August Challenge Week 3

Before

I started week 3 to completely change the office.
With this being Marcia's favorite place to organize, I am going to be anxious to see if I get a "job well done" (just kidding)
All joking aside, the office had to change. There was no flow nor was there a logical place for everything to work without STRESS!
With limited space and on a tight budget the office not only had to be completely transformed, but items need to be purchased in order to make a positive flow for work and display area to blend together.
So, I helped an elderly neighbor de-clutter by purchasing some things that they needed to get rid of and I needed in the office. I was able to transform the office for $60.00.

Desk had to be moved
Extra desk needed to be in the office
Furniture had to be organized
Baskets had to go to the garage
File Cabinets needed to be placed for good flow and storage
Storage shelf organized
Stacks of paperwork needed to be gone through organized and shredded
Most importantly, a place had to be found to display some of the custom work we do

Baskets were taken to the garage and put with the others
The bookcase now has become a display area for pillar candles and will transform even more over time.

Wall shelving unit was purchased for $20.00. Now there is a cubby for some of the candle boxes that can not go into the garage. These boxes are the white ones that I place our taper candles in. The boxes give the tapers such an elegant finish.
I also have room for my plastic envelopes that I have my projects in so that all I have to do is pull one down and go.
The wall unit was put where the desk used to be. I will be placing another file cabinet at the end of it for additional storage. That file cabinet was purchased for $20.00 and has locks on it. It does however need to painted. Marcia loves bright colors whereas I like neutral. None the less, the color can be fixed for a couple of dollars
I gave my work area some additional natural lighting by moving it in front of the window. I also place a shorter file cabinet that I also purchased for $10.00 from my neighbor, and am using it for the printer and to lock up confidential information.
I am right handed so everything goes from left to right for me. See the color of the file cabinet? It is yelling Marcia's name.
Found 2 antique chairs for the boys desk's. They work perfect and I paid $10.00 for the both of them.

One of the shelves on the wall unit is displaying some custom work. This is a wall hanging with tea lights that we made. This actually hangs on the wall in the hallway however, that is the next remodel project so it had to come off the wall so that it did not get broken during the remodel.




Before pictures of the desk area.


Stress is gone now. Well at least for this room

Alex is a happy girl, she can finally lay down in her favorite spot without all of the paper.

The final touch to this room will be putting up a ceiling fan and painting.


The last and final week to the challenge will be working on the kitchen. Making extra room on the counters for when the candles and soap are made. I will be deciding on not only the flow but drawing out the kitchen remodel.
Have a great week!

August Challenge Week 2

This weeks de-clutter list:

1. Take drawers that belong under the bed in the boys room and empty them.

Place dressers back into boys room under the bed where they belong

More tools out side.

Straighten out necessary items to complete the hallway remodel.

Place dresser's back into boy's room.


Sheet rock dusts gets every where!








This is a cord that had to be cleaned










Drawers back in place

Ahhh, I have a new place to hide.













Week 3's Challenge, the office

End of First Week

This is a picture of the first thing of the August Mission. Finish the boy's room. Do you know how disorganized things get when you are in the middle of a remodel project?

Almost everything is in the garage that does not belong in this room. Yes, I am putting it neatly into it's space.

The garage is going to take a month in itself to organize.

What a relief it was to get this room back to where it is now. This week end I will be placing the dressers back into the room. But that is part of next week's challenge.

Blinds still need to go up and the drawers need to under the bed. Still a HUGE accomplishment

I spent 5 hours on my office Monday. I was up until 1:00 a.m. working on this project. 4 years of paper, and any where I could put the kids things while their room was under construction went into my office. I am proud to say that at least I have started my binders and project envelopes. Thanks Marcia for the idea. Here is the problem. While working on the office, I have misplaced my Organizing e-course files. No kidding. I decided not to stress over it and just finish what I was working on. The big reveal for the finished rooms will be posted near the end of the month.

Guess what I found? Yes, I found my folders! Nothing like stressing out. Thank goodness I decided to work on something else.

Guess where they were? I took them to my reading area. This is week 6 for Organizing e-course so I have scheduled time in to work on that.

This has been a family effort. Just like our business, everyone gets to participate.
Even Sammi has gotten involved! She loves my office chair.

Closets have started to be cleaned out. Way too many clothes, you know how that works, you buy a dress on sale thinking you are going to wear it and never do so it just hangs there. Needless to say, I am working on getting things listed on ebay. Will let everyone know when they are they.

Our ebay store belongs to the kids, so you know they are excited to have more things to post in their store. It teaches them good business skills and how to earn and save money.

This dress is beautiful. I never wore it and I am ashamed to say, the tags are still on it.

Week 2

This is what will be accomplished at the end of week 2. Gosh it is going to be great to get my dining room back.

This has been a fun week. Thanks for the challenge!

Touching lives one minute, one day, one flame at a time.....

Ria

August Declutter Challenge

On August 1st, 2008 we accepted a challenge from the Organizing Queen, to declutter at least one thing every day. Although I will not post everyday, we have embraced this challenge with open arms.

We have been remodeling for a year and if there is one thing for sure, during the remodeling phase, everything gets cluttered and totally out of hand.

The goals for this month is to not only declutter, but to re-organize as well. We will be re-organizing the following:

Office
Web Site
Garage
Kitchen
Bedrooms

We will also show you how just simple changes can make a big difference in our daily lives. Changes such as adding hand made soap to your bathroom and candle collections to areas that need that simple little touch.

Happy Decluttering