A Bowl Full of Lemons

We have finally made it to week 14 of the 2016 Home Organization 101 Challenge. This is a big week!  We’re headed into the garage. If you don’t have a garage, concentrate on your utility room or shed. This is the final week of the challenge, but be sure to visit the blog next week for a bonus challenge.

 

 

If you are new to the challenge, look over the details then begin working at your own pace.  For encouragement, join our Home Organization 101 Facebook community and share your progress or struggles. Or simply look through the photos and read how others are doing. If you’re on Instagram, share your progress using the hashtag #2016abfolchallenge.  Don’t forget to print out the complete 14 week schedule and checklists below.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HOME ORGANIZATION

For the perfect companion guide to our challenge, purchase The Complete Book to Home Organization. It includes all 14 weekly challenges as well as tons of pictures and tips that will help you organize your spaces each week. No need to log onto the computer for inspiration, this manual has it all!

 

 

OUR GARAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZING INSPIRATION

Here are several blog posts that will inspire you to get your garage organized.

• How to create a garage mudroom
• Garage organization 
• Garage Organization

 

WEEK #14 CHECKLIST:

1. PREPARE – Call your local charity organization ahead of time to schedule a pick up. Gather several boxes, bins and trash bags. Label boxes to sort items: keep, donate, trash, house.

2. SORT – Sort through everything in the garage. Empty it out completely (weather permitting), going through one item at a time, and placing it in the designated bin or box.

3. CLEAN – Once you’ve sorted trough everything, the garage should be empty. At this point you can sweep, leaf blow, or hose down the floor. This is an important step. You don’t want to organize a dirty garage. If you have a problem with spiders or ants,  you can spray the perimeter of the garage with insecticide. Living in the south, we have to do this every three months.

4. ORGANIZE – Once you have sorted through everything and cleaned, its time to set up a system of organization. Label plastic totes to contain items that will remain in the garage. Place the organized bins and boxes back into the garage. Hang things on wall hooks.  Try to keep everything up off the ground. Spiders like to hide behind stuff on the ground and so does dust.

 

 

2016 HOME ORGANIZATION 101 SCHEDULE

• Week 1 (1/9/16) – Kitchen
• Week 2 (1/16/16) – Pantry
• Week 3 (1/23/16) – Dining Room
• Week 4 (1/30/16) – Launch Pad
• Week 5 (2/6/16) – Living Room
• Week 6 (2/13/16) – Master Bedroom
• Week 7 (2/20/16) – Master Closet
• Week 8 (2/27/16) – Kids Closets
• Week 9 (3/5/16) – Linen Closet
• Week 10 (3/12/16) Bathrooms
• Week 11 (3/19/16) – Office
• Week 12 (3/26/16) – Playroom/Toys
• Week 13 (4/2/16) – Laundry Room
• Week 14 (4/9/16) – Garage
• Week 15 (4/16/16) – Car (Bonus Week)

 

Take a few days this week to clean out and organize the Garage. Purge as much as you can. Share your progress on Instagram using the hash tag #2016abfolchallenge, blog about the weekly challenges, and  share your before and after pictures over at my Home Organization 101 group here.  Happy Organizing!

~Toni

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