I recently came across the The 52 Week Organized Home Challenge (thank you Shawna!) & was instantly intrigued. It is a series of weekly challenges aimed to help you organize your home. Considering that goal #1 of my 2012 goals was to be more organized, I felt like this was the perfect opportunity to get started.
Week #1: Countertops & Sink
I am usually pretty good about keeping a clean kitchen. I regularly wash off/disinfect the counters & sink, however, one thing that I am terrible at is keeping the countertops clear of clutter. On any given day, I will have a pile (or two or three) of mail, bills, receipts, & junk. This bugs Marc to no end! Here is what my countertops looked like this morning.
Week #1: Countertops & Sink
I am usually pretty good about keeping a clean kitchen. I regularly wash off/disinfect the counters & sink, however, one thing that I am terrible at is keeping the countertops clear of clutter. On any given day, I will have a pile (or two or three) of mail, bills, receipts, & junk. This bugs Marc to no end! Here is what my countertops looked like this morning.
See what I mean?! Piles of random stuff--mail, magazine, grocery ads, the girls Barbie pool, a cute Christmas present from my sister's family that the girls are anxiously waiting to make, a blender that we hardly use, and the recycling ready to go out to the recycling bin. Good thing Marc is away on business, because he would really cringe at the countertops today! Ha!
I quickly got to work on this week's challenge, and not 20 minutes later, my countertops looked like this!
Much better! No more clutter or mess on the countertops! My kitchen instantly felt cleaner & more organized! Now, I just need to make sure I keep it like this. My countertops need to stop being the dumping ground for all of my random stuff. I'm going to try really hard to work on this for 2012.
Next week's challenge: Kitchen Cabinets & Cupboards
This sounds like a great challenge. I might need to do it cause our counter is our dumping ground & looks bad.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to do a challenge like this. Our house definitely needs it. Our countertops are the same way so we bought one of those hanging mail holders. It's not much better because now we just have a huge pile hanging on the wall. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteHello! I am your newest follower. I am so glad I found your blog because I am also participating in this 52 week challenge. I am working on my first post now and look forward to keeping up with yours!
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite, my hubs makes our counter messy and I'm constantly cleaning it up every day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I'm starting the challenge too! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job! I'm still working on my own counters lol...I better get moving!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love love love your tile backsplash! :-)