WOOHOO! Declutter Complete!!

Declutter? Check! I completely decluttered my master bathroom! Today I focused under the bathroom sink and my little vanity. (Plus I will share my pic of the countertop— I actually finished that on Thursday). When we moved a lot of what I decluttered from the bathroom actually came out from under the sink so I was thinking there wouldn’t be much to declutter under there. I forgot, however, that I never addressed all the knee braces from my oldest daughter’s knee injury/surgery (two of which were at the tune of $500 a piece) and several wrist braces from all of my kids broken hands/wrists. I also had 7 beach towels so I got rid of one of the crusty ones. I need to get two new ones for next year that are a little nicer quality. It is not fair for anyone to get stuck drying off with an old crusty towel. For the record, one of the beach towels we have is another high school graduation present. This is one of the most awesome beach towels I have ever owned. In 22 years, no tattering, no tears, no crustiness. It came from Macy’s — perhaps I should get all of my towels from there.

The other things under the counter are: humidifier, cleaner, beach bag, clippers to do the boys hair, a first aid kit (that I originally put together as a girl scout to earn a badge when I was in like the 7th grade) and large bin to hold ace bandages and braces and such- we have a LOT of injuries in this house. We are kind of known for them actually.

You can Actually See the Countertop

My bathroom counter now has my Scentsy burner (with Vanilla Suede), our toothbrush holder, cups and our weekly med packs. I will have to get a better after pic later. This one has my hot iron out cooling off and me draining a half empty thing of lotion into another lotion bottle.

My Vanity {What a Mess!}

Next I did my vanity. To declutter, I took everything out and off of it. I wanted the top to be completely empty and clutter free. Boy, was there a lot of stuff in this little thing. I threw away so much old makeup and makeup that I had bought that I didn’t like once I tried it.

The Shameful Drawer

The drawer needed a “declutter overhaul”., I know I hadn’t cleaned that out in over 12 years (maybe a couple of things here and there, but I haven’t dumped the drawer out and trashed anything.) It was like a little junk drawer for me.

I had homes for lots of the items in there in other parts of the house so I relocated them to that area and then when I get to that area I will cull and declutter. This plastic container full of keys I pulled out of my drawer. I know what about 50% of them go to, I just need to get them matched up and organized. We also have a lot of locks that are missing keys… I think I just found them.

So now in the top drawer, I only have jewelry. It is so nice. Not sure if that will be a permanent solution, but it is the solution for right now.

The Vanity Shelves

In the bottom, I now have a basket that holds my makeup, a basket that holds my body sprays and makeup remover, a plastic container for my lip gloss/balm/stick, an empty bag I use for travel, and then a bag I put in my gym bag to take showers at the gym. Finally, I have another little basket full of some private misc stuff.

What Left the Bathroom?

This round produced 2 bathroom trash cans full of trash and about a half of a paper bag of giveaways.

This picture on the left is from earlier in the day and the picture on the right is from my finishing up (minus what I already moved out of the room.)

Project Complete

I am so excited to have this done and I truly enjoyed myself.  I think I should probably do it once a year.  Tastes change, medicine expires, people live messy lives.  I believe that in breaking the process down into 3 days reduced the stress. Overall, I would say the project took about 3 hours. Not bad for the amount that left the room via donations and trash.