A Simple Spruce Up Checklist
Good Morning!
I am so excited! Tomorrow I am taking the day off to attend this year’s Indiana Decorator’s Show House & Garden Tour! Last year was my first year attending and I am looking forward to this year. I am still dreaming about that desk from last year’s tour. My goodness…
I was able to purchase a new Day Designer from Target this past weekend. I would link it but my particular design is not available online. This particular planner was a collaboration with The Home Edit so it was a different format.
In the back of the book, they had an extra credit section and in that section, it gives you “home edit” ideas for each month. Since we are finishing the month of April I thought I would share their “spruce up for spring” ideas.
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It said, “Don’t feel like staging a deep spring cleaning this month? Create space and clarity by purging outdated, unwanted items that are taking up valuable space.” Then they give a list of items to purge:
- Stained or frayed dishtowels
- Outdated technology and accessories
- Appliance manuals (you can probably find them online now)
- Outdated bills and policies
- Medicines, drugs & cosmetics
Now looking at this list you are probably saying to yourself, “I can absolutely organize those items”. I know I plan on getting rid of old wash rags myself. I need some new ones. As far as technology items I have most of my cells phones since 2004! I really need to get rid of them. There are only about 6 of them but I need to purge them. I am hanging on to them because they have Lauren’s baby pictures stored on them. I need to find a way to get those off!
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When it comes to outdated old appliance manuals we have a drawer dedicated to such books and now since it has been brought to my attention that we can get these online I will be purging that drawer! I would love to have the extra space. I always get rid of old medicine and cosmetics pretty easily.
I hope everyone enjoyed this quick list of sprucing up. If you want something with a little more substance then read my “The Butler Speaks” blog posts about cleaning. Those are still reader favorites. Have a great Wednesday!
Well enjoy your day off Mrs Shockley and the Home Garden Show. I used a Martha Stewart checklist for spring cleaning. That was very helpful. One thing I did this year was make a kitchen binder. I put all manuals, warranties, product registration stuff like that in that binder and it helps keep everything in a central location. I put sheet protectors in the binder. The only thing I actually didn’t do was arrange the pots and pans. I wanted to get an organizer but I haven’t found one that I liked yet. It will be an under the counter one since I don’t have space for a hanging one. 😊💕🌺🌸
I love Martha Stewart checklists! She has some of the best ones. I like your idea about the binder. That sounds great! I found a great pot organizer on Amazon. You may want to check that out!
Hi Mrs. Shockley,
Enjoy your time at the Decorators Show. I hope the weather will cooperate for such a lovely event.
I’m pretty good about keeping my home clutter free, however I have never given much thought to clearing out user’s manuals. I keep them in our files-for what I don’t know. We never use them and resort to a quick internet search for repairs,etc. I hadn’t thought until now that we don’t need them at all. This is definitely going on my home to do list. They need to go.
I love your Butler Speaks blogs. I just love anything where I feel inspired to keep my home clean, tidy, and beautiful!
Take care,
Mya
The weather was wonderful! It was not too cold or too warm. I thought the same thing about user manuals. As soon as I saw that I thought, “why am I keeping those? What a waste of space!”