an organized weekend

Over the last few weeks, there have been certain areas of my house that have been driving me insane. I've let these areas just go over time and it had gotten out of hand. Considering this was the first weekend in six weeks that we didn't have something going on, or been out of town, we decided to tackle those areas. One of the things I took care of was the junk drawer in the kitchen. It went from ridiculous to this:

So much better!!! The next area I tackled was our medicine cabinet. You couldn't even tell what we had/didn't have. But now you can!

No more hunting around for Neosporin, or bandaids, or the thermometer. Now, I can just grab out the basket that I know it's in and I'll have it in my hands! Considering when I need one of the above mentioned things, some kind of minor emergency is occurring, I'll be glad to be able to get my hands on it quickly.
    I also have a ton of bags/purses. They were strewn all over the house in random places. I've been trying to figure out where to put them. Enter this:

This hope chest did have a ton of clothes in it that I haven't worn in forever. Well, that and extra sheets for our bed. So, I cleaned out all the clothes and donated them. Now, I have a place for all my bags:

My side of the closet was also getting out of hand. Our master closet is not very big. Joey and I are constantly bumping into each other. But, it didn't help that my side was covered with stuff on the floor. So, I cleaned off the top shelf of my closet and put some of my shoes up there. That made my side of the closet look so much better.

I'm not showing you Joey's side because it's still in need of attention. I also mounted something in my closet that I really need to start using more.

Haha! I really hate to iron. But, maybe now that it is so easy for me to get to, I'll be more inclined to actually plug it in and use it. We'll see.
   Now, while I was working away like a slave on the inside, Joey was tackling one of the bigger projects we had....our garage. It really looked like Sanford and Son lived in our house. I didn't take any "before" pictures, but I really should have. We had stuff everywhere. But not anymore! Joey installed shelves, took a huge load of junk to the dump, took another huge load of stuff to the Goodwill donation center, and left our garage looking 1,000 times better!

Here is the view now when you walk out of our house into the garage:

Here is the side views of the space:

And here is a view looking in:

It doesn't even look like the same garage! (Oh, and if you're wondering, we no longer have the van. It's a long story, but I now drive this Expedition. To say that I love it is a huge understatement! It's an older model and it has a good bit of miles on it, but it's perfect for me.)

  So, there you have it. Our extremely productive and organized weekend!