Monthly Organizational Round-Up: Master Bedroom

Laura’s challenge for this month is the master bedroom. Seriously? Man, mine is still organized from the spring challenge last year!

Amazing, isn’t it? I mean, yes it has gotten a little cluttered and dirty sometimes, like when we got behind on laundry and it backed up in our room. But then you do laundry and it’s clean again.

But we’re not talking about clean. We’re talking about organized. And as far as organization goes, everything is still in place. It’s still working. With a few minutes of clean-up I’m able to transform our room back into the sanctuary it is supposed to be.

Hallelujah and praise God! God can teach an old messy some new habits!

So back to the challenge…the only thing that I really didn’t organize before was the small drawers across the top of my dresser. I think I did one of them. Sadly most of what was in them had probably been in there for a loooong time. Here’s the before:

What you see here is:

• pair of old glasses, 2nd pair of current glasses which needs a screw replaced, old prescription sunglasses in case, empty glasses case, glasses cloth
• cover for dvd player, 3 remotes
• Power of a Praying Wife/Husband prayer card books
• 1 screw, 2 buttons, 3 pushpins
• hand lotion, foot lotion, 2 wooden back massagers
• old purse
• necklace, a wooden jewelry box
• loose change, $2.22 to be exact
• box of small ribbons for a quilt my mom made when I was little – that I do still have in the closet. also a small bag of ribbons that should be in the box.
• miscellaneous receipts
• dental floss
• keepsake garter from my wedding
• 2 extra cartridges for my labeler
• an eraser, and a rubber stopper – from my baby gate?
• hair clip
• taper candle
• 2 boxes of matches – for all the candles!

It doesn’t like look like all that stuff is in there, does it? Yeah, well, it is!

The first step was to pull it ALL out.

The next step was to assess what I had, what I wanted to go back in the drawers and how I could group them together. After putting everything else in the trashcan or a new, more appropriate home, this is what we’ve got now:

1. I know what I’m putting there but I’m not showing you!
2. The current book I’m reading for before-bed reading, and a place to store my glasses when I put the book back.
3. Boxes. The jewelry box, which doesn’t fit in my standing jewelry armoire. The box of ribbons that I haven’t decided what to do with yet. The box of matches, again, for all the candles. I like candles. I have them all over my house.
4. Everything related to the skin – the lotion, the floss, the lip balm, etc.

So that’s it. It was a quick and easy task, really. Which is great because with all that we had going on in the month of April, I didn’t have time for BIG challenges.

So hats off to all who accomplished something for the Roundup, whether it be big or small. A step in the right direction, regardless of size, is still a step closer than you were before.

The Monthly Organizational Round-Up is hosted by Laura at I’m An Organizing Junkie.