Snow Day: Bathroom Before & After

Well, living in MA has its perks (which I suppose could also be downfalls), being hit with snow storms that deliver two feet of snow granted me with a snow day this past Tuesday. In an effort not to sit on my butt all day, I decided I should get a little work done around the house. After all, tax season is upon us, and my boyfriend promised me flooring with this year's tax return (yay!).

I forgot to take a lot of before pictures, as I was just in the mood to gitrdone so I'll list what I accomplished, and post the pictures at the end.

•  Disinfected the half bath downstairs
• Washed 4 loads of laundry (and folded one, which is not a common happenstance in this house)
• Emptied the dishwasher & refilled it
• Wiped down the counters
• Packed up all my make up/perfume/clothes/etc. that has been living in the living room for months and toted it all upstairs
• Emptied every upstairs bathroom cabinet and drawer, bleached them all inside and out.
• Wiped down the heater/switch plates in the same room
• Disinfected everything including the shower/toilet/counter
• Organized all the cabinets
• (I should note somewhere that there were two FULL 30 gallon black trash bags full of stuff from the upstairs bathroom- ew!)
• Discovered I had 4 bottles of orange cleaner throughout the house, consolidated them down to two
• Dusted & reorganized the hutch
• Made dinner and mostly cleaned up after it

It was a pretty full day! I got a lot of things done, and felt much better about it. I've even got my own make up drawer and one dedicated solely to nail polish! Splendid!

Note: The bathroom before pics were actually taken DURING. I know, its hard to believe it looked worse than that before I started...

I can't figure out how to work the images/tables on this blog application. I think I'll be looking for a new one shortly, no matter what I do it never aligns things right, even when I type out the script myself, it adds all this extra spacing and shit I can't seem to delete..

Kitchen Salvation Army Donations

After getting all the dishes done, I gathered together all the items that I planned on donating to Salvation Army. They are all pieces of the first sets I bought when we got the house, most of the rest of their partners having been broken and/or lost.

Donations Gathered on Bar

• 1 Muffin Tin
• 1 Potato Masher
• 1 Pasta Spoon Thing
• 1 Grill Fork
• 1 Tenderizer
• 6 Steak Knives
• 2 Dinner Forks
• 2 Dessert Forks
• 2 Soup Spoons
• 3 Small Spoons
• 4 Butter Knives
• 7 Dessert Plates
• 2 Bowls
• 11 Coffee Mugs (we drink a lot of coffee...)
• 4 Small Glasses
• 4 Big Glasses

Desk Before and After

Currently our desks are in our living room, which I haven't finished tackling yet.

My Desk Before

My Desk After

Center of Desks Before

Center Desks After

His Desk Before

His Desk After

Kitchen Before and After

So this weekend I decided to tackle the downstairs, which was a little messier than I thought it was. Overall, this took about an hour to get everything put back into shape.

Stove Before

Stove After

Sink Before

Sink After

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

I also did the refrigerator, took everything out, bleached the inside and all the components, and refilled it. It desperately needed it.

Door After

Door Before

Body Before

Body After

Dirty Messy House Blog 101

This is the story of two kids and their adventures in first-time home ownership. I, Laura, will be the main contributor to this blog in the hopes that sharing my awfully lazy story in house wrecking will help me fix the damages and live a happier, healthier life.

My boyfriend and I bought our condo in the late winter of 2006. A cute, updated, 1044 sq foot end condo unit in a quiet neighborhood full of condos. A man approaching his 50s had owned it for the past 11 years, and kept it in very good shape, recently updating the kitchen and bathrooms before selling it. Perfect for two kids starting their future together.

I'd like to clarify that no, we are not hoarders. I make no excuse for our slovenly lives, or our laziness. It is something I hope to remedy, in 2011. I'll turn 25 soon, and its about time I started living like an adult!