Declutter and organise - month 1

So you are probably wondering how I am going with my declutter and organise goals from this post.
Well we are just about at the end of the first month and I have been busy in Charlie's room. Although not quite busy enough to post pics just yet. However you need to see the before pics first.
So here goes


and I know what you are thinking - "it's not that bad" Well this is true - it's not - however the wardrobe is a problem with a birthday coming up i feel there will be another inundation of toys so i need to clear some space for some toys to go before his birthday arrives. Also half of the stuff that is in the wardrobe is stuff that he doesn't use anymore - mostly baby stuff. The capsule is going to my sister for her baby so that's one thing out of the way.
So next time you hear from me i should be back with after pictures

So clearly...

I suck at schedules.... In my last post I had scheduled to do the Kitchen declutter and organise further down the track. But with school starting again tomorrow - my mind has been trying to find things to do that somehow drag my mind away from lesson planning and the reality that I DO in fact really have to go back to work tomorrow.
So anyway I started trying to sort out the pantry. Here are the before photos - sorry the first one is so bad - not sure what happened there


I am currently working on reorganising it. I purchased some sistema containers and have been busy putting things into containers and I also hope to convince my wonderful man that he could build me a vegetable box for the bottom of the pantry. I will update soon with photos and we will see how the convincing goes.
oh and while I am at it - i have been working on some dresses as presents for a couple of special little girls. The first one is for little Lily for her first birthday, and the other is for a friends wee girl Georgia who is turning seven. They are as always for me a hash of a few different patterns with several changes to them. - I can't seem to stick to just one pattern at a time. Hopefully i will have some modelled pics for you at some stage too.

Accountability

Right I am writing this here so you guys will be able to keep me accountable. One of my goals this year is to declutter and organise big time in this house. So what I am planning is to give each room a month to get decluttered. So I thought why not start now. So I started with Charlie's bedroom yesterday. I cleared out 4 bags of baby clothes for my sister, listed a whole lotta stuff on Trade Me, and took a bag of stuff to the op shop. Charlie's wardrobe is looking so much better, actually so is our walk in wardrobe. So this is my schedule: Technically I wasn't planning on starting till February, but started Charlie's early - probably just as well cause his will take the most work as it has all the baby stuff to get rid of.

February: Charlie's room
March: Jack's room
April: Our room
May: The Kitchen
June: Lounge and dining room
July: the sewing room/sunroom
August: The bathroom and ensuite.

So technically by the end of 2011 this end should be well and truely decluttered and organised, which I am looking forward too.

Hmm a bit sad really

After just doing a post I looked at my blog and the little followers badge on the side and realised it really is quite sad that I only have one follower - I am thinking that maybe I need to bribe people to follow my sad, lonely old blog. What do you think, a competition in order....?

Look what arrived

in my mail box.....
These ones are for a skirt for me

These ones are for the peek a boo bags for Jack's hot wheels stuff and his marble run stuff.
This one is for some girls dresses
And these ones -well i just liked them and it's so hard to find nice boy prints I thought they'd be nice for pockets on some pants etc.

New Year, new organisation

I have been undertaking a big reorganisation of the sewing room - I was a bit to eager to get into it and kind of forgot to take before photos but do you want to see what it looks like mid organisation.
Here you go

I purchased a whole load of new magazine boxes for organising my sewing mags and books etc. I need to collect some more jars for small things. I also need to make some fabric baskets for storing cards of ribbon and trims etc.
I will update you on progress when it is finished

I also plan on reorganising my pantry as it is so messy - oops. Need to buy myself some mew containers and relabel etc. But might wait till i shout myself a label maker so i can label them all nicely.

First fruits of 2011

This afternoon Steve dug up the rest of the potato crop which was awesome a whole supermarket bag full. Last crop before on Christmas Eve was 2 shopping bags full and 14.8 kgs worth.
And On the sewing front I have sewn up a few wee bits for Jack lately. between his birthday in November and Christmas he has lots of new toys that need a storage spot in his room so I found this tutorial and made him one of these for his dinosaurs. I plan on making a few more yet.



He also requested a Dinosaur tee shirt so last night while he was sleeping I whipped up this one
What do you think?? He loves the rainbow dinosaur.