Organized in 2012!

I will get organized this year!  Room by room, month by month, this year I am cleaning out, getting rid of, saving, storing, using, and making things accessible.  We are off to a good start, and I thought I'd share my plan with you!  Send me your favorite ideas, links, blogs, and stories!  Keep me accountable! :)

Get Organized in 2012!!

January-Family Room
February-Office
March-Closets--sewing, 2 hall closets
April-Kitchen (if I have the $ saved for the remodel by then!)
May-Katelyn’s Room
June-Our Bedroom
July-Josh’s Room
August-Carport
September-Shed
October-Bathrooms
November-Storage Room/Laundry
December-Free

Family Room List Move hutch to office Clean out/sort/set up rotation for toys Remove shelf with printer Set up new print server Battery in clock Sort and organize DVD’s Return borrowed DVD’s Curtains up Desk Re-do Hide all electronics Sort blanket closet Replace light bulbs Decide on couch placement Re-do bookshelf/bench Clean out end table Update pictures Finish Flylady	Office Clean out, alphabetize, sort books (all fit in ONE bookshelf) Sort through gift bags and wrapping paper. Organize Files Start a file drawer for each person Clean out/sort vinyl scraps Hang pictures Change light bulbs Sort closet Make a timeline for unfinished craft projects Totes and boxes for misc. items--all fit in the hutch bottom. Hanging solution for airplaines	Closets Sewing Closet- Fabric wrapped on the foam Scraps put into jars Notions in jars Stuff in drawers etc. Place for sewing machine Light installed Coat Closet- Install shelf Install Coat hangers/rack Bathroom organizer on the back of the door Repaint (in stripes, polka dots, something fun...?) Hall Closet- Install a lock doorknob Sort/DI/garbage Multi-tiered units Label New hall air returns
Kitchen	Katelyn’s Room	Our bedroom Install new lighting Clean out hope chest Clean out nightstands Organize closet-multi shelving units Sort/DI/garbage clothes Clean out under the bed Clean stickers off the lamps
Josh’s Room	Carport Hooks on the walls and ceiling for bikes, shovels, trellis’s. Organize tools All wood to shed DI/Clean DI/sort attic	Shed Run power Set up woodworking stations/camping station/gardening station Tools on pegboards
Bathrooms Repaint upstairs in stripes!	Storage Room/Laundry

You'll see 'DI/garbage'  a lot on that list (obviously, I've got more to fill in!).  I'm am convinced that the answer to less craziness is less stuff. The pictures that I love to look at--the pictures of beautiful kitchens, or clean closets, or organized offices--are pretty because they have less stuff everywhere. So this year we are going to be streamlining, throwing away, DIing and making sure the the things that we choose to take up space with are the things that are really adding value to our life.  Wish me luck!!