Spring Cleaning Week 2- Main bathroom

How did everyone do this week? I had a busy busy week, but I got it all done! Everything got scrubbed, washed and organized. Next week we will be cleaning the Master Bedroom! That will be a BIG challenge for me. Go visit Sarah and share your progress! Have a great day! (here is my before pictures)

I didn't include a before picture of this. It didn't change much, but got reorganized and wiped clean!

Spring Cleaning Week 2- Main bathroom

Is everyone ready? It's week 2 of our Spring cleaning. It's the main bathroom this week! I know this room is NASTY! Go visit Sarah to find out all about the germs that are lurking in your bathroom, then I dare you to not participate!

This week I plan to scrub the walls, floor, and fixtures! I will wash the rugs and the "guest" towels. I will reorganize the linen closet and medicine chest. Neither one are horrible, but need wiped clean and put back together in an organized fashion. If you have kids I'm sure you understand! What about you? Good luck everyone!

*Be sure to close the toliet lid when you flush!*

Spring Cleaning Week 1 Entry

Yay, it's cleaning time! Sarah did this last year, and it is a great way to clean. It's easy and not at all overwhelming!

Thank you for doing it again Sarah.

Here is my "public" entry. It needs a really good deep clean. I'm going to scrub the walls, floor, doors, and windows. (everything)

I want to go through our "game" closet and see if there is anything to get rid of, or put up for a while. Does anyone need any hangers? =)

Here is our "private"entry. It gets far dirtier than our main entrance. Since it comes in from our garage there is a lot of dirt, rocks, gravel, so in turn our shoes bring it all in the house. (I guess I really need to clean the garage! ) All the surfaces need a REALLY good scrub down.

In both areas I need to check coats, see if any need to be given away, sold, or put up for future use. It would be nice if we could put away the winter goods, but not yet! Go visit Sarah and join in!

Spring Cleaning Week 10- Patio Area

Well it's the last week! Do you feel like your house is cleaner, I sure do! Thanks Sarah for all hard work you did to get us motivated! If you want to join in go here!

I'm not sure how much I'll get done this week! I think my sil is going to come tomorrow to help me paint my front porch furniture! I'd like to get some things done on the deck, but we will have to see! I'm not expecting much! But at least my house is clean!!!! Have a great week!

Spring Cleaning Week 9 -Kitchen

Well we are almost done! I can't believe how much we've gotten done! Feel free to join in, go here. This week is the kitchen.
I got a head start last week, but I still have plenty to do. I have to scrub most of the walls and I have all my lower cabinets to clean, and 3 upper cabinets left to clean. It's a great time to reorganize or get rid of what you don't use since your taking everything out of your cabinets to clean them! My mil cleaned above the cabinets for me! I have to do windows and curtains. The floors and baseboards need a good scrub too. I can't forget about the appliances, they need a good cleaning to. (I'm including the sink in this too!) I have a few new things for my walls, and of course some clutter to pick up. Be sure to check out Sarah's site for a detailed list of what to do! She'll get you motivated!!!

Spring Cleaning Week 8 Living Room

I didn't link up on Monday because of being sick, so you won't get to see the mess I started with! It wasn't too bad just needed a good cleaning. I still need to clean my glass other than my french doors. My Mom came over today to decorate the boys' birthday cake and she helped me finish up my cleaning! Thank you very much mom! Yesterday my mil came and helped me work on the kitchen! Yes I took a head start for next week! Thanks Jeanne! If you want to see how others did go here!

Spring Cleaning Week 7 The Entry

It's time for more work this week! We are on week 7 out of 10. Go here to join in and link up! We'd love to have you join in!

I included both of our entries here. The one is from the garage and we are normally the only ones to use it. It gets very dirty since that's where the kid's run in and out of. The walls and door need SCRUBBED bad! Our other entry is not too bad. It's basically a hallway! The one end has a closet (I cleaned that out when Brie was in Oregon) and I have a hall tree at that end too. I'm pretty sure I have some coats hanging there that need to be packed up. Other than a really good cleaning I'm not sure if anything will change! Have a great week cleaning!

And yes in the one picture you can see our Christmas trees outside! I will try to get those put away before they get a nest in them!

Spring Cleaning Week 6 The Office

I got a fair amount done this week, but not everything I needed too. I still have some organizing to do with our school stuff. I want to get some shelves for above my desk. A lot of the organizing is on hold til I can get the shelves! I still have some cleaning to do too. Go here to check and see how others did. Be sure to join us next week for more!

Spring Cleaning Week 6 The Office

Well we don't have an actual office so I will have a few areas to work on this week. We have some papers in our closet that should be gone through. Our closet is the size of a small bedroom so we use it to file all our bills and important papers. We homeschool and I have a bookshelf in the toy room that needs organized. A little history, we have an unfinished basement, last year we decided to start finishing a room to make our school room. Well we got a lot done but there is no heat and no electricity yet. Well having school in a 50 degree room was not my idea of fun so as soon as it started getting cold we moved upstairs. This year I didn't want to have to do that again because I was constantly having to run down and get something we needed or just doing with out. It didn't work for us. So after some thought and getting some opinions we are going to move our school room into the toy room. I'm going to get started on this, I may not get all the way done, but a start will be great. I have some items that I need up where Titus or other little visiting hands can't reach them so I'm going to brainstorm what I can do that is frugal and attractive. If you have any ideas that would be great! Our school room is right of off the entry so if you step into my house you can see it. Which is why I'd like it to be nice and attractive! Go here to get more help from Sarah and to join us! It's really a wonderful way to do it, you don't get overwhelmed. Have a great week check back on Friday to check how everyone did!

This room started as a dining room, but quickly changed because it's so small that we couldn't fit everyone in it when we would have company! Just wanted to explain the chair rail and colors etc.!

Spring Cleaning Week 5 Laundry Room

Well I think I'm finished for this week! It seemed to be more of a challenge this week for some reason. It's a little more organized and a lot cleaner! Go here to check others progress and be sure to join us next week!

Spring Cleaning Week 5 Laundry Room

This week is the laundry room. We are half way done with our spring cleaning! Join us here it has been wonderful getting everything done!

I grew up w/ a laundry closet I guess you'd call it. The washer and dryer had bi fold doors that closed it off. You could sit on the washer or dryer and close the doors, but you couldn't stand in the "room." When Mark and I built this house I knew I wanted a room. Well now that we've lived here for 8.5 years I wish I could make the laundry room much bigger. Of course that's not an option so I have to make do with what I have, and I at least have a room! This is another room that is easily forgotten! It has a door so if company is coming close the door and forget the mess! It needs a good cleaning and some serious organization. The cabinets above the washer and dryer are not too bad, but will still need work. The drawers between the washer and dryer are pretty bad. We hang coats in here and shoes go in here too. We have a rack over the door and a boot rack that holds shoes also. Maybe we have too many shoes!!!! It seems to get cluttered quickly especially because of the coats and shoes. Hopefully I get it all cleaned and organized and it stays that way! Have a great week and good luck!

Spring Cleaning Week 4 Master Bath

Well another week done, yeah! I think I got everything clean. Well except for the windows and mirror. My cleaner fell behind the washer and with my Reuben belly I can't reach it. It can be done later though! Here is what I started with and it's what I ended up with except it's clean and organized! Next week is the laundry room so go here and join us and to see others progress! It sure feels great to be accomplishing something!

Spring Cleaning Week 4 Master Bath

Wow I can't believe it's already week 4 of Sarah's spring cleaning. It's going well I think, it feels so good to get something accomplished. If you want to join in go here. This room has a little organizing to do, but not a lot. It needs a really good cleaning. Cleaning the blinds (I hate blinds!) will be the biggest challenge for me. Have a great week. good luck!