I have decided to start posting some updates on my happiness project in my Bella blog. Ultimately, I hope to make my spaces in my house more boutique-like because that makes me happy.
January's focus: Make my home organized.
It's not cleaning... I hate the word cleaning-it sounds like a chore. But, when I focus on doing something because it actually makes me happier-I can do that.
I have started by organizing some of my "problem" places of my house.
This is my linen closet which has been useless since we moved in the house. It is TINY. I am still figuring this out but I took all of the towels out of here and have decided to keep a box of cleaning towels and then only purchase each person a body sheet and a hair towel and I am going to find someone to embroider our initials on them and each person is then responsible for their own towel. This one is still a work in progress.
January's focus: Make my home organized.
It's not cleaning... I hate the word cleaning-it sounds like a chore. But, when I focus on doing something because it actually makes me happier-I can do that.
I have started by organizing some of my "problem" places of my house.
The first space is a T-shirt drawer. I found a video that discussed using a flip and fold (from the Container Store) and then folding T-Shirts so that they stand up this way and you can easily pull them out of the drawer. I have been using this system now for over a month and it continues to function well and it is definitely making me happy.
This is my bookshelf. I have to have it in my bedroom because my house is tiny and we all have a lot of hobbies. I decided to color-code my books rather than other systems of organization. It is more visually appealing to me and I don't pull books off of this shelf often so it is working and I like it, it isn't feeling like more clutter in my bedroom, it is feeling like something visually "pretty"...
The white boxes at the bottom were purchased at IKEA years ago-they are magazine file boxes. I put anything with a flimsy spine in those so that they would look nice on the shelf.
This is my linen closet which has been useless since we moved in the house. It is TINY. I am still figuring this out but I took all of the towels out of here and have decided to keep a box of cleaning towels and then only purchase each person a body sheet and a hair towel and I am going to find someone to embroider our initials on them and each person is then responsible for their own towel. This one is still a work in progress.
