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Last week I told you about my declutter project. I can’t say I’ve gotten a whole lot more done in the bedroom, but I’ve begun to clean up the stuff I moved out of my bedroom.
One of my biggest issues was my collection of books. I had way too many books on a cheap bookshelf that I got from Walmart several years back. That cheap bookshelf broke a couple of years ago, but we kept piling on the books.
After getting rid of 3/4 of my books, I decided to put the remaining books in my living room, so I’d have a reading area. I stopped by Target on Thursday, and they had the exact type of bookshelves I was looking for on sale! I bought two and rearranged my books and photo albums. Here’s the finished product.
Much neater, don’t you think? Ignore the clutter off to the side. I’m in the process of going through that and finding a new home for it. Eventually I want to put a comfortable chair and a lamp where the clutter is, so I have a nice reading area.
I also need to continue to work with the new shelves. It turns out our floor is really uneven in the space where I put the shelves, so they’re not lining up exactly right. Right now it’s pretty close, but not perfect.
I’ll continue to post updates. So far I have to tell you, I’m loving the changes we’ve made!
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Emily says:
Soooo much better!
Great job!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:11 am
stacey says:
it looks so good! great work! love the darker shelves!
February 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Tiffany says:
The change looks great! I would like to eventually get a reading area as well. How nice!
February 18th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Kristi says:
Wow! I’m impressed. I keep trying to do this with the scores of books the boys have but Aaron just whips through them and piles them back up again. I guess I just have to count my blessings that he likes book enough to want to read them.
February 18th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Deb - Mom of 3 Girls says:
That looks incredible - I love those bookcases! I’ve given up on shelves with the girls’ books and have resorted to book bins for the moment, but would love to organize mine in a better way someday.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Jennifer Partin says:
That is looking good! I have TONS of books—-mostly mine but homeschool books too.
That Bible looks pretty well read.
Keep bringing on the photos—they inspire me!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:08 am
Lynnae says:
Yes, and our Bibles are the two books that continue to reside in the bedroom, too. There are some books that just don’t belong on the shelf.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
1stopmom says:
That picture is so encouraging. It looks really nice. I have been wanting to start decluttering, I just can’t get started.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 pm