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I am somewhat of a slob. I get everything spotless only to have everything a huge mess within a couple of days. Over the years I have made numerous attempts to make my life more organized. Some things have worked while others have gone down in flames. In this blog I will share with you my experiments, whether epic or fail.

Each week I will post a new organizational attempt. Two weeks later I will post whether it was maintainable or not. If the idea fails we will look at other ideas. I am also hoping for your suggestions when I fail. I will be trying ideas from Pinterest, other blogs, myself, and anyone willing to share.

 So here we go...
          The bedroom...

Welcome to my mess!

One of the biggest disasters in my bedroom is my dresser. I clean it and it piles up with stuff over the next week or two til I clean it again.The drawers become a disaster as things are picked out and rummaged thru. And there is never enough space for everything after all the laundry is done.

Disaster...

So the top of the dresser was mostly a matter of clearing up the clutter and dusting. At this time I load up my daily vitamin pack. Ask myself why I still have a pile of books on here. (I still hope someday i will take the time to read them.) I also picked up all random jewelry before the cats could get a hold of them.  So my question to you is, what's most important to you on the top of your dresser?

Everything except the cups i took off my dresser.

Clean slate.

With the top cleaned up, we go onto the top drawers. One, I use for socks and the other for bras and panties. The is rather easy I have had a box that separates the bras and panties for years. It works well. I used to keep the bras in the box but a couple years ago switched to the panties because I have more of them and they are a thinner material.

My sock drawer is a toss up. I don't really feel like I need them organized. I do think though I should separate the thick ones from the thinner ones so I know if I have enough socks to make it thru the work week. So I will be looking for a box to put in that drawer to separate them.

Sock drawer for now...

Undies.

The middle drawer was the easiest for me to tackle. Yet I wonder if this trial of organizing will be successful. I have a lot of shirts, short and long sleeve, plus tank tops which I wear year round. It never all fits in my drawer. I have seen repeatedly on Pinterest the file like organization for dresser drawers. Here's the link... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/269653096410710646/

I did not fold the shirts down to a smaller size because being a big girl that would make them take up more space and be counter productive. Having the shirts the Pinterest way, I have twice as many shirts in one section. I still need to do the tank tops but there were not enough in the drawer at this point to do them the same way. Be back to you in two weeks to see if it was easy to maintain and still organized.

Closer look

The bottom drawer is a different story. Feedback is greatly welcomed! My nightgowns, shorts, sometimes extra shirts and odds and ends go there. I did not find anything on Pinterest. Looked at multiple websites including Real Simple magazine, Martha Stewart online, hometalk.com, apartmenttherapy.com, and wikihow.com with no success. Unless you count putting a divider between piles in the drawer. So I will be leaving it alone other than trying to put same like item in their own pile.
 

Before

After

Join me next week when we will be doing the shelving over my toilet. Don't look down though...

Happy organizing!

Questions or comments? Feedback WELCOME!