AmyBoz
03-15-2005, 08:53 PM
Bathrooms…we’ve all got ‘em. We all use ‘em. I don’t care what size your house is. We can all participate in this part of the challenge, because the bathroom is the most used room in your house, and the room that we all know the most intimately.
The first thing that I’d like you to do is to take a good look at your bathroom(s) and assess your space. How much storage do you have? Do you need more? The best way to make this assessment is to see how much stuff you’ve got sitting out. Can you envision adding more storage if necessary? Is there room on the wall to add a shelf or two? Maybe even hang a cabinet? Take a few minutes in each bathroom to consider this, especially if you have no linen closet or extra storage for bathroom paraphernalia.
Now that you’ve looked and analyzed your bathroom, we are going to take some serious time creating a bathroom where we can relax and not feel stressed. Today’s challenge is going to require quite a bit of time, so please, don’t begin until you really have the time to devote to it. If you stop halfway through, chances are, you won’t get back to it, and your space will become even messier than before.
You need to start by bringing a garbage bag/can into the bathroom with you. Then, you need to take everything that isn’t bolted down out of the bathroom. Soap, shampoo, razors, bath toys, cleaning products, etc. Empty out your medicine cabinet and any other storage you have. Wipe down the inside of everything and give the room a good cleaning. Then, once it’s all out and clean, one by one, I want you to touch every item and make a decision to keep, re-home, or toss it. I will be posting some threads with some guidelines as to how long to keep certain items and some other threads generally discussing bathroom organization.
Once you’ve purged and made all of your decisions, it’s time to put everything back. Do it in an organized manner. Group like items together. Containerize where possible: put all make up in a small box or bag, etc. If you have a few loose band-aids, but no band-aid box, get a baggie and toss them all in there, etc. Make sure everything goes back where it belongs and that all items that need to be re-homed are put where they really should be. What you should have before you is a cleaner, neater, more organized space where you will spend less time searching for things, and you can get in and out quickly and happily!
By the way…you’ve got as much time as you need on this one. Bathroom cabinets, drawers, etc, tend to be places that accumulate some of the most random clutter in the whole house!
The first thing that I’d like you to do is to take a good look at your bathroom(s) and assess your space. How much storage do you have? Do you need more? The best way to make this assessment is to see how much stuff you’ve got sitting out. Can you envision adding more storage if necessary? Is there room on the wall to add a shelf or two? Maybe even hang a cabinet? Take a few minutes in each bathroom to consider this, especially if you have no linen closet or extra storage for bathroom paraphernalia.
Now that you’ve looked and analyzed your bathroom, we are going to take some serious time creating a bathroom where we can relax and not feel stressed. Today’s challenge is going to require quite a bit of time, so please, don’t begin until you really have the time to devote to it. If you stop halfway through, chances are, you won’t get back to it, and your space will become even messier than before.
You need to start by bringing a garbage bag/can into the bathroom with you. Then, you need to take everything that isn’t bolted down out of the bathroom. Soap, shampoo, razors, bath toys, cleaning products, etc. Empty out your medicine cabinet and any other storage you have. Wipe down the inside of everything and give the room a good cleaning. Then, once it’s all out and clean, one by one, I want you to touch every item and make a decision to keep, re-home, or toss it. I will be posting some threads with some guidelines as to how long to keep certain items and some other threads generally discussing bathroom organization.
Once you’ve purged and made all of your decisions, it’s time to put everything back. Do it in an organized manner. Group like items together. Containerize where possible: put all make up in a small box or bag, etc. If you have a few loose band-aids, but no band-aid box, get a baggie and toss them all in there, etc. Make sure everything goes back where it belongs and that all items that need to be re-homed are put where they really should be. What you should have before you is a cleaner, neater, more organized space where you will spend less time searching for things, and you can get in and out quickly and happily!
By the way…you’ve got as much time as you need on this one. Bathroom cabinets, drawers, etc, tend to be places that accumulate some of the most random clutter in the whole house!