Within a couple of hours, he had taken the necessary measurements and settled into the chair in my office to plan our new closet configuration online. Who says men don't listen?
Once the plan was done, my sweetie called two of the children to accompany him to the store to fetch the required materials to commence Operation: Overhaul.
Some men go golfing. Some men go to strip clubs. My man goes to Lowe's.
My personal Bob Vila returned home 2 hours or so later, his truck bed laden with ClosetMaid boxes. My tireless husband then proceeded to empty the closet of all of our clothes, shoes, belts, boxes, medicines, etc. He said that was the easy part. By his account, my job was the hard part. Once the closet was installed (it took him half a Sunday and the better part of a Tuesday) it rested on me to put the whole shebang back together.
Easy. Peasy. Lemon. Squeezy.
I filled up 12 trash bags with clothes and shoes that were either too small, out of style, covered in stains or just simply hadn't been worn in a long time. It felt GOOD. The only items allowed back into the new inner sanctum were things we actually WEAR. Go figure.
See that rack of hangers below? That's just part of what came out of my closet. There is a huge basket of extras in the basement storage area. I'll use them for consigning the kids' clothes.
There are so many hangers, it's ridiculous. I don't ever want to use them all at the same time again. If I buy something new, I need to give something away. That's the only way to stay on top of the clutter.
The closet overhaul has inspired me to declutter other areas of the house, too. I did the laundry room counter on Monday.
It's easy to clean when I can use the kids as gophers. "Here, go put this in the (insert location here)." Kids will work in the summertime! Myth debunked!
I saw a tip on DIY that lead me to clean off the master bathroom counter.
I bought this $5 shoe rack at Target and hung it out of sight on the back of the bathroom door. Then I took my toiletry basics and loaded the thing down. Voila! Clean countertops.
Today while the cleaning lady was tidying up the living areas, the kids and I went to the playroom. Within an hour we could see the floor again, and all of the toys were back where they belong.
And now the kids are actually PLAYING in the PLAYROOM.
Will wonders never cease.
Don't tell them, but when they go to Alabama in July, I'm going to make some toys disappear from the playroom, too!
Shhhh..... be vewwwwwwy quiiiiiet. I'm hunting Widdle People!
2 comments:
*Sigh*
(That's the sound of envy)
:)
Congrats Beth! The closet looks great.
Post a Comment