My kids love books, and I love that they love books. What I don't love is when their bookshelves end up looking like this:
They have looked like this for at least two weeks and I have been meaning to get to them but have had too many other things to do--you know, read blogs, read a book, take a nap. Anyway, I had to hunker down and get things done that really needed done. I tackled the bookshelves and now they look like this:
Notice they are all organized in order of height. They are also organized by category, paperback and hardcover. Yeah, I'm just a little anal. But they look great don't they? I wonder how long they will stay this way.
After this post, I decided to gut and purge the playroom to get rid of all the toys the boys don't play with. Note: dumping all the toys out on the floor is NOT the same as playing with them. I filled six kitchen garbage bags and a large box with toys, books and movies to give to Goodwill. I hope they bring a big truck when they pick up.
But despite the fact that I eliminated so many toys, they can still manage to make the playroom look like this:
This is seizure environment, I tell ya! What's a mom to do?
8 comments:
It looks great - I am a big organizer - I love a good organized bookshelf - all according to height/color. I do the same in my closet - by pants, shirts, skirts and then by color ... you did a great job! See you soon. Kellan
This is SO STRANGE, Nicki! I just organized Bean's bookshelf yesterday and while I worked on it, I wondered to myself, "How does Nicki handle this with the boys? I know this would drive her absolutely crazy." And now I see that it does!
But - there must be an easier way to keep this under control. What is it?
I thought that the before pictures of the bookshelves looked pretty darn organized. The books were on the shelves, not on the floor or thrown into a box.
I have such low standards compared to my bloggy friends and will now bow to your awesome organizational skills.
They look great organized, but I was thinking that it was nice that the books were on the shelves and not the floor! I'm about ready to go into my boys' rooms and do the same thing. It drives me nuts.
Fantastic job on the bookshelves! Trying to train the baby to not pull out all my books! How do you keep your little guy from rearranging everything?
lol, its an unending job isnt it?
Isn't it so frustrating? I try so hard to keep things neat and organized, and POOF! It's all undone in a nanosecond. GRRRRRR.
The bookshelves look GREAT!
Shortly after Christmas I freaked out one day feeling like toys (new and old) had completely taken over our house! I bagged up a bunch of ones that don't get played with often and put them away in a closet.... somehow our living room still looks like a tornado hit it nearly every day. *sigh... I may have to purge the toy box again - but I can only do that when DS isn't looking!
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