Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Home Organization and Finding Motivation


I love organizing my space and my life, but it hardly ever looks like it ever gets done to me. When my husband and I got married almost 7 years ago, we never consolidated our stuff so random crap has been in crates in our house for a long time. Recently, I took it upon myself to take care of the situation and decorate and organize everything with many things we already had, and some new stuff I got on sale. Decorating and organizing gives me a high, I know that's strange, but I get extremely motivated. The first thing I did was put a carpet runner I got at Wal-Mart in our hallway. I felt extremely motivated and wanted to do more!


 After I saw how great that looked and made me feel, I redecorated the bathroom with a new shower curtain, carpets, some pictures on the wall, and some new to me decor. A cheap way to add some color to our space for cheap is to buy scrapbook paper (I look for sales) and purchase cheap frames. I got mine at Hobby Lobby. They don't cost much and come in different sizes. The painting on the side mirror is one of my own.






I even got around to organizing our linen closet! It's amazing what some cheap bins and actually folding your linens do! I just can't say enough about the importance of bins!



The Living Room was a fun one, I wanted to declutter and change things around. I put a lot of decor in storage. I felt much better after the redecorating!



The laundry room is one of my favorites. I got the decor from Dollar General and already had the rug I got from Amazon and a tiny turquoise trash can from the dollar tree! How very convenient!!!




I finally have an adultier adult master bedroom! I bought the white and blue quilt and sham set from Dollar General for $30! I love how the bed looks made now. It looks really sharp compared to usual. I folded our family quilt over a quilt holder I got from my Grandma and hung some framed mirrors I got at Dollar Tree for $1 each! I filled an antique vase with some flowers that complimented the room and hung some metal wall art featuring an orchid sprig that I bought for 75% off at Hobby Lobby about 5 years back.










The hallway was tricky to decorate, but I think I've settled on this...I used part of my rock and crystal collection, a vase, Himalayan salt lamp, and a white glass duck with bright pink flowers to add color.






This is the best Before and After I've done, It took the longest but I'm so glad I did it. Our mudroom has been packed full of stuff since we moved in almost 4 years ago. Now its useful, clean, and I can let the pups in and out from my studio rather than going all around the house.
Before.
Before.

After!
After!
I still have a long way to go, but I love how the house is looking! More updates to come!

xo,
a|s


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