Well, it’s been a WEEK, y’all. And what a week it has been. Three of us (including me) had the flu, and school was closed three days for snow and super-cold (for Tennessee) weather. Staying on task under such circumstances was challenging.
But it’s supposed to be a Challenge, right? So I persevered, with Lorelei’s (somewhat less enthusiastic) assistance.
This week was bathrooms, of which we have FOUR. However, one of those belongs to Emily (that is to say, it’s the one she uses and it’s full of her stuff, even though it’s also the one on the main level that gets the most use overall). I can’t minimize someone else’s stuff (at least, not an adult someone’s). I hope she will be inspired by my efforts and do it herself some time soon. The other bathroom is in the basement, and was Jake’s domain before he moved out, which means all the drawers are still full of his stuff.
So we worked on the two upstairs bathrooms, the master bath and what we call the kids’ (i.e. Lorelei and William) bath.
It was super time-consuming to make all those before-and-after pictures I used last time. So I’m not doing it, especially since I am already behind posting this.
KIDS’ BATHROOM
Well, that’s the overview and I don’t blame you for being confused because not much happened there except rearranging things. I wish I could have convinced Lorelei that we don’t need that Christmas bear to remain on display at all times but “it has always been there” is hard to argue with. Anyway, the meat of this project was the drawers and cabinets, which I had been wanting to tackle forever but had avoided thinking it would be such a pain and take SO LONG.
Y’all, that took 15 MINUTES, tops.
We threw almost everything away. I’ll bet we had 20 packages of unopened dental floss in there, just for starters. (What that says about Lorelei’s dental hygiene shall go unremarked upon.) Anyway, what wasn’t garbage was either relocated or organized and then it was on to the master bathroom.
MASTER BATHROOM
Right away you are going to notice two things: one, there’s not a huge difference; and two, I’m only showing you half of the bathroom. I’m already fairly organized about my bathroom and all that stuff on the counter is more-or-less regularly used. I like it out there where I can see it and don’t have to worry about putting it away all the time. So the biggest change was getting rid of the coffee maker, which was purely aspirational as I have not used it ONCE in the six years it has been sitting there.
As for the other side of the sink, that is John’s side, and it desperately needs minimizing, believe me! But he is going to have to buy in, and we are still working on that. However, drawers and cabinets are ALL MINE, so see below:
There is another cabinet and three more drawers but as you can tell from the picture above I am already pretty organized about the bathroom so there just wasn’t much of a change–not enough to justify pictures, anyway. Am I oversharing by letting y’all see all that motel lotion I have collected?
I’m really pleased with this last little bit–the area around the bath, which required a little trip to Target. 🙂
A little more detail:
And that’s a wrap! Next up, the kitchen!
Read about Week One: Master Bedroom
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