My reason for not blogging lately

I get this kick every January, you know to clean and reorganize everything. So my first project was my "mud" room. This is the room you enter when you walk thru the garage door, all the shoes go there, back packs, and any other junk I am bring in from the car. There is a built in desk that I have always hated because it was the place I threw everything. My goal was to bring this desk area to life, and give it a purpose in my house, plus it is the first thing I see every time I walk through the door so I was going for a fun welcoming feel. I forgot to take a before picture so use your imagination... this picture is taken from my living room, behind the shutters is the desk.

The color of the desk and the walls are the same as my kitchen, I like the dark cabinets but it gets boring have it all thru my house.

This is my after. I painted this little room and I am amazed how refreshing it feels. I have my charging dock in the middle, and everything has a place. I had a ton of fun with my label maker and now everyone knows were everything goes. I also painted the desk, I do plan to put knobs on the drawers too.

Add a skirt to your desk and look at all the fun junk you can hide!

This is my "M" I made awhile ago. It used to stand for mail, now it is for Manville. I cut up scrap book paper, glued it on, and then covered it all with Elmers glue. To the right is a cork board, I just painted it the same color as the wall for fun.

Love the label maker! And yes that is my piggy bank, I do plan to put money in it too. I think it is cute and if you want one it is at Target now ($9.99)

My camera did not have a place so I made one for it. I like it out so I can use it often. This is a curtain tie back I bought like 2 years ago, put a wood frame around it and now my camera has a home!

I noticed that in every magazine I see the books left out never looked cluttered, then I noticed it was because they always were covered and matched. I bought a role of brown paper and covered all the books that were ugly but I use often.