Did you de-clutter a cabinet this week? I know I did! Once I posted the challenge I raced off to de-clutter that awful bathroom cabinet that had been driving me nuts for months.
The cabinet that I chose was in the upstairs bathroom – the one that we pretty much only use to brush Elliott’s teeth in. All sorts of random stuff gets thrown into that cabinet when I don’t have another place to put it. So, I decided to just get rid of every single thing that didn’t need to be in there.
My main goal was to only keep items that belonged in that space.
Here is a photo of what our bathroom cabinet looked like in the beginning:
There was lots of stuff just crammed into the back of the cabinet. Stuff I had forgotten was even there.
I went through every single thing and had a small pile of trash that was just taking up space. I even found expired medicine from over 2 years ago. Gross!
There were a few things that didn’t belong in the cabinet, so I took them out and put them where they were actually supposed to be.
I re-organized everything in my medicine container by adding a few small baskets inside the larger container.
This worked very well for corralling small items like bandages.
Our medicine container looks very net and tidy now!
My next issue was deciding what to do with Elliott’s toothbrush and toothpaste. It just seems really gross to leave those things out on the countertop and I didn’t want to just set them directly inside the cabinet either. I was all out of small bins, so I was at a loss for where to put those 2 small items.
I took a break, went downstairs to get a drink of water, and that’s when I had my AH-HA! moment.
I found 2 plastic cups that we did not use very often and put the toothbrush and toothpaste in one of those. I used the other cup for the dog’s toothbrush and toothpaste, as well as his nail clippers.
All of our cleaners went back into the same bin that they were in before and I kept our bathroom tissue at the front of the cabinet.
I keep a few small face cloths for Elliott in this cabinet as well. I stuck with the “use dishes from the kitchen” trick and used a small plastic bowl to contain all of them.
This is what our bathroom cabinet looks like today:
I no longer have to search for things when I open the cabinet doors. I know where everything is!
Now if only my husband could remember to put things back where he finds them…
Did you de-clutter a cabinet this week? If so, please share your results!
Stop by tomorrow to get ready for the De-Clutter Your Home challenge #5!
More from this series:
- De-Clutter Your Toys (Challenge Complete)
- De-Clutter Your Books (Challenge Complete)
- De-Clutter Your Recipes (Challenge Complete)
- De-Clutter A Cabinet (Challenge Complete)
- De-Clutter Your Coupons (Challenge Complete)
- De-Clutter Your Email
Great job, looks much better! I should organize my kitchen sink cabinet, it’s a mess!
no delcuttering, lol. but when i chose to, i know where to come!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go, Alexa!
Yes, I decluttered our medicine/toiletries cabinet. Got rid of a bunch of stuff and now it looks so organized. Now to train my husband to put stuff away, too…