Well, here we the last day of the challenge hosted by Laura at Organizing Junkie and I'm so very nervous and excited to show you the transformation of my bedroom. When I first decided to take on the bedroom for the organizing challenge I really wondered if I would be able to stick to it and get it finished. I'm happy to say once I got started it was pretty easy to keep plugging away at it little by little to get it done. I am, however, glad that we had 28 days to complete our rooms.
Are you ready to see what the room looked like 28 days ago and what it looks like now? Let's get to it then!
View from the door before
View from the door after
View towards closet before
View towards closet after
View from bed before
View from bed after
Closet before
Closet after
Well, what do you think? I am so pleased with how clean and organized everything is. I actually love tidying my bedroom in the mornings now and I can't wait to go in there and relax at the end of the day because it truly is a relaxing space now.
1. What was the hardest part of the challenge for you and were you able to overcome it? I think the hardest part for me was just getting started. Also when I emptied out the closet the huge mountain of stuff that I had to go through and determine if I wanted to keep it or if I could get rid of it - that was a daunting task for sure. Once the closet was complete (that was my first step in organizing the room) I was able to see I could do this and I would be able have the room of my dreams.
2. Tell us what kind of changes/habits you have put into place in order for your area/room to maintain its new order? I decluttered a lot from the room. That was the biggest change for sure. We had way too much stuff for the room. I love my bedroom now and I'm no longer using it as a dumping ground for other items around the house. I also have stopped buying things without a purpose. And I've started a dream journal for decorating the space. I think that having an idea of where we want to take the room next will help me keep my bedroom clean and organized.
3. What did you do with the “stuff” you were able to purge out of your newly organized space? A lot of the stuff that I purged has been donated, sold or trashed. I had a full black garbage bag of shredding to do too! Who keeps that much stuff around that should be shredded?!? It was amazing seeing the amount of "stuff" we just kept holding on to and it was never used or even thought about. It was very liberating letting go of things we didn't use or love.
4. What creative storage solutions were you able to introduce in order to create additional space as well as establish some limits and boundaries? We installed a new closet organization system ($40.00) to help better utilize the space we had in there. We decided to put the baby's clothes in bins in the closet ($2.00 each) so that we could take the dresser out of the room and create more space and leave less space to "hide" things. We decluttered our dressers so that we can easily open and close the drawers. That should help with getting our clothes put away and if we buy something we now know exactly what we have so we can decide if we really need it or not.
5. Why do you think you should win this challenge?
23 comments:
Amazing!! What a big job, I bet you feel fantastic now that it's all done. Way to go!
Wow Krista! What an awesome job! This is an amazing transformation and I'll you feel more relaxed in general just know your room is to organized! Have to say, you have beautiful dressers and it's nice that you can SEE them now! :)
Fantastic job, K!! It must feel SO nice when you go to bed now, and wake up! LOL
Crossing my fingers for a win...you deserve it! :)
Awesome job! I hope that you win! Yo put alot of work, blood,sweat and tears in this room!
Looks fantastic!!
Getting started was the hardest part for me, too, but I am so glad I cleaned out my room and I'm sure you are too!
Wow wow WOW!!!! What a huge difference in the before and after pics! Peaceful and tranquil. Great job Krista! Very inspiring!!
Wow - what a difference! I can relate to what you said about your room being a dumping ground, and how hard it was to get started, and how you are now motivated to tackle other cluttered areas of your house. That's exactly how I felt about the room I did for the challenge. I love being in the room so much more now that the clutter is gone, and it has opened my eyes to all the negative effects of clutter. I can't wait to start working on the clutter in my other problem rooms!!
great job! :)
Incredible. What a transformation. Nice work!
Great transformation! Nice job!
great job!! :)
Congrats on the win! You deserve it!
Congratulations! Your space looks great!
Congratulations! Your room looks amazing!
You asked who has a garbage bag full of paper to shred? Um, that would be me... Congrats on your accomplishment!
Great job! Congratulations on your win!
Congrats on your win, the space looks great!
Congrats on your win. It looks awesome.
I think I actually heard angels singing when I scrolled to the after picture of your closet. WOW!!! You must LOVE getting dressed in the morning now!
Thank you everyone for all the congratulations! :) I'm still a little surprised that I actually won lol - There were so many great rooms!
Thanks again
Well... that's interessting but actually i have a hard time figuring it... I'm wondering what others have to say....
Great job! The transformation is amazing.
Congrats on winning. I have to say that your photos are very inspirational. I need to do this kind of work around my house. It is a bit challenging with a 11 week old in the house as well. But I will start as soon as he starts to nap :)
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