8 June 2011
Putting my house in order….
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I know during the school year I let many things go that I normally wouldn’t when I’m not working. As I was preparing for my Summer break I looked at my Craft Room and decided something major needed to be done.
Yes, this is how awful my Craft Room got. Nothing was put away. I had clean laundry on the floor. Too many things just thrown in a pile. Waiting to be sorted and put away.
I know from my own past experiences in order to combat this problem I was going to need to clear the room. So everything went from the Craft Room to the Parlor. The Parlor is the front entrance to my home. If you come to visit expect remodeling, because that’s what’s happening at my house. My Parlor quickly turned into a huge pile of stuff. Some might say this is just moving the problem from one room to another, so be it. I have to do it this way to keep myself sane. Plus I needed to paint the room in order to make it more comfortable and you can’t paint with a bunch of stuff in the room.
Once the room was clear I went and bought paint. I painted the blue section then I let the girls help with the green section. They had a ton of fun painting. Yes, they got it everywhere, but they worked hard and had fun doing it! That’s a win-win in my book.
I painted the line where the green should end and they filled in the rest. We will be adding details and flower wall stickers to make it even more inviting. We chose to bring nature indoors with a wall mural instead of a traditional paint job. The added bonus is that if we need to use this as a bedroom again I won’t have to change the wall color again (or at least not for a while…). Now that the paint is on the walls time for organizing and sorting of everything that goes back into this room!
The task that lays before me isn’t going to be easy, but definitely worth all the hard effort that will be put out. I will have to sort through, but I’m sure not limited to….embellishments, fabrics, papers, pictures, CD’s, office supplies, foam, sewing supplies, yarn, ribbon, receipts, school supplies, and much more. While this is my Craft Room it’s also my home office and room to some of my school supplies. (School and work for me are one and the same since I work for a school.)
I guess it’s time to get back to work. Lots more to do!!!
I got my desk cleaned off and ready for use. I still have to finish cleaning off the girls desk. We also found some cute flower stickers to put on the walls.
Stephanie Shultz is a wife and mom two little girls in Cottonwood, Arizona. She enjoys photography, hiking, scrapbooking and sight seeing.