Thursday, March 22, 2012

spring cleaning - linen, hall, guest room, kid 1, master bedroom

The past few days I have been hard at work in the upstairs of our house. Despite the heat in the house, I got through the linen closet, hallway, guest room and closet, kid bedroom and closet, and master bedroom. (Master closet needs its own day!) Still remaining upstairs: master bathroom and closet, kid room 2 and multipurpose room.

Spring cleaning can be exhausting, but it is underway little by little.

It is also fun to think of new decor or organizational ideas as I work through each room. We are pretty simple and don't use a lot of decor, but I'm usually open to try new things.

BEFORE: Linen Closet

AFTER: Linen Closet

Washed walls and baseboards, vacuumed, dusted, straightened up. Then I set to work on the hallway (mostly just decluttering and vacuuming).

BEFORE: Hallway

AFTER: Hallway

BEFORE: Hallway

AFTER: Hallway

AFTER: Guest Room.
There was no "before" picture because it looked like this before. =)

However, I spent about an hour cleaning it anyway. Noah helped a little with wall and baseboard washing, window cleaning, vacuuming corners and under bed, and we are good to go!

BEFORE: Kid Room 1


AFTER: Kid Room 1

A semi-helpful child posed in one of these pictures. He did help a little!

Washed walls, doors/knobs and baseboards.
Dusted furniture and washed windows. Vacuumed under bed! Check!

BEFORE: Master Bedroom

Yes, I know, it's pretty pathetic! Not all my fault though...Noah did destroy this room yesterday while I was cleaning other rooms.

AFTER: Master Bedroom

Declutter. Vacuum under bed, dusting, wash windows. Check! I did not go through dressers today. That is a good project for sometime soon though. I also did not wash the walls. I've realized that takes WAY too long especially when they "look" fine. I'll stick with wall washing in bathrooms, boy bedrooms, and spot-cleaning other areas.

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