Domestic Geek

Laura over at I'm an Organizing Junkie! threw down a 30 Day Organizational Challenge:

Your challenge is to organize one room and/or one area in your home over the next 30 days and at the end of the 30 days post "before" and "after" pictures on your blog with a brief description of how you got from point A to point B.

In typical Queen of Procrastination® style, the challenge began on April 3rd, but I'm just now getting around to posting about it and getting started. It ends at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, so I've got to get cracking. I've decided to tackle the old craft room.


I have a whole set of before pictures over at my Organizational Challenge Photo Gallery. I'll upload progress pictures during the next couple of weeks and finished project pictures the beginning of May.

This room is intended to be my creative space. With all the clutter, creativity is the last thing that wants to blossom there. I've gotten lots of storage for the area, but I don't utilize it well. The biggest problem is that I try to have too many projects going at once and then I don't put things away that aren't currently being used. I've decided to implement a couple of new rules for myself to help keep this space organized: 1) I'm not going to allow myself to eat in there anymore so that dishes and stuff don't pile up back there. Also, 2) no more taking off socks. I get a whole week's worth piled up back there before laundry day. The biggest challenge with this room is it is where stuff gets stashed that doesn't have any other home since it's the farthest room towards the back of the house. When we expect guests, it's one of two rooms where stuff gets "hidden" behind a closed door. That stops immediately. The plan is to find that stuff a home or get rid of it. Also, my desk really sucks. Marcus has promised to help me get a better desk solution in there. We're going to Home Depot tomorrow to get supplies. I then need to find a way to better use the closet space I have. At the moment, there are just boxes thrown in.

So, this whole project begins the minute I publish this post by taking my dishes and socks out of here and putting them where they belong. Wish me luck!