Projects, Projects

Hello all!  Hope everyone is having a great week.  I have several little organizing projects going on right now.  I am getting all of my sons Legos organized(time consuming), redoing an old bookshelf for the bathroom and still trying to hang some curtain holders in the kids bathroom for their towels.  I will need my husband's help on the last one.  He will have to teach me how to use wall anchors!  Yikes!  I will post pics when I am done with each!  Hopefully the Legos will be done before Saturday!  Here is a pic of my amazing kids and one of my son's Lego creations.  

Desk Part One

I have made a goal to organize my whole house this year.  It is a big goal, I know, but I really feel that I can accomplish it!  Little by little I will conquer the clutter and make this place shine with organization!  Wish me luck!

I finished organizing our little desk.  It took about 3 days to get it done, but I feel sooo good about it.  I only had to buy one item.  How is that for savings!  First, I cleaned everything off the desk except for the computer and printer.  I then went through all the paper and either threw it to the trash or recycled.  For papers with account information I shred and throw in the trash.  Everything else goes to recycling.

I cleared my dry erase/magnet board.  I am finally going to use it for both.  I have just been using it for hanging stuff, but I needed a new space for writing.  Happy I did that one.

I bought a shower caddy for $6.99 from Target and am using it to hold sunglasses and pens.  I think it works great and it suctions onto the dry erase board.

The desk drawer was not too bad.  I just threw out some old cards and papers.  I organized it with a basket I already had here.  I used old twist ties to hold together camera and other electronic cords.  Free and nifty!

I bought a desk calendar at Target for one dollar, that is right, one dollar.

I used a box to place tacks, rulers and my label maker in.  I labeled it office.  Very simple.

I already had a binder that I use to put organizing ideas in and I just labeled that as well.

I used two magazine file boxes that I already had for extra file folders, notebooks and of course magazines.

That is it!  So total I did spend a little over eight dollars.  Still, not bad at all.  I will be organizing the cords behind the desk and the cabinet next to the desk.  I guess that will be part two of the desk area.

I hope everyone has had a great weekend.  Enjoy MLK day tomorrow!  Volunteer or just tell someone how great it is to have them in your life.

Happy Friday everyone!  I have been working on our little desk area for a couple of days, but it is still not complete.  I will post picks when it is done.

I have been working here and there on my son's bedroom.  It is always a mess, but I am determined to find a system that works for him.

I am posting a pick, a small one, of one of his desk drawers.  I got the baskets from the dollar store.  I got two sets of three.  So two dollars was all I spent!  Not bad.  He has managed to keep it neat for almost a week now!

Let me know some of the things you have done to keep your kids rooms organized.  I would love to hear some new ideas!  Have a great weekend!