Declutter

So I've been watching HGTV now for YEARS, and they have this great show on there called "The Unsellables." I've started DVRing it because they have some really GREAT ideas on how to stage/show your home. One of their big things is "decluttering." Well, duh! I know no one wants to buy my home with baby toys and dirty spit cloths all over the floor. :) Buuuuut what I'm learning is that you have to be able to show that there is plenty of room for everything. Everything should have a place. Well, for those of you that have been to our home... we have A LOT of stuff, and frankly if everything had a place we wouldn't be moving. ;) Fact of the matter is our house is plenty big enough if we (okay mainly me) could just quit bringing things into the house, but for the record... that's hard to do with two growing children who need stuff.

During this past week, I've started going through some things. Cabinets in the kitchen, drawers in the living room. Purging stuff/organizing stuff/and even packing stuff. It feels good to be getting rid of things we're not using and packing things away that we can hold onto in storage until we have a bigger home.

The kitchen has definitely become my first project. Here is the list of "projects" that need to be done. Besides the obvious cleaning and decluttering:

1. add wainscoting to side of cabinets and repaint
2. fresh neutral wall paint
3. window treatments for both windows and sliding glass door
4. repair laminent floor boards
5. replace dishwasher to match other appliances
6. replace sink faucet
7. remove/repair ceiling hooks
8. replace lighting
9. silverware drawer- repair/replace
10. repaint floorboards (won't be done until right before we show)

As you can see... I'll be nothing short of busy, and this is just the first room... hence the starting a little over a year before our listing goal. :)