend to go through and get rid of those outfits.

For me, even though I went through my clothes and got rid of the stuff I don't really wear, I still have too much. I do wear it all, but I think the problem is just too many options... you know? Yes, I love it all, but do I NEED it all? Laundry will be so much happier if I get rid of more. It's hard to live in a 4-season state, because I can't get rid of too much. I would freeze

So, yes, in answer to your question, I think 7 shirts is totally do-able.

[Delight]

Originally Posted by moonmama7

Georgeous! Is the carpet in your room Flor tiles? It looks great! Your house will sell in a flash -- promise!

Nope, they are all just area rugs. Thanks! Also, in answer to the question about where is all the "everyday stuff"...

Our hamper is inside a closet and I keep all appliances in cupboards. My sponge holder is in a clear thing that sticks to the inside of the sink. Soap under the sink. I have hardly any cupboard space, so I have some things down the basement. Things that I don't use very often....bread machine, platters, etc.

[sunshinestarr]

I miss closets!!!!! Homes here is Israel generally don't have any, and you have to buy them. We were pretty poo' when we moved here so we have a tiny little one that doesn't hold most of our clothes. I sooo miss closets.
I like the sponge holder being inside of the sink! I'm going to look for something like that!
Again, all of these de-cluttered houses are gorgous!!

[sweetangelbrynlie]

Originally Posted by sunshinestarr

I miss closets!!!!! Homes here is Israel generally don't have any, and you have to buy them. We were pretty poo' when we moved here so we have a tiny little one that doesn't hold most of our clothes. I sooo miss closets.
I like the sponge holder being inside of the sink! I'm going to look for something like that!
Again, all of these de-cluttered houses are gorgous!!

I have no closets either. So I kinda made my own by using a corner in the bedrooms and hanging curtains around the corner.

[sunshinestarr]

Originally Posted by sweetangelbrynlie

I have no closets either. So I kinda made my own by using a corner in the bedrooms and hanging curtains around the corner.

Wow! I'd love to see this - you don't happen to have pics do you?

[boysrus]

OK. We are just moving in. We have been slobs always. But, we had to sell our last house, so we bought some nice things and s[ent a lot of time keeping it clean. I want to continue that! So, I am trying really hard.
I have gotten the front half of the front room unpacked and wanted to share.
The mirror and Ansel Adams print will be hung in the other part of the room, and dh is going to build a shelf for the corner where they are now. It will be stained espresso. He is also going to build a bench with cubbies for under the window. The painting on the red chair is going to hang over the little table by the door and the red chair will go in front of the shelves he is building. The pillow collection will grow to include larger floor cushions, and they will be in a nice spot on or near the blue rug, as a place to hang out. We need artwork for over the table with the candles, and a huge clock for over the desk. We have a burgundy valance to hang over the bare window.
ANyway, here it is
http://w3.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...=/y87/boysrus/

[sunshinestarr]

Oh yea, one more thing - where do you ladies with clear counters keep dishracks? How do ya'll do your dishes?
Thanks!
boysrus - beautiful! I love the furniture.

ETA: And bread!! Where does everyone keep their bread?! (Sorry for the zillions of questions, I am just very intrigued by this totally empty counter stuff) I was keeping my bread in a cabinet for a while but I felt like it was asking for the bread to go bad earlier so now it's in a basket on the counter... Hmm..

[SusannahM]

We use the dishwasher, I very rarely handwash dishes. When I do, the dishes just go on the dishrack until they're dry, then back up, and I put it beside the sink. In between times, it's just stored in a cabinet. We go through bread quickly, so we just keep it in the pantry. We store extra loaves in the freezer.

[member]

I have been decluttering like mad for about a week and I took some pix yesterday and posted them in my new blog here.

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by nym

Wow.. I never realized how tiny my house is til I saw some of these pics!

Yeah that! The pics are beautiful, but my house would not look that decluttered if it were empty!

[nym]

heh, no.. my house really is tiny! I've showed a few pictures, but you can't really see it. Here is a pic of my space. I am standing at the front door, with my back against the wall. To the left is my living room, of which I have posted pics before. On the other side of the living room wall is the doorway to my sons bedroom, which I have posted before too.
To the right, after the dresser full of library books, is the kitchen. The bathroom (I mean hole in the wall) is behind the wall where the book dresser is.
Just after the table on the left is the doorway to my bedroom, directly across from that on the right is the door to the backyard, then my fridge, waher, dryer and you can see out the window into the backyard.

That is all that there is to my space heh

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3...1600/house.jpg

[sunshinestarr]

Link doesn't work nym!

[Glover_Girls]

I'm somewhat to post my photos as my house looks like it has a long way to go compared to some other fabulous mamas'! But I feel like my livingroom is in good shape except for the one piece that is always loaded! This link also shows the office/playroom which I also posted on another thread to give a mama an idea of how I organized the room. It won't win any decluttering awards! Definitely a work in progress.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48348915@N00/

Suggestions and comments are welcome!

[nym]

hrmm.. it works for me. Ill put it in my gallery I guess

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...0048&members=1

Its the top pic