love where you live {an organized home}

the week before last i decided i had enough with all the clutter and disorganization in our home. it was time to do something about it. so i went crazy. for two days straight, elle and i did not leave the house and i cleaned and organized. by the time i remembered to document my cleaning and purging i had already cleaned out the closets and started putting stuff back and making piles of donation stuff and attic-bound stuff.



basically our coat closet, now office/sewing room closet and pantry DESPERATELY needed to be organized. they had been a catch-all for all kinds of unique things. also, the top of our cabinets in the kitchen got a makeover as well but i forgot to take pictures of that. what before had about 12 mason jars, 5 glass pitchers, 3 cake stands, 2 trifle bowls, and a large glass drink dispenser now house 1 glass cake stand with its matching dome, a 3-tiered plate stand, and 2 pitchers. i put everything else (that we actually use(d)) in the pantry and gave away everything that was in the pantry away (or threw it in the trash) because we NEVER used any of it.



our now office/sewing room closet housed all of our good china, my grandmother's china, a few super-fancy serving pieces, and a lot of junk. i put all my china, grandmother's china and the serving pieces in the attic (actually aaron did) and filled a lawn-size trash bag full of trash and actually put it in the trash. never to see it again. phew. the room has to feel 100 pounds lighter.







we ended up taking several pillows, an old duvet, old sheets (they were tropical print that we got as a wedding gift 4 1/2 years ago that have never once been used), some random home decor that i hated, some big glass vases, a couple pair of converse shoes that aaron got as a christmas gift a couple of years ago that he never wore (never ever, someone scored big time there) and some other random junk, that i have not missed one single bit.

our house feels so less cluttered after my cleaning binge and purge. my cousin even commented how cleaned out my house looked/felt today when she stopped by and she didn't even see the closets. the house feels happy and is giving off good vibes.

i still have a lot of organizing left to do in the office/sewing room. i want aaron to make a wrapping station for me. i found one a while back on a blog that was just perfect. it hangs flush on the wall as not to take up any floor space. it's exactly what i need. i showed it to aaron and he thought it would be no problem to make. also, i need some sort of organization for all my fabric and ribbon and blank goods that are waiting to be embellished. i have pinned several ideas but i'm just kind of waiting it out to see what i feel like i really need in this space. i need to hang the memo board and pegboard and i think once i do that i'll be super happy with the space.

aaron's been working on the kitchen cabinets, 2 weekends in a row. it takes forever when working with oil-based paint. if you can avoid it, do at all costs. no fun. i can't wait to share with you our kitchen makeover once its done. its going to look great. i'm so excited about it!