Day 5

Here are yesterday's pictures from the 40 Bags Challenge. We (my 2 daughters & I) worked in the girls' room, specifically on the changing table and their dresser. We purged SO many clothes and baby blankets (little sob from Mommy). Of course, I realized that the day I have to go through all the clothing bins in the basement will be even more work now, but it's all worth it!

Here are the before/afters of the changing table:

The before/after pics of the dresser are not too dramatic, as most of the work occurred inside the drawers and, for some reason, the pics don't tell the story very well. Here you go:

All tolled, we got rid of 1 bag of trash and packed away 2 garbage bags full of clothing. Whew! Now, I have to start on today's Challenge..... More later!

Days 3 & 4 (Did 2 in 1 day!)

Let me preface these "before/after" pictures by acknowledging the fact that our 1st floor bathroom is horrifying. Horrifying in style (a mixture of the original 1920s bungalow/1950s salmon pink/mid-80s blech/early 2000s HELP!). Horrifying in condition. Horrifying in size. Horrifying in all ways. That said, we do realize this fact, and keep it very clean (or try to!). That seems to be our compromise until we can afford to rip it to shreds and make it gorgeous. In our defense, 4 years ago we had a 2nd bathroom put into our basement and it is GORGEOUS! Of course, the basement surrounding it is unfinished and, well, horrifying...

OK, ENOUGH of that! Today, I did 2 days from the list (not in order) because we will be out of town tomorrow -- the lunchbox cabinet & first-aid cabinet and the medicine cabinet & bathroom sink cabinet.

Lunchbox cabinet-Before

Lunchbox cabinet-After

First Aid Cabinet-Before

First Aid Cabinet-After

Under sink-Before

Under Sink-After

Medicine Cabinet-Before

Medicine Cabinet-After