September MASTER BEDROOM Challenge - Page 3

[~Nikki~]

This actually works out to be the perfect challenge for us. Our master bedroom doubles as my sewing room, and triples as a storage room. Our place is so tiny that we're struggling with where to put things. All of my clothes are perma wrinkled because I haven't been able to make the adjustment of going from a huge walk-in closet to a tiny little single closet for TWO of us plus our junk! I hate the way our closet is set up. It certainly doesn't scream "organization." I feel antsy everytime I walk into our bedroom.

The bedskirt on the king sized bed pokes out a bit because of the GIANT MOUNTAIN OF STUFF we have crammed under there. I have 4 portfolios of my old artwork under there somewhere. We're storing our camping gear and suitcases under there. Uh.....a guitar case? I don't even know what's going on under my bed, but I know I hate it.

And I have nowhere to keep my underpants.

So my goals for this month are:

1. Cull un-used clothing
2. Organize closet
3. Take boxes of "keepsakes" and portfolios to storage
4. Organize sewing area.
5. Find underpant storage.

[daisymama12]

I've gone through my drawers, one bedside table, and picked up stuff off the floor - big loads of clean and dirty laundry put away. Got rid of a full garbage bag of clothes to Goodwill.
YAY!
Left to do: one bedside table, and the dreaded, dreaded closet.
I need a shoe rack (the shelf-style ones from Ikea) for the closet, I used the one I had in the closet for my office, to house the books that were in my bedside table.
I'm glad this is a month-long challenge!

Has anyone else noticed how many other spots in the house need immediate attention while doing this? :
I'm trying to stay focused on this one task/room, until it's done.

[imnotsupernanny]

I'm not motivated to clean anymore in my room

I still have a few clothes on my bed and my extra sheets. I think the problem is that I just don't have anywhere to put stuff.

[madskye]

I'm in! My bedroom suffers from

--a scary corner of junk that needs attention
--a dresser full of baby junk that needs to be emptied and stored away
--waaaaay too many books and tchotchkes

[flapjack]

I'm struggling. What's worse, I'm struggling and I can see things start to slip backwards.
This weekend's challenge is to do something in the house. What, I don't know, just ANYTHING.

[kay4]

well I had a late start of this, but this evening I took a laundry basket and put every piece of clothing that was on the floor in it and brought it downstairs. If it's down here, I will deal with it. Up there, it's just too easy to shut the door and pretend it's not there So I will get those folded/tossed whatever. That made a difference already. Tomorrow morning I will get an empty tub and put all the loose pics in, and go through the books.

[clothdipemomof2boy]

I am in. I just moved and we have some issues. We live in base housing unfortunatly it is the old housing which was built in the 40s or 50s and it is small. We have a king size bed because we coslept for awhile and Evan and Jacob are acting like they want to leave the faimly bed :. Anyway we are kindof cramed in there. I am trying to use Feng shui to declutter and to try to move it around for more room.
My goal this month is
move the room around a little
go throught clothes in closet and get rid of stuff we dont need
clean off the dressers and get them clutter free
paint the room get pictures put in the room
that is all right know maybe next month I will have pictures to share.

[kay4]

How is everyone doing?? I have made big progress in my room. Still not pic worthy lol but much better. I have the head/footboard now, just need to wait till payday to get the frame and am hoping to have the room complete by then. My older girls helped me go thru 3 or 4 boxes of papers, we made piles for pics, school stuff, 'dads' stuff, etc. And I filled 2 big trashbags woohoo SO exciting. I have also been working in other areas of the house, but my dh is coming home end of next month and I really want this to be a sanctuary for us :

[CariOfOz]

Originally Posted by CariOfOz

-clear the crap off my dresser top
-thin out my & dh's clothes, we both have stuff we don't wear - progress made, but more needs to go!
-sort large basket of childrens clothes to donate, save a few 'special' items - DONE
-dream about convincing dh to put all 200odd dvd's into cd wallets thus getting rid of the cases & cupboard they are housed in (which lives in our bedroom for it's own safety.. boys ) - no luck here yet
-THIN out the kids clothes.. their dresser is in our room as well and they have so many clothes!
- get the junk (papers, magazine, photo album etc) off the night tables
- thoroughly clean the whole joint (clean windows inside/out, sills & blinds; clean closet mirror doors; polish furniture; vacuum & dust baseboards etc
- MAYBE by the end of the month if I'm happy with the results I'll reward us with a nice new bedding set (tired of the one we have now, need change!) or something lovely in the way of art or the wall.

I've gotten a fair bit of crapola out of the walk in closet so a little success

Originally Posted by kay4

How is everyone doing?? I have made big progress in my room. Still not pic worthy lol but much better. I have the head/footboard now, just need to wait till payday to get the frame and am hoping to have the room complete by then. My older girls helped me go thru 3 or 4 boxes of papers, we made piles for pics, school stuff, 'dads' stuff, etc. And I filled 2 big trashbags woohoo SO exciting. I have also been working in other areas of the house, but my dh is coming home end of next month and I really want this to be a sanctuary for us :

Mine is miles away from an 'after' pic as well.. but we were informed that our house is for sale (we rent) and almost zero chance an investor will buy it (at 425k?!?!) so We HAVE to declutter!!!!! I refuse to relocate all this crap to another house : I did get rid of a huge bag of stuffed toys from the kids rooms & a bag of thoroughly dead cloth dipes/covers and a heap of mccrappy meal toys! So while the master isnt 100% yet, the clutter free feeling is spreading

[kissum]

So far, I've cleaned under the bed, and unpacked and organized the winter clothes. I also spent hour today rearranging my bedroom, and in the end wound up with it pretty much the same. Oh well!

So I still have left:
declutter books
Clean out the drawers in the end table
Donate that huge sack of stuff in the closet
Get caught up on the laundry
Put everything away!

And I'd like to add:
put away summer clothes/shoes

I still have a few days, it could happen!

[Stace]

I'm falling way short of my goal. We did get the bedroom painted. DH did at least go through his pants and got rid of the ones that don't fit, but he still has about a million shirts. And I'm having trouble finding any affordable prints to hang. And the curtains! HA! I still don't even have my new sewing table....and may not even be able to have a dedicated table anymore since I was going to set up my space in what was our spare bedroom but is now going to have to be designated for another use.

[kissum]

Originally Posted by kissum

So far, I've cleaned under the bed, and unpacked and organized the winter clothes. I also spent hour today rearranging my bedroom, and in the end wound up with it pretty much the same. Oh well!

So I still have left:
declutter books
Clean out the drawers in the end table
Donate that huge sack of stuff in the closet
Get caught up on the laundry
Put everything away!

And I'd like to add:
put away summer clothes/shoes

I still have a few days, it could happen!

Ok, so I have done the books, got caught up on the laundry (well, as caught up as you can get anyway!), have put everything away, and packed up all of my summer stuff.

I also did a few things that aren't on my list, I treated myself to a new bed spread, new throw pillows, a couple of little decorative boxes (using for jewelry) and a new curtain for my closet. I took after pics, but my camera is dead. Pics later though! My closet is completely organized, which is fabulous. There are a couple of things on my list that didn't get done, but the room looks nice and I'm happy. :

End of the month..how is everyone else doing?

[kissum]

Before and after pics

From the door:
Before:
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...rent=b5-07.jpg

After- New bedspread and throw pillows, the decorative boxes, and a new bedside lamp shade.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9.../DSC030772.jpg


Left side of the room- I did a little rearranging and finally bought a big lamp, which makes a huge difference.
Before
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...rent=b5-29.jpg
After
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...t=DSC03078.jpg

Closet curtain
before
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...rent=b5-34.jpg
after- The old curtain was sheer, and I hated having to look into my closet while I was going to bed. Much better!
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...=DSC030792.jpg

Closet itself- clean!!
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...t=DSC03081.jpg
No before, it was too bad to share!

Thanks for looking :

[lisalulu]

I haven't checked back in a while but I fell very short of my goals. I still have one wall to paint and haven't touched any kind of sorting of clothes. I guess it will become my October challenge too!

[clothdipemomof2boy]

kissum,
where did you get that picture above your bed and next to your closet. that is the type of pics i want in my house. did you do it or did you get it somewhere. they are beatiful