I have three cleaning projects in my house that I need to do, but I really truly dread doing. The Utility Room storage needs to be cleaned out, pared down, and re-organized. The Scary closet downstairs needs a lot of work. It is home to holiday supplies, and odds and ends that I throw in there when I have no idea what else to do with them. Lastly, the upstairs hallway and closet are in need of some serious cleaning.The closet is packed, and the mess is piling up in the hallway.

I walk by the upstairs mess several times a day, but I could never see a good time to clean it, or where to even begin with the huge mess. Last weekend James surprised me by pulling everything out of the closet, and well, it was decided we were going to tackle the mess right then and there.

It took several hours. We cleaned out at least eight large boxes of papers/stuff/things that made us say just why did we keep that. We also hauled out two very full contractor bags full of clutter.

We stopped, and took a little break and went shopping for some supplies. We picked bins and totes to organize what we would be keeping.

These two large bins are filled with the boy’s papers from school.  I think I need a few more of them, I might have another box or two hanging out in the scary downstairs closet.

The end result looks fantastic. We cleaned out so much, and we have room to store more bins if we need to. We are planning on painting the shelves, and I’m going to make a curtain to cover the closet.

It was one of those projects that I really didn’t want to do, but I am so glad that it is done. It’s nice to have the upstairs a little more clutter free. Now on to the next mess.