This week, I feel compelled to write about Fresh Starts. This month started a whole New Year and with that comes new goals, ideas, and even a new President. The last few weeks in MY house has been jaw-dropping with “fresh starts” and I thought I’d share. . . cuz I’m quite proud actually.

With the New Year here and in full swing, I’ve already begun my “fresh start”. Either that or the weather is so cold and crappy that I don’t have anything else to do. . . so I ORGANIZE with all intents and purposes of calling it my “fresh start”, meaning boxing up last year’s stuff and creating a new system for the year to come. Only this year, I’ve gone slightly more overboard than usual. I have taken organization to a whole new level.

It started at Christmas when I received these cool new appliances that, although I loved dearly, I had no room for in my postage stamp size kitchen.

Something had to be done. My sister got my motor started while she was here visiting. (She’s worked for Walmart setting new stores for almost twenty years so she’s obsessed with “modularize” shelves, utilizing every square inch of space for marketing purposes (she’s pretty sure that’s a Walmart term only). I was really quite impressed with her skills.) She tore into my laundry room/storage room/pantry and created all kinds of new space for me. It was awesome!

I didn’t think to take a “before” picture.

Then came my birthday five days later and more small appliances:

FUN! So I made a decision. I cleared out my hallway coat closet (it’s right next to my kitchen). I put everything that was in that closet into the spare bedroom closet. Then my boys installed shelves thus transforming it into an extended pantry. LOVE IT!

I’m so excited about all my organization. But it is a job that doesn’t seem to have an end.

Have you EVER? What a disaster! I’m still perplexed as to how to organize this little cabinet. It gets a lot of use as I toss things around in there every single day. I need to devise something that will help me keep it neater and encourage peace and harmony with the rest of my organized spaces.

Any ideas?