Comments on: Remove, sort and purge!!!

By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Monthly Organizing Round-Up - Organizing under the bathroom sink

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:38:39 +0000

[...] part (trust me, I know!) but before you can do that you need to spend some time on the Remove, Sort and Purge steps. This will pay off big time for you later by saving you money on storage solutions you might [...]

By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Organizing the dining room

I’m an Organizing Junkie » Organizing the dining room — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:53:14 +0000

[...] table cleared off so you can all sit down and enjoy dinner together again then the next step is to REMOVE everything off that table, SORT it into piles and PURGE what you can. Piles are accumulating on [...]

By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Organizing blitz….where are you at?

I’m an Organizing Junkie » Organizing blitz….where are you at? — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:45:43 +0000

[...] your plan of attack outlined and have your space emptied out. Once that is done it’s time to sort and purge!!! I love throwing things out and tossing all that negative energy out the door. My gosh it’s [...]

By: G.P.

G.P. — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:04:00 +0000

I’m in… I LOVE to pitch and ditch

Clean up your closets and your life will work

GP in Montana

By: Debi

Debi — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:57:00 +0000

Thanks for the extremely helpful post. This is right about where I stand now. All the “doesn’t belong in this room” stuff is gone. Now it’s time to empty the rest of the room out so I can sort and purge. And maybe with the room emptied, I’ll actually make time to paint it (there won’t be a better time to tackle that particular project, after all). Anyway, thanks for your continuing encouragement!

By: Barb, sfo

Barb, sfo — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:13:00 +0000

Thanks for the visit and the encouragement. Slowly and steadily I am getting things accomplished. I make my husband “ooh and ahh” after I finish a spot, poor guy….but I really like doing this kind of work where you can SEE A RESULT!

By: Seraph

Seraph — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:44:00 +0000

“All similiar items together.”

I did this the other day when I was working a little on the clutter on my dining room table. I didn’t even collect all the books off the table, but those I did collect got stacked on one section of it. The stack went nearly to the ceiling. LOL That’s not even an 1/8th of the books in this apartment!!

I think this week I’ll collect all the books not currently on shelves (which are packed as full as can be with books) and build a fort out of them.

And maybe I should get rid of some of them after I’ve read them. Maybe. LOL

By: Deanne

Deanne — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:17:00 +0000

Great post! When we cleared out the small bedroom for the boys’ furniture to go into, we got it down to just the carpet and walls (and window coverings! LOL). ALL of our stuff ended up in the living room, so that we would have room to work in the small bedroom. The only thing that went into the boys’ new room initially was furniture and books. I’m still planning a book sort (because they have BOOOOOOOKS) and I have a ton of books in the garage to bring in and go through for them as well. How many books are actually enough for two children, ages 6 and 3, who LOVE books? I’m thinking the 200+ that we have MAY possibly be too many. Thoughts? ;)

I need to update my blog with challenge info and pictures of the progress so far, but that may be a couple of days away yet. I have a very busy day out of the house tomorrow.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:52:00 +0000

Great post!
You are full of such great information! I love reading this …
Sandy

By: Thea

Thea — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:29:00 +0000

I need to post an update here in the next day or two. I am right in the middle of this part and I think my kids are enjoying it, too. Empty cabinets make great hiding spots!