How was your 60-minute challenge? My house needs more than 60-minutes of decluttering.
With lots of help from my family, I tackled the alcove of our bonus room ridding lots of unused toys and freeing up 2 shelves of a bookshelf. Though I had great plans to return to the project, I chose to focus on other priorities.
If 60-minutes cannot be found in your schedule, try spending 10 minutes to an organized dresser drawer. For this challenge, I refrained from my unmentionables and chose my sock and hosiery drawer. 🙂
Remove all items
To organize the space, dump out the entire drawer. When the drawer is empty, keep it empty while you sort.
Sort all the items
Place all the items removed from the drawer into one of three piles.
- Keep
- Donate/Sell
- Trash
Organize the “keep” items
Look over all the items you plan to keep, and group similar items together. For my drawer, I grouped all my white socks together, then the dark socks, and finally, the hosiery.
Designate a Space
With your empty drawer, plan where to place the groups of items.
Return “keep” items
Place the items into their designated space. If your first plan does not work, experiment until you find an arrangement that works for you. Then return your drawer to the dresser.
Toss the trash
Deposit your pile of trash into the garbage.
Remove the items to donate/sell
Add these items to your donate/sell stash and rid them from your home. Our family’s stash is in the garage, and I failed to get the items out of the house quickly. A few days later I found my toddler playing with a hat formerly placed in the donate/sell pile. Guess I’ll just have to swipe it later. 🙂
Enjoy your results
Before After
Congratulations! One organized dresser drawer complete. If the momentum takes you, organize another. Take it one drawer at a time, and happy organizing!
Question: Which dresser drawer needs your attention this week?