Desk Declutter!

I’ll be honest. I haven’t really made any actual goals. I know, horribly untraditional. I haven’t even done a “2011 in Review” on the ol’ bloggy here. That might come tomorrow. Or something. We’ll see.

Because you see, I’m a stay at home wifey at the moment. And as such, it’s glaringly obvious what my current goals are: keep the apartment clean, stay in top of the laundry, do the grocery shopping and make dinner and ORGANIZE! I know that that list sounds totally boring, but I’m actually enjoying it. And knowing that I’m doing it so that John can get his work and studying done gives it a purpose, because he’s had to do it all for the past year while I’ve been doing school and my internship. So now it’s my turn. :) And having extra time to craft and put vinyl on everything I can find isn’t too bad either…hee hee hee

Which brings me to my first decluttering/organizing project: my desk! I wish I’d taken a before picture, but I guess you’ll just have to appreciate the awesomeness without the comparison ;)

AND I have to point out that I was able to reorganize everything without spending anything! All the containers I have now are ones we already had! Some took a little paint and they worked perfectly! So I’m quite proud of myself :)

Now, the unveiling! Ta Da!
Sorry about the lighting…I still don’t know what I’m doing in that respect…anyway, I readjusted the shelves on the right hand side of the desk so I could actually fit containers in there. I haven’t labeled two of them because I don’t know quite yet what’s going in there, but it’s nice to know I have the extra container space :)
These file drawers were a mess inside and so I cleaned them out and organized my loose papers and things into manila folders and binders. And yes, I did take of my vinyl swirls that I had on before, but the white space makes it look more open and cleaner now.
I found these awesome little containers in my craft stash. I knew I was saving them for a reason! And of course, they needed cute labels. :) And ignore John if he points out that the containers are see through…so you wouldn’t exactly NEED a label…but like I said to him last night, it’s for consistency…and besides, aren’t the little pictures awesome?!

And one more shot of the whole thing before we go ;)

Yay! I’m liking this decluttering business. I wonder what I will tackle next… ;)