Welcome to week 9 of A Bowl Full of Lemons 14 Week Organizing Challenge. This week we’re cleaning out and organizing the dining room (or area where your dining table is located). The dining room is where the family usually ends their day, sharing how their day has gone & making memories! Right? If you don’t use your dining room to eat family dinners, it may be the “catch all” space for you. Or you might only use it for formal occasions. My dining room is used every day. We choose to eat dinner in there. We don’t save it for fancy dinners or holidays. We get some good use out of it. So we need it to be organized and functional. I hope my tips will help you to create a functional & organized dining room for your family to enjoy.
If this is your first time participating in the challenge, welcome! Each week, you will receive a new challenge & you will have 7 days to complete it. If you are not subscribed to my blog & want reminders for the weekly challenges, you can sign up here. The first thing you need to do is print out your 14 Week Schedule. You can hang it on your fridge and check it off as you go. Print it out here.
I will be updating my dining room this spring so stay tuned for updated pictures!
WEEK #9 CHECKLIST: (Print out the free dining room checklist HERE)
THE PROCESS
- Keep
- Donate
- Trash/Recycle
- Other Room
- Go through everything on the table, buffet, drawers & shelves, dividing into 4 categories. Purge as much clutter as you can. Place the bins in another room until you are ready to re-organize.
- Once you have gone through everything, the room should be empty (besides the furniture). Give it a good cleaning! Scrub the floors, table, chairs, baseboards, buffet, mirrors, windows, etc. Clean it all!
- Disposable dishes (plates, cups, napkins, cutlery)
- Napkin related items (cloth napkins & napkin rings)
- Place mats
- Table Cloths
- Beverage drawer
- Seasonal linens & placemats
Here are a couple blog posts that will inspire you to get your dining room organized.
2. Organizing Heirlooms & Collectibles
HOW TO SHARE:
Share your progress on Instagram using the hash tag #abfolorganizechallenge, blog about the weekly challenges – sharing your before and after pictures and/or share over at my Home Organization 101 group here. Hold yourself accountable and finish all 14 challenges!
NEW TO THE CHALLENGE?
If you are just joining us, visit the challenge details page here, to learn what it’s all about.
CHALLENGES:
Week 1: The Kitchen
Week 2: The Laundry Room
Week 3: The Pantry
Week 4: Master Bedroom
Week 5: The Office
Week 6: Living Room
Week 7: Bathroom
Week 8: Toy Room
HAPPY ORGANIZING!
I’ll see you back next week for another organizing challenge.
Tags: 14 week challenge, dining room
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3 comments on “Home Organizing Challenge Week 9: The Dining Room”
I love a special time to clean out the dining room! As you know, it’s often a dumping ground for STUFF that doesn’t live elsewhere. I don’t have a dining room, so I have to put all of these items in other areas of my home, but it really made me realize what I USE and NEED. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great tips here! The dining room is also where my family plays our board games, so we tend to have a lot of stuff left on the tables on the weekend… hopefully this method will help me get through it all and get it organized!
I just love your blog! You always have so many practical organizational tips! Thank you for sharing.