Tackling the Big Mess in a Small Room

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It's one day after Christmas and I am feeling so motivated to work on my bedroom. We live in a really small house. We moved here about 6 months ago from a house twice it's size, almost (and I thought that house was too small). But God had a plan for us to live in this even smaller house. When we moved we got rid of a ton of stuff. But unfortunately we ran out of time and so the boxes of mostly papers that I didn't have time to sort all came here, plus the things I couldn't decide on. So that leaves me where I am today.

I have a very small bedroom that doubles as a storage. My closet is tiny and I have storage boxes stacked up in there, too. Barely any room to hang our clothes, so there's a good excuse why I also have clothes piled up here and there. What I'd like to do is buy some type of wardrobe/closet thing and just use the tiny closet for storage. Today I am going to get started on sorting. I should add pictures so you can more fully sympathize, but wow! that would be embarrassing!

I was thinking that this new year I was going to really tackle my room and other parts of the house, but today I woke up thinking "why wait?" So I'm getting a head start. I am going to sort into piles...stuff I want, stuff to toss and stuff to give-away. Hope I don't lose my enthusiasm :) I will be posting updates as I go so please check back. I need some accountability :) So here I go!!

Are you starting a new project? Good luck if you are.

*Update: It's almost been three hours since this was posted and I did something that I totally did not expect! First I decided to completely clear out the little closet. When I did, I came across a closet space maker bar. So now I have two levels. Upper for shirts and lower for pants and scarves. I still have room on the side for dresses and I have those hangers where you can hang several things on one, which my skirts are hanging on. I am not going to put the storage boxes back in there and now I have a closet that I can use and is very organized. Although it's still really small, it's adequate! I have a shoe holder hanging on my closet door also. I am now going through storage boxes and organizing them and finding places for everything. Or getting rid of stuff. And guess what?? I am labeling them!

**I seriously doubt that anyone is reading this....but it's the second day and things are moving slow. I haven't been able to be home long enough to get anything done. But wow, the closet looks good. the rest looks like a bomb went off.

***This is beginning to feel a little ridiculous...but I am so glad to report that there's only a small amount of stuff left to sort through and I'm even more ashamed to tell you that it has been kinda fun. Wow, that seems weird.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    I'm glad to hear that it is possible. I have a vision of a (small) wall that is all storage to the ceiling. I googled small room big mess and I got you
    Annette

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  2. JohannaMarch 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    Still a work in progress...with the transition from moving into a smaller house, as well as being somewhat of a recovering pack-rat...I have a lot to do. But it's a nice challenge as well as an interesting adventure!

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