Comments on: Spring fever

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:54:19 +0000

I have the opposite problem you do, there is way too much stuff in my house. It seems that every time I tackle one project another area of the house falls into complete disarray. It’s completly overwhelming. Right now I’m just trying to focus on small areas with time limits. Our master bedroom currently looks like it could be featured on an episode of Hoarders. The plan is to tackle it piece by piece giving myself 10-15 minute time limits. I’m always surprised how much of what seems like an overwhelming mess can be cleaned in 15 minutes.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:00:56 +0000

I think tackling your lists room by room is a great idea. I was also starting to get overwhelmed when I thought of everything I wanted to do with my house (not to discourage you, but we’ve lived in our house two years and we don’t have children to chase around yet, and I still haven’t gotten much done ;), so I made a list for each room in Google Docs. Each room has its own document, and I broke the list into “to do” and “to buy.” I haven’t done it yet but I plan to add room dimensions to each document. If we are out at a yard sale or thrift shop and see some furniture, we can check the list and the dimensions with my husband’s smartphone.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:34:24 +0000

You can always anchor the dresser! We did that with ours in my bedroom. I don’t have dressers for the kids, though. I have those hanging organizer things in their closet and store clothes that way