spring.cleaning.days.1.and.2

So here's spring cleaning days 1 and 2. You're not going to be too impressed because our family room is already pretty well childproof/minimalist/plain. There's not much to it because our kids would break things. And we don't have any shelving. Or toys in this room. Or anything to make it look overly cluttery (when it's tidy).

You will be happy to know that I woke up Monday morning and didn't pick up a thing! I walked all around and took pictures of each room/space just so you can see how messy my house really gets when no one has picked anything up for 3 days.

And even my "after" pictures of the family room don't show a lot (other than me having put the laundry away), but I did CLEAN everything. The fan, the t.v. stand, the windows, the trim and base, vacuumed under the cushions, washed all the throw blankets.

And now we come to the inside of the t.v. stand. Again, not overly messy or unorganized, although everything was crammed in there.  Here's what I did to organize:

• took everything out
• divided everything into piles: ours/theirs
• divided those piles: keep/give back (borrowed)/donate
• our movies/CDs went in the back of the top shelf (we only have a few and don't watch them that often)
• most of the girls' DVDs and CDs were put in the ladybug disc holder (this encourages them to just pull out the ladybug instead of everything in the cabinet!)
• the cases for those items were put in the back of the bottom shelf
• the VHS tapes (yes, we have a few!) were put in the front for easy acess, as were the more often viewed DVDs that didn't fit into the ladybug holder
• ahhhh.  much better.

Now, nobody touch anything or bring anything into the room!!! :)

The kitchen is next, and you'll definitely get some good contrast of pictures!