2012 Home Project Organizational Challenge

**MyMelody** · 06-05-2012, 08:05 AM

I made an album of pics showing what I've done so far in the house. Still some to upload, but this is a good start: http://www.frugalvillage.com/forums/...appenings.html

**peanut** · 06-05-2012, 10:23 AM

Nice Job MyMel! Love the pics. The laundry room lettering is a nice touch. It looks like you have a bit more colour sense than the previous owners.

Like your wall colour choices and decor. Wish I could get my place looking so neat! Need to sit down and come up with a plan... Basically it's called get rid of stuff. I have too much stuff.

**MyMelody** · 06-05-2012, 11:09 AM

Thanks Peanut! I love picking paint colors and this house's walls have needed lots of brightening. I am a major fan of getting rid of stuff - physical clutter stresses me and I would rather bless someone else with the stuff. It does take a mindset and time but it's worth it.

**MyMelody** · 06-13-2012, 10:56 PM

I got the baseboards and doors taped off in the craft room. Need to take a pry bar to the brackets holding up a shelf over one of the windows, fill holes, and sand. Then ready for primer maybe one day this weekend.

**madhen** · 06-18-2012, 11:05 AM

Got the carpet ripped out of my living room, but haven't decided yet where I want to go from here, so that project is on hold.

My project, to the end of June, is to set up my kitchen to make it a little more conducive to preparing raw vegan food, which I find I am becoming a little obsessed about.

I got a Vitamix blender for my birthday (woo hoo!!!), so I want to have a prep area with my juicer and my blender, so I can easily prepare (and more importantly, clean up after) my daily green juices and smoothies. I have a counter in mind, but it is currently the counter I use to store all the pet supplies on, so some reshuffling is in order in order to get some order <g>.

**MyMelody** · 06-18-2012, 08:15 PM

Awesome, madhen! Glad you got that carpet out and hope you find a way to set up your juice prep area!

I got the wall shelf down today and spackled the holes. If all factors hold true, I can prime and paint this weekend. Got some paint chips to inspire me.

**MyMelody** · 06-23-2012, 09:39 PM

I primed the craft room (yay!) but after cutting in the yellow paint, I see it's gonna take 2 coats (boo!).

**madhen** · 07-01-2012, 02:11 PM

Since I am trying to be ultra-frugal this month, my challenge is going to be the general de-cluttering of my house. Today's project is the laundry room.

**MyMelody** · 07-04-2012, 08:43 PM

I got one coat of paint on the craft room walls. July's goal will be applying a second coat and hanging the curtain rods.

**MyMelody** · 08-21-2012, 11:15 AM

Wow, this thread is quiet! Here is my progress:

- craft room completely painted
- curtain rods and valances hung in craft room
- bought 9 baskets at Dollar Tree to add to shelves I already had for cubbies to store craft supplies
- recovered one window shade with green fabric and one to go; need flat trim for scalloped edge
- hung 2 pictures downstairs
- put a wreath in the bathroom
- made seashell art for bathroom
- repurposed a candle topper and base to hold cotton balls for bathroom by using a Goodwill vase in the middle
- ordered a ceiling fan on sale for one bedroom, picked out ceiling fans for other rooms to buy later

**peanut** · 08-21-2012, 08:39 PM

Way to go MyMel! I'm on vacation right now, so no time to do anything or way to do it.

Will get back at it when I arrive home.

**MyMelody** · 08-25-2012, 12:57 PM

We just returned from vacation a few weeks ago, peanut!

Today I will be helping DH with replacing ceiling fans. We've got rain on the forecast, so I am not sure if the shelf will get repainted this weekend.