Confronting the Clutter

The List has one item that may never get checked off. I like to look at it more as a life long project. Redecorate the house.

So we have been living in this house for a while now but we haven't quite unpacked all the boxes we brought with us. Part of the problem is that we don't seem to have anywhere to put certain things.

This is what tends to happen when I unpack a box without finding a place to put things first.

After probably six months, which I shouldn't really admit to, Charming and I decided that enough was enough and we headed out to IKEA. Well actually Charming did his usual research before we went anywhere. He figured out all the dimensions and took his trusty measuring tape with us. I find that part somewhat boring, hence the lack of pictures of this stage ... but if he didn't figure out the details we never would have gotten such a perfect fit.

Once we had chosen all the accessories we loaded it in the car and brought it home.

Charming read through all the instructions, which is hard to do since IKEA uses pictures, before he assembled anything. He would even refer to them after assembling not one but three of these beauties.

He got to do the fun part while I folded everything to fill up all the drawers. And yes he only posed for this shot cause I did actually help with this project ... a bit.

I think they turned out really well in the end and we have even been able to keep the room fairly clean because of it. I see more organizational projects on the horizon since Charming enjoyed this one so much!