More closet progress

I already posted the closet interior here.  Now it's time for the rest of the room.

Before:

 After:

I completely emptied the shelves and found homes or got rid of all of it; moved the bed; brought in a night stand and voila`, guest room instead of junk room.  The walls are still bare but I am going to wait awhile on that because we may turn this into my sewing room again.  We get too many sleep over guests to not have at least a twin size bed in there though.

Just a little tidbit...the quilt on the bed is 33 years old and all hand done, seams and quilting. Gotta love those late 70's colors, eh?

All that's left are the upper shelves in the closet!! Then I can get to redoing my room, highlighted with, say it with me: Burnt Peanut Red!!!!

A Mighty Morphin Room Cleaning

As you know, I've been cleaning out the sewing closet and getting the spare room ready for the mil visit.   OH, the things you come across!!

That's right!! Thee original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!!
Can you name all of them? I can....and that scares me juuuuuusssttttt a little bit! LOL

From Yellow to black:

Trini, Billy, Jason, Tommy, Kimberly and Zack

 Look at my little man being all mighty and such.

 He was 3 1/2.

Good Lord, who dressed me that day? Can my waist possibly get any higher? 
Thanks genetics...a whole bunch....not!!


I wonder what else I'll find as I sort through little boxes and baskets of stuff. 
Stay tuned.........

Closet progress......Already? I know, right!

I just sucked it up and did the big sorting today. I was dust covered and NO spider bites!!!

I can now rest easy until after the mil visit and then start doing the detailed sorting. 

I still can't believe the transformation!!!!

        The left side before                                                             The left side after

         The right side before                                                                    The right side after

 1 Large bag of garbage and a few boxes of donations

4 Bags of fabric and notions that will be donated to my daughter's school's home ec department.

Some fashion fabric yardage, but mostly quilt fabrics for their charity projects.

 I still can't believe it was all in that small closet!! In October, I can start the process of parting with stuff I like and stuff that is in boxes on the upper shelves. Parting with patterns will be hard, but I can do it!!!

Maybe I should do this to my bedroom closet......a January project for sure!!!

I may just get to sew tomorrow after all!!

Project Du Jour (month long sojourn that just might kill me)

Yep, I've been putting this off FAR too long and the time has come to get to gettin. The magic clown car sewing closet needs to be tamed. So named because no matter how much you pull out, stuff just keeps coming. LOL Thanks for the name Denise.

Starting today, I will be packing up stuff to be sorted, restored, trashed or donated by All Hallow's Eve. Yep.........fresh start and only stuff I use and love and in the process, maybe get my sewing room back instead of a guest room full of a giant bed. Maybe, just maybe.......

The dining room. My current sewing table needs to be an eating area since the mil is coming for a visit and the breakfast area only has room for three people.

 

 The left side of the closet. 'Nuff said.

The right side of the closet. Also 'nuff said.

The shelves in the same room as the closet. Definitely needs a thorough sorting. Where can I put my large quilting hoop? Hmmmmmmm

I will post progress as it happens. Feel free to virtually kick my booty into gear if you see me slackin'!

I may find some real goodies in there, so watch for a giveaway or two!!

(holding my breath) Here I gooooooooo............

OCD, anal or just plain practical?

Hi, my name is Regena and I have an underwear closet. I know, I know............It seems a little excessive, but, to me, it is a necessity.

Today was bra day. You might be shaking your head and saying: what the french toast?

I have a system. I wear one twice....but never in a row, and then it gets washed.

It hangs on a hanger with it's matching undie and when I wear it once, it hangs on the hanger differently so I know that I've worn it. After the second wearing, it goes on another hanger so I know it needs to be washed. I can go a really long time without repeats and that's why I have a special bra wash day!

The pile of the dailies getting ready for their wash day adventure.

They get hand washed and then hung up to dry.

Then back into the closet where the process starts all over again.

Well, OCD, anal or practical? As for my decision.....practical all the way!!!! 

Don't even get me started on the proper way to fold towels so they fit in my microscopic linen closet or mix my big forks with my little forks..........just gives me the willies thinkin' about it!!!

What little habit do you have that some may consider extravagant or down right odd but you just have to have in your life??