Organizing: Dadi's Cabinet

His closet is just half of mine considering he too got a lot of clothes. And looking at the before shot, it is understandable why in spite of having too many things to wear to last for a month, some of them are what we called "repeaters". And so, this was also included in my 2013 project. And he couldn't be happier!

before shot: all those basketball shirts and shorts and everything are crumpled in one corner

after shot: i have put all the basketball shirts in one ikea bin as these were rarely used

Organizing: Warranty and Manuals

I never thought that there were tons of manuals that are so thick and occupying so much space in our drawer that were not needed anymore. After organizing them into two separate places (one for warranty cards and one for manuals), the drawer looks so much organized. This way, it will be easier for us to check the manuals and warranty cards without going through a heap of junks.

before

after :)

Organizing: Documents

This part of the project is one of those which requires a week to organize since they were really in a mess. I started gathering all the documents and files around the house including that one box in our store room on the 31st of January. And since I am also busy doing some mommy duties, it takes me a week to complete everything. I even got sick probably due to lack of sleep and rest but it was all worth it afterwards. All our documents were already categorized in a way before but we still need to take out everything from each folder and check. After the completion of this project, it is way better and much much organized which makes me really happy. :)

gathering all the scattered files

after sorting the files that are really not required anymore, look at those trash that we have been keeping for the last 10 years?

now to sort them all

from this clear book i bought at popular for $2.50

with the help of my favorite tool now the labeler and a piece of scrapbook paper, it is so pretty now :)

travel related files

after completion of this project yay!

a peek inside each clear book

those existing files that we have i just added the labels to match with the others

Organizing: Others

These were categorized as "the others" since this are doesn't need total organizing but requires only a little bit of touch up and cleanup. I don't have the before and after shots though. Still, it is counted as a challenge for me as it is included in my project for this year.

Organizing: Stock Room

Today's challenge is a bit challenging plus my allergy is acting up again while I'm at it. With this room, I've applied a little bit of tactic in playing the tetris. It's only a small room so we need to use up every single space. Like the previous challenges, I was not able to get the before shot, so this after shot will serve as my guide the next time I revisited this challenge. This stock room contains all those things we have that we still need but never used on a daily basis. Huge TV boxes, Old Stuff toys for charity, old clothes, toy collectibles, FHM collection, photo albums and the few luggage we have. I am a bit satisfied with the outcome as I managed to put back everything with the items that we occasionally used within reach.

Organizing: Princess C's Room

Next was the little princess's room. First stop are her toys everywhere. Although, they are already on separate bins, it's all mixed up. We all know how kids are with their growing no of toys. I was only too happy to brag that mine doesn't spoil her toys and she plays with them with much care. Only thing is, she have this habit of mixing all in one bin. I wanted to instill to her at her age the habit of learning how to clean up after making a mess and to play with only one bin at a time. She does at first but complains that she's tired after putting back 3 or 4 pieces of toys in it's own box. Sheesh, 3 years old :)

This was the most tiring part of this room as I have to take out everything out from their bins and segregate them according to type. I'm so happy with these Ikea Bins :) I threw some of the small toys and one kitchen (she have 2) which is really spoil. While this process is ongoing, I have the little one nagging me on what I am doing with her toys and why I'm throwing some of it. I told her that we were just organizing them in a way they can play with them one at a time. I thought she'd go out but she stayed and asked every single toy I throw at the segregated bin for throwing (and yes, she knows it's for throwing). In the end, I only managed to keep almost everything BUT successfully segregated them in one bin. I'm so happy with the result. 

For her closet, I set aside the clothes and items that she outgrew and organize them in a way that all the dresses are hang, the shirts and shorts and pants on the upper shelf and her towels on the lower shelf of her closet. On her other drawer, her sleeping gears on lower drawer, her daily stay-at-home outfit on the second drawer and panties and socks on the upper drawer. Her books, pencils, papers, and stuff are on her book shelf. 

And now, here's the after shot of my project :)

Organizing: Kitchen

I have started with the kitchen since this I have seen some roaches around and I am so planning to cleanup the kitchen since last year. Sadly, I didn't take any before shot photos and the mess while in the middle of cleaning up. But honestly, it is not really pretty. 

I have thrown those things that has not been used for years. We cleanup all the cabinets and put back the things according to use. On the left, we have total of 6 cupboards. On the right, we have total of 5 cupboards. Fridge, on the other hand will be on a different day as first major cleanup left me with sneezing non stop. For someone who have asthma, I'm not sure why I am so addicted to cleaning up. I blame it on my mom :)

Before and after shot are not provided for this project. I only managed to take the shelf of where we stash our alcoholic drinks because I sent the photo to dadi. I probably got overwhelmed with the mess. It's a success though and I am so happy.

the stocks is running low so we better stock up

Project 2013 Challenge

Since time is a lot in my hands right now, I have already started cleaning up / organizing our things. I will try to blog the other projects that I have on my list and will call it Project 2013. Back when I was still working, I always feel depressed that I can't find the time to rearrange our home. I feel ecstatic when I see that things are in order so it always saddens me when I feel I can't. So now, I am super happy with these. I have started with a few on my list and already happiness is all over me. I just hope this household will keep it like this until end of 2013 :) So please begin the journey with me. By the way, this project inspiration I got from another website - theterpblog while searching for organizing tips :) I promise, it really made my heart pumping! One more terribly good website is IHeartOrganizing. Do the challenge now and it will make you pretty fulfilled :) Below are my own list and will continue to update with the new projects and those I've completed :)

I am pretty satisfied with this project and kept my mind off of getting negative vibes due to unemployment.