HOW DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING PAYS OFF

A couple of weeks ago, I had a Decluttering and Organizing Week at my house. I shared with you how I organized and decluttered my jewelry armoire.

While doing so, I found a few gold pieces that was broken and twisted. I was going to throw them away until I remembered seeing a sign at the jewelry store (privately owened) at the mall where you could cash in your old gold.

I finally took my small bag of broken and twisted gold jewelry in Saturday.........

I am still in shock over what I received............

$ 190

I really thought I would be lucky to get $50.

I have proven that it does PAY to declutter and organize.

DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING WEEK - SCRAPBOOK AND WRAPPING AREA

My intentions were good but I didn't completely finish the week out like I had intended. I did complete 4 days of my Decluttering and Organizing Week.

Day 1 - My Kitchen

Day 2 - My Shoe Rack and Jewelry Armoire

Day 3 & 4 - My Closet

This weekend I finally finished Day 5. It is still amazing to me how much clutter your can accumulate in a short period of time. Moving forward, my goal is to not let this happen again. I feel so much better than I have organized and decluttered these areas. My home looks better and I feel a great sense of accomplished on completing something that I set out to do.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

My next project:

I have 3 years worth of little girls clothes that I am going to sorta by size. I have saved them incase I had another little girl but with a boy on the way it is time to declutter and organized and even make some money.

I plan on taking them to a locals children's thrifty store. I also have a mom who wants to take first glance at my 2T and 3T clothes. As you can see I have several bins to sort. Wish me luck.

DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING WEEK - MY CLOSET

Tonight, I worked on my closet. I worked for 30 minutes and then I stopped. I did not finish but I will continue tomorrow. Tomorrow I will wish that I did finish but I am very tired and feel very pregnant today so I am going to take it easy the rest of the evening.

MY CLOSET

BEFORE:

CLOTHES TO DONATE:

PURSES FOR YARD SALE:

Tomorrow, when I finish decluttering and organizing my closet I will show you an "After" picture.

DECLUTTER AND ORGANIZING WEEK -- MY SHOE RACK AND JEWELRY ARMOIRE

Tonight I tackled my shoe rack which was a huge mess and my jewelry armoire that was very disorganized. It is amazing at what I have threw away tonight and I also have a small bag of old gold jewelry that I am going to take the jewelry store and cash in.

MY SHOE RACK

BEFORE:

AFTER:

FULL BAG OF TRASH

MY JEWELRY ARMOIRE (4 DRAWERS THAT NEEDED DECLUTTERING/ORGANIZING)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

TRASH:

OLD GOLD JEWELRY TO CASH IN

Decluttering and organizing 30 minutes each day is giving me such a feeling of accomplished and pride in making my home look so much better.

DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING WEEK -- MY KITCHEN

It is amazing the amount of clutter you can collect in a short amount of time. For me, the end of the year always seem to make things worse. With the hustle and bustle of the holidays, along with my "normal" daily life. I don't always spend the time needed to put things in their proper places and 1 month later you can tell.

This week has been declared "DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING WEEK" in my house. I even my husband on board. He also has a list of things he would like to declutter and organized.

I have to spend at least 30 minutes each day to declutter and organize. Here is what I have accomplished today in my kitchen.

The tupperware/container cabinet. This never seems to stay organized. My husband is a packrat when it comes to certain things and plastic containers is one of them. I'm glad he wasn't home when I did this.

BEFORE: AFTER:

One of my drawers in my island that has a variety of things.
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AFTER:

I also went through my pantry, my bakers rack, 4 other drawers and all my cabinets. This is my results.........

WHAT I HAD AFTER 30 MINUTES: