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Monday, March 9, 2020

30 Days of Clean Challenge: Day 3



I have successfully cleaned out four problem areas in my house, but they were small areas. I really am pleased with the small victories! I knew it was time to tackle a big problem area - my closet.

My closet is huge; it's narrow and long. I have my desk in there so I can pay bills and scrapbook in there. I also keep the kids baby books there for easy access. My husband and I have our clothes and shoes, and Zeke keeps his dresser with his clothes and blankets in there. I had not really cleaned it much lately. I was hanging up my clean clothes but that's about it. It had gotten seriously messy and it was stressing me out. But the thought of cleaning it was a little overwhelming because Zeke is a pretty needy toddler right now. I did convince the kids to take him outside for a while so I could get a big head start on it.

The before - the lighting is terrible but you can see how it had gotten out of control.

Especially the baby's area! 

I moved his car seat and the tub of clothes he had outgrown to our shed outside (another project I need to get to!). I donated the brown nursing pillow and over half of the blankets in the basket on the top shelf. I also threw away the picture frame you see on the bottom left - it was broken. I organized his clothes better and donated a few outfits that he had outgrown.

after! 

after - I vacuumed the carpet, reorganized some things, threw some things away, and donated some things. 



I reorganized my desk and dusted it. It's still a bit cluttered, but it's much better than it was!

I even reorganized my shoes.

I was feeling pretty good about how clean my closet was that I decided to clean under my bed! Our bed is really big and really heavy. We bought it two years ago and I have never cleaned underneath it. It really wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but it did need some serious cleaning. Instead of moving the bed, we took the mattresses off and cleaned it that way!

before - you can see the trash, dust, and other items.

after - nice and clean!



Then I decided to use the big fabric basket that I did have the baby's blankets in for something else. He has a ton of board books that I had in a basket, but the basket was overflowing! I put his books in the fabric basket and they fit much better with room for more books!

before - overflowing

after - room for more!



What have you cleaned lately?

Check out my other posts in my 30 Days of Clean Challenge!




4 comments:

  1. We emptied out my oldest son's room over the weekend so we could replace his flooring and it really prompted us to clean out and clear up any clutter.

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    1. There is nothing like having to remove everything from a room to really motivate you to deep clean and declutter!

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  2. Nice Job! I'm looking forward to getting some areas of our home dejunked very soon! It feels so good when I do, and it's overdue!

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    1. Thank you! Some of these projects were long overdue! It does feel good to have them completed.

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