Another kind blogger pointed out to me that starting with organizing my desk was just too large of a project to be first, and to start with something smaller.
I have been working on de-clutttering my desk over this past week here and there. It has a ways to go!
I decided to make the coffee table my first project. I love the coffee table, but why do they always become one of the places to just pile things??
Here is the before photo:
Ack! Those items are now in their proper places, or the recycle bin, or the trash! I hope to really work hard on keeping it cleaned off. Just having the one table cleaned is already making the living room look more inviting. Here is the after photo. Hubby's laptop will again sit on the end of the coffee table for now...at least until I can figure out some other place for him to work on it? He leaves it on and open 24/7 as he runs scripts to play his silly facebook game.
Here is what it looks like now (minus the laptop)
I'm not sure which of my chosen projects I will tackle for next week while I continue to work on my desk. Maybe one of the side tables is a good choice. I have taken before shots of all spots I want to work on. I will be kept busy for week.
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The coffee table looks great! Good luck with the desk - I finally split mine into three parts and tackled each part separately. And then made each drawer its own task...I'm not done yet, but it sure was easier to motivate myself to do it when it was little jobs!
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ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome idea! Good job too. I would recommend getting some type of tray to keep on the coffee table to keep some of the everyday type stuff contained. You could probably find one at a thrift shop and paint it if you don't like it, or paint a cookie sheet in pretty colors! It looks like you could probably put a pretty basket under the coffee table to keep things contained.
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