This is the Year of the Purge

Last post I shared my goal of finishing some of my UFO’s.  This is also the Year of the Purge at our house.

We have simply accumulated too much stuff and stuff doesn’t make you happy!  In fact, getting rid of some of it would make me happy!  Clutter makes me feel like I’m drowning!  It’s astonishing to one day discover what all you have accumulated.  Where did all this stuff come from?  Well, I was busy working and raising two kids and enjoying life with them!  But now that we are empty nesters, enough already!  So, we are starting in the Master BR Closet.  I probably have 365 things I can purge in there alone.

Here are the most kind pictures of our closet that I don’t mind sharing.  Use your imagination for the rest.  🙂

I have always dreamed of having a closet organization system, so when I received The Container Store‘s flyer with the Elfa System 30% off this month and with my goal of purging in 2013, I knew this was the right time.  An Elfa specialist at the store helped design my space with the dimensions and needs I provided for her.  After a couple weeks of the plans simmering in my brain, I made a few modifications and placed the order.  We had already taken everything out of the closet, spackled, sanded, and painted.  The next day it was ready to pick up!  Two guys help us load up the truck.  I must say, they are really organized.  Makes sense.  🙂  Everything we needed was there.  Down to the mollies and wood screws.  Here’s the progress:

Plans taped to the corresponding walls and hanging standards grouped to hang the brackets.

Spread the standards with brackets at the right height already attached.

Oh, yeah!

Lookin’ good! Just have shoes left to put on the shelves. Hubby’s side is just like mine; we share the center space for shoes. Symmetry.

and…ta da! With shoes! Hubby still has to add his.

taking to consignment – one bag of shoes and one bag of purses

taking to Goodwill – floor lamp, tshirts, purses, and shoes