Before- Bedroom

Okay, I'll be totally honest, this isn't even a legit "before" since I had already purged some stuff from our room. (Mostly clothes in the closet so far) And this was after picking up obvious junk that was just laying around our room. This is our room on a good day. Pretty embarrassing. I hate our bedroom. We bought paint, painter's tape, new curtains and rods, and tons of other stuff because we were going to completely remodel it. As you can see, that never really happened. Two kids is what happened. And all of that stuff that we bought has just been sitting around, waiting for it's chance to shine. The walls are mostly bare because I didn't want to hang anything until everything was painted and ready. So it's cluttered with stuff, but not decorated...worst of both worlds.

Look at all this stuffffffff. 

The saucer is needed if I ever want to take a shower! haha

I made that vanity. I was so proud of it. Spent a ton of money on little clear storage cases to organize my massive amount of unused makeup. PS: I still just use my essentials that all fit into a small bag. 

Had Cory put a rack up a couple years ago, because I had that many scarves. Seeing this shows me how much more work I have to do. They all need to go! And that poor jewelry box is about to bust open! (ask me how often I even wear jewelry...and when I do, it's always just a baby teething necklace)

But I have a goal...and that goal is to FINALLY get this room looking more comfortable. More finished.

Like I said, there was already some things purged, if you can imagine, I used to have even more scarves. There is still vacuum-sealed storage bags of clothes under the bed that I haven't even got to yet. There are things that just make me want to cringe when I see...books that really should be somewhere else, sunglasses that I have dusted more than worn, makeup that has never been opened. It all needs a home, either in my house or somewhere else. But it's gotta GO!

My goal is to just have one dresser, that Cory and I share. I used to use SEVEN drawers (the dresser was all mine and I used one of the drawers in Cory's chest of drawers, too). Can you just think about that for a minute?? Haha. I had SO much stuff that I couldn't fit it in a large dresser and half of a full size closet??

W H Y ?

Why did I need it all? No idea. Looking back, I can actually remember a lot of purchases. I can remember thinking "Oh, that's cheap!" or "I could use one more tank top." But it was all just stuff in the end. I used it once or not at all. If I did the math on all of these clothes, I am 100% sure I could have taken a vacation to Australia with that money. And that honestly just breaks my heart. I could have seen a new part of the world, I could have had those memories...instead I have too many yoga pants and some tanks with tags still attached. *eyeroll*

Lesson learned though. I'm done. I want to feel at peace when I lay down at night. I don't want to look at the curtains that I have yet to hang. The painter's tape that has been there for months. The vanity mirror that we never installed because we needed to paint first. No wonder I always felt stressed. Look at all that unfinished stuff that surrounded me every day and night. How in the world can you relax when you have a bowl full of sunglasses that need to be dusted and a large jewelry box that has unworn necklaces falling out? "I can't sleep, I need to organize that."

So here goes, guys. I will show you what it looks like when it's done. It's going to be a while, since I will have to order a new dresser and have it delivered. But you will see the change!

Come up with a goal in your home. An area you can improve. Start small, if you need to. Maybe just declutter a corner of your room, or your office desk, your counter-top...whatever. You will feel a difference, I promise.

Thanks for reading.