Linen Closet

Tuesday I shared with you some of my linen closet inspiration. I have a $0 budget so I will be re-arranging baskets and bins from other parts of my house.

This is where my linen closet started.

Ugh.

Double Ugh.

My ultimate goal is to completely get rid of this whole situation. However, I don't have anyplace else for a lot of this stuff. And we like to stock pile. So, something will have to give.

I started with your general sort. I stuck with a stays in the cupboard, stays (but somewhere else), toss and donate. I can't think anyone would want half used products or ratty towels, so I am not selling anything from my linen closet.

This is my linen closet completely emptied out, ready to be loaded back up.

Here it is after I put stuff back in. I have an empty shelf! What the heck?

Disregard that baby on the washer. I swear he's safe there.

That is due to this pile of goodwill stuff! That's not even all of it! I am very proud of myself. :)

Here is a good old fashioned before and after! Because who doesn't love those?

Also. I bought some plastic bins that will be making their way in here this weekend. This momma had a busy week of appointments and stuff, so they didn't make it yet. Stay tuned. :)

Did you participate in the linens and loo challenge? Share your ideas and progress with us!

Linen Inspiration

This week I am tackling my linen closet. It houses everything from extra sheets, shampoo and cleaning supplies. I am not sure where I want to go with it. Its just a big wooden free-standing cupboard. My long term goals include painting it (inside and out), and maybe changing up the shelves. But for now, I just want some organization that works for us, and allows me to shut the doors.
So, I turned to my favorite place for organizing inspiration, Pintrest. You can follow Shannon and I on Pintrest, if you want. Sometimes we pin cool stuff. :)

I am loving this zero budget linen closet from Fox Hollow Cottage. She also has some great inspiration from other places to. Check her out if you are redoing your linen closet.

The blog Design Build Love has a 30 days to an organized home challenge with specific linen closet challenges. I love that she has a doable before and after. This is closer to what mine will look like. :)

There are many things I like about this linen closet from A Sort of Fairytale. I love the cheerful, colorful baskets. I love that they are from the dollar store. The whole make-over cost about $20! I could handle that. I also love the use of the back of the door storage. Also, this linen closet houses a lot of the same things that mine does, so that makes it easy for me to translate!

What linen closets are inspiring you lately? I can't wait for my revised linen closet to be done. I have already started with my initial purge. I didn't take a picture, but it filled a whole garbage bag!

Kitchen Corner Clean-up

I am awesome at alliteration. I know you are jealous!
What you will not be jealous of is the fact that I am at home with 3 sick kids. :( However, I am still tackling some organizing projects.
Jen at I heart organizing is sponsoring kitchen organization month. She has tackled her pantry. I am headed there next. But for now I started small with a corner that is kind of a catch all for us.
I am so embarrassed to show you all this. But this is what our corner looked like:

I started by just grouping all like things together, throwing away garbage, that kind of thing.

The pop got thrown away, it was totally flat, the wine is actually Shannon's got put in the cupboard, the can got ditched, the food got put away, including the delicious home made bread, that I made. I had no idea we had crammed this much stuff in that corner!

Once I got all those things put where they belong, I cleaned the counter very well. I used my trusty Method anti-bac. I cleaned under the microwave, the Keurig (that my lovely mother in law got me! Thanks Shelly!) and all along the wall. I felt better already.
 The only thing I put back on the microwave was a basket that holds out box tops, milk lids and pop tabs. The kids collect all three to take to school, so they need to be somewhere easy for us to stick or we won't do it. I don't want it to stay there, but I'm not doing a whole kitchen overhaul, so it's staying there for now.

Over all, I'm happy with what I look at when I head over to microwave something. Here is a good old before and after. Much improved, in my opinion.

Are you tackling the kitchen a la Jen? Somewhere else? Share your projects with us!