Projects

Been cleaning and organizing like a mad woman these days. The cold and dull days of winter are a perfect time for sprucing up the place and getting rid of the clutter. I am addicted to Pinterest these days and have found so many great ideas!

1st up was the closet make-over. Well, actually it is the stairs leading to our basement, but it serves as a "hall closet". You could barely walk through there before:

Loved this idea below. Such a great place to store hats and gloves. Now we can actually find a matching pair when we need them!

Hung some additional racks and wa la! You can actually put everything away and still walk down the stairs without causing an accessory avalanche!

Next up was the pantry. Still in the works. Will post b4 and afters when complete. 

THEN we did Ruby's room. She's been saying she wants to sleep in her own bed when she's 5. Well, we did it a few months early. We asked her if we could make her a more fun room with play space and she said yes. We explained in detail what that meant and if she agreed, she'd be sleeping in her big girl bed from now on. "YES!" she said. "I wanna do it". After all the nightmares in Dec and Jan you may think me crazy for saying this BUT....we did it. We moved the big bed out. That's right! She is sleeping in her OWN bed. Now, mind you, it's only been 4 nights, but so far, so good! She knows she can come crawl in with us whenever she needs to.

Little miss was actually so excited with her new, large space. She ran around the room placing stuffed animals on window sills and the bed, saying she was "decorating". LOL, she insisted the bright orange Nemo fish should hang in the center. Wouldn't have been my choice, but hey, it's HER room, so there it hangs.

A lot of toys were moved upstairs from the playroom, making both rooms less cluttered and more organized. Fun for her, too!

She seems real proud of herself for sleeping in her big girl bed. We are darn proud of her, too!

Loved the over the door shoe rack and was, therefore inspired to reorganize the closet while I was at it.

Been crafting a bit, too, and found inspiration on THIS blog to make this for the hub for Valentines.

Making these little "trees" is super easy and adds a pretty little touch.

 Been a busy bee and I'm not done yet! Pantry is almost finished then I'm making a craft room on the 3rd floor. So great to have time to do this right now.

With Ruby's birthday, Easter, Songkran, Spring, a play/dance recital, ice skating lessons, horseback riding, and who knows what else... the coming months will be packed with activities! Taking advantage of this "down" time to work on projects I've wanted to do. Feels good!