Day #3 Organization Challenge: Help! My Closet is a Mess

Happy Thursday, Organizing Buddies!! Actually, my closet isn't a mess but yours may be. "Show off!" Yeah. . .my closet is actually organized. Shocking! Here is the reason why. . .for the past few years, I've been a sweat pants, jeans and tank top/t-shirt sort of girl so the majority of my nice clothes go untouched. If you don't touch them, they don't get messy! LOL!!! That's the truth. Furthermore, I can't fit half of the clothes in my closet. It's sad. But the good news is, besides becoming a more organized person, I'm also on a fitness/healthy lifestyle journey. . . .I'll tell you more about it later. . .right now, let's concentrate on our disorganized messy house.

Because we've been challenging ourselves to organize our laundry room and clothes, I decided before we move on to something else. . . .why don't you organize your closet. If your closet is a mess, start with one section at a time. Maybe start with gathering all of your long sleeve shirts today and hanging them together, then tomorrow work on the short sleeves and so on.

I do have a large walk-in closet so I'm sort of at an advantage. I have shelves and drawers built in too so it's easy to be organized in my closet. My husband has his own section so we don't clash with one another. He has more clothes than I do, believe it or not!!!

Okay. . .today's organization challenge is to organize your closet by hanging all the long sleeves together, then short sleeves, and so on. This can be a 3 or 4 day process. If you can do it all in one day. . .fabulous but if not, allow yourself a few days to get organized. The point is to get started.

Comment this post (the comment button is at the top of this post) if you'd like to play along. If you want to, you can send me a photo of your organized closet when you're done and I'll post it on the blog. . .:) Show it off when you're done!!!

Hope you have a happy organizing day!!

Day #2 Organization Challenge - Yikes, My Washing Machine is my Underwear Drawer

Happy Wednesday, Friends! Remember yesterday's challenge? Well, the challenge was to clear out your laundry room of clean clothing and to put the clothing away in your closet. Did you have the chance to complete the task?

I have a confession to make. What motivates me to do the laundry is when I'm running out of underwear! Seriously!! When I notice I have only a few left, it'll prompt me to do the laundry. Okay, I can handle reusing my jeans or a t-shirt but there is no way I can reuse my underwear. LOL!!!!

Well, I'll do a few loads of clothes and usually, wash my underwear last. . . .. and it sort of stays in the dryer. Why? Because it's easy to find and when there's only one or two underwear left in the dryer, I know it's time to wash the clothes again! Too funny!!

I know. . .it's weird! I do have some sort of system of organization and unfortunately, this is it.


Do you see the drawer? Well, it's my underwear drawer. It's empty, you say. . . . .ugggh, yeah! It's because my underwear are in the dryer. After completing the challenge yesterday, I decided to create a handmade organizer for my underwear. I probably could buy a few plastic containers at the dollar store but who looks in my drawer anyway? I mean, it don't have to be fancy or anything like that.

Today's organization challenge is to fold your underwear nicely and create some sort of organization so your underwear are easily accessible and organized.

Here are my bras. . .I can't believe I'm posting my underwear for all the world to see! LOL! But, hey . . .you want credibility, right? I organized my bra by color and by type. . .you know, strapless, padded, etc.

Here is a tutorial on how to create a super cheap underwear organizer:

Measure you drawer. . .both depth, length and width. Using card boards (use a cereal box or poster board), measure and cut the card board based on your drawer measurement into 4 pieces (3 for the length and 1 for the width).


If the card boards are too short, tape two pieces together



With 3 of the card boards that measures the length of your drawer, cut a notch at the center of the cardboard about 3/4" of the width of the cardboard. Do not cut the cardboard completely in half.

Using the cardboard that measures the width of your drawer, cut 3 notches in equal distance between each notch. Start with cutting a notch at the center of the cardboard then cut one notch to the left and right of the center notch.

Interlock the card boards by inserting the cardboard through the notches. This will create a total of 8 compartments.


Here is the picture of the completed cardboard organizer . . .simple and cheap! Gotta love it!

Okay, gang. . .are you up for today's challenge? If you have any ideas for a great underwear organizer. . .share it with us by commenting this post! I'll do some research and see what I can find to share with all of you. Hope you all have a wonderful day organizing your underwear drawer!!! ***the comment link is at the top of this post***

Day #1 Organization Challenge - My Laundry Room Has Turned into a Closet

Yes, my laundry room has turned into a closet. LOL! Due to sheer busy-ness or maybe, laziness. . .not sure which one right now. . .rather than putting away the folded and hung clothing, I'll leave them in the laundry basket and and on the clothing rack. Sadly, whenever we need clothes, rather than walking into our closets, we walk into our laundry room. LOL!!

Oh I'm embarrassed to admit this but there are days when I would leave the clothing in the dryer and worse, leave the clothing in the washer.

Has that happened to you? Have you left the wet laundry in the washer and forgot to dry them. I'm guilty of doing this and I have to rewash them because they have that yucky, moldy smell. Am I terrible or what???









Here is one of the laundry basket and it's piled high ready to tip over. It annoys the heck out of my husband to have to look for his shorts in the basket rather than in the drawers.

Today's challenge is to fold and hang all your clothes after they've been washed and put them away in your "bedroom" closet. Clear out your laundry room of clean clothing!

Are you up for the challenge? Comment this post if you want to play along! The comment button is up at the top of each post, not at the bottom.

Welcome to Project Organization

What is this blog about?

I created this blog to help me clean up my house. LOL! I've decided to turn my chores into a hobby. I love blogging so I decided to create a challenge blog. Everyday I will post a challenge which will consist of at least one organizational task. It can be of anything from organizing your closet to the garage.

The goal is to de-clutter and reorganize and to turn a chaotic room into a Zen-sational area. Sometimes de-cluttering and re-organizing can be a spiritual experience. LOL!

Each day I'll post a organization challenge and when I'm done, I'll post an update with a photo with the completed task.

Come join me each day and together, we can work towards finding peace in our chaotic disorganized life.

Maria