2023 Cleaning / organizing thread

[jgenie]

I’m mapping out my organizing goals for next year. Anyone else want to play?

52 projects in 52 weeks
1. Library - counters, shelves, cabinets, toys
2. Mudroom - drawers, hooks, cabinets, closet bins, hanging clothes
DONE 3. Playroom closet - right shelves, left shelves, top shelves 4/22/23
4. Playroom cabinets - right, left, drawers, bottom
5. Dining room - china cabinet
DONE 6. Living room - donations 3/6/23
DONE 7. Guest room - dressers, small closet 3/4/23
8. Guest room large closet - right side, left side, shelves
9. Guest room large closet - bins, cedar chest
10. DS1 room - closet, dressers, book case
11. DS2 room - closet, dressers, book case
12. Office - bookcases
13. Office - closet
DONE 14. Master - dressers 3/5
15. Master closet
16. Master bath
17. Guest bath
18. DC bath
DONE - 19. Kitchen - Food pantry 2/3
DONE - 20. Kitchen - Drawers 2/1
DONE - 21. Kitchen - cabinets - 1/29
22. Basement - pantry
DONE 23. Basement - small storage 3/6/23
24. Basement - large storage middle
25. Basement - large storage right
26. Basement - large storage left
27. Basement - kitchen
28. Shed - shelves
29. Garage
30. Digital files
DONE - 31. Laundry room - 1/6
32. Taxes
33. FSA
34. Contacts / glasses reimbursement
35. Photography course
36. DC physical photos
37. My physical photos
38. Hallway linen closet
39. Hallway large closet - left
DONE - 40. Hallway large closet - right 2/6
41. Hallway large closet - center
42. Shed - floor
43. Outside - cabinets
44. Admin week - insurance quotes, going to get to it items - digital frames, outside camera,
45. Office - desk
46. Organize “If I were abducted by aliens” files

[bisous]

Maybe not what you're looking for but I'm planning on joining in with A Bowl Full of Lemons Whole House Organization Challenge in January. Here's a link:

https://www.abowlfulloflemons.net/2022/01/the-2022-home-organization-challenge-kit.html

They have a FB group that is searchable associated with the challenge. I've done it before but not since 2020. My house is REALLY unorganized right now since my ankle injury. I'm not sure that my health/stress level will allow earlier cleaning attempts but starting in January I'm going gangbusters!

[jgenie]

Thanks Bisous! I’ve done that one with success the last few years! I’ll participate again this year. I find myself with tons to do and lacking a plan on getting it done. I’m hoping by listing it I can just consult the list when I have free time and with the list won’t have to decide what needs doing.


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[bisous]

Thanks Bisous! I’ve done that one with success the last few years! I’ll participate again this year. I find myself with tons to do and lacking a plan on getting it done. I’m hoping by listing it I can just consult the list when I have free time and with the list won’t have to decide what needs doing.


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That's a good idea! I noticed your list has some tasks that might not be contained in the big purge as well, such as digital files, and those are important!

[niccig]

I love this idea - a project a week. I’ll join. My house is a disaster. The last couple years I’ve been very busy with work and used my breaks to just rest. Usually I get some organizing done on breaks as I’m too busy during the school year.

I’ll make up a list and post it .


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[niccig]

So my list so far, and I’ll come back and add more as I go. I’ll try to get multi-day projects done on my breaks from work. Or I could choose one project and chip away at it over a few weekends.

1. Clean out pantry

2. Garage - this will be a huge project

3. Garden shed - as things in the garage need to go into the garden shed

4. Finish painting windows - I did some touch up paint over the summer but didn’t get it all done

5. Wash windows outside

6. Cut back honeysuckle and kill roots - another project I only got half done and it’s grown back

7. Wash outdoor couch cushion covers and clean back yard area

8. Spray paint plant stands - couple summers ago I spray painted the metal outdoor furniture, except for 4 plant stands and it drives me nuts to see them not completed

9. Plant new pots on front porch and back steps

10. My closet

11. My dresser

12. My bedside table

13. Office closet

14. Kitchen cabinets and drawers

15. Weed garden

16. Finish submitting health FSA for 2022

17. Digital files - personal

18. 2022 taxes

19. Digital files - work

20. Digital photos and print photos

21. Laundry room

22. Hall closets

23. Electrician to replace outdoor lights

24. Get furnace/AC checked

25. Upholster cleaner out to do couch and blinds

26. Revise will and trust

27. Filing cabinet purge

28. Replants some areas of the garden, the succulent fountain etc

29. Seal shower floor







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[echoesofspring]

I'll play! I've done a lot this past week/last weekend - I wanted to really get the common areas looking better before we got a tree/ decorated for Xmas. Now of course the decorating is 75% done so there's that mess but at least it's not on top of where we were clutter wise last month. And the back of my car is full of stuff to drop off.

I don't have a full list yet but this is a good exercise:

- finish 2022 expense tracking/do taxes
- My office: old letters, etc.
- My office: papers to keep
- My office: non paper supplies
- storage shed
- outdoor toy box
- DD's closet
- Garage: "Give away"/what is this thing/where is that missing piece section
- Garage: kids stuff in the back of garage
- Kitchen: foot pantry
- Kitchen: baking pans, etc.
- Laundry room: rags/extra towels
- clear out old games (Osmo anyone?) under TV console
- print and hang photos on the wall
- desk for ds
- clean up digital music, get back to burning CDs (we have a lot that can't be found on streaming services)

Bigger projects
- redo kids closets/rooms: maybe putting in Elfa
- redo our bedroom we've talked about it for years but always have trouble getting started.
- declutter reorganize the rest of the garage (but that requires DH participation)
- do something about our kitchen pantry

[jgenie]

Laundry room - done
Attempting office next….

[jgenie]

Skipped my office - finished my kitchen cabinets - kitchen drawers and pantries next…..

[SnuggleBuggles]

1/2 the office is done and I have a plan for the other half.
I went through stuff in the basement. We have big shelving systems...and they were full and stuff was piled in front of them. I purged stuff and now everything fits back on the shelves.
I shoved random crap into a bin under our bed like 2 years ago. That bin of random crap has been dealt with.

[jgenie]

Kitchen pantries and drawers done!

[SnuggleBuggles]

Office is done!
Way to go, jgenie!


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[jgenie]

Office is done!
Way to go, jgenie!

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I’m so jealous! My office is a disaster and I can’t get motivated to get in there! :sulkoff:

[jgenie]

Basement small storage, living room, guest closet and dressers, master dressers - DONE!!

[jgenie]

Playroom closet done - tackling the bookcases this week.

[jgenie]

DC go back to school next week. We’ve been under construction since April. I am so ready to start tackling the rest of my list.

52 projects in 52 weeks
1. Library - counters, shelves, cabinets, toys
2. Mudroom - drawers, hooks, cabinets, closet bins, hanging clothes
DONE 3. Playroom closet - right shelves, left shelves, top shelves 4/22/23
4. Playroom cabinets - right, left, drawers, bottom
5. Dining room - china cabinet
DONE 6. Living room - donations 3/6/23
DONE 7. Guest room - dressers, small closet 3/4/23
8. Guest room large closet - right side, left side, shelves
9. Guest room large closet - bins, cedar chest
10. DS1 room - closet, dressers, book case
11. DS2 room - closet, dressers, book case
12. Office - bookcases
13. Office - closet
DONE 14. Master - dressers 3/5
15. Master closet
DONE 16. Master bath 11/13
17. Guest bath
18. DC bath
DONE - 19. Kitchen - Food pantry 2/3
DONE - 20. Kitchen - Drawers 2/1
DONE - 21. Kitchen - cabinets - 1/29
22. Basement - pantry
DONE 23. Basement - small storage 3/6/23
24. Basement - large storage middle
25. Basement - large storage right
26. Basement - large storage left
27. Basement - kitchen
28. Shed - shelves
29. Garage
30. Digital files
DONE 31. Laundry room - 1/6
DONE 32. Taxes
DONE 33. FSA 11/13
DONE 34. Contacts / glasses reimbursement
35. Photography course
36. DC physical photos
37. My physical photos
DONE 38. Hallway linen closet 11/13
39. Hallway large closet - left
DONE - 40. Hallway large closet - right 2/6
41. Hallway large closet - center
42. Shed - floor
43. Outside - cabinets
44. Admin week - insurance quotes, going to get to it items - digital frames, outside camera,
45. Office - desk
46. Organize “If I were abducted by aliens” files