31 Days: The Hutch
This is just an embarrassing mess of epic proportions, so let’s just jump right in. This hutch sits in my kitchen. Literally. I pulled it out from the wall to paint.
It’s also covered in a ridiculous amount of dumb stuff.
Dumb stuff is also not limited to the top, it’s in the drawers.
Because this photo of me from 5th grade clearly should be displayed at all times (I have no idea where this even came from).
Look! More stuff haphazardly stored.
Also, the left door has been like this, since I inherited it from my grandmother. My plan has always been to refinish this piece and fix this door.
I will not be refinishing anything today, but damn, I can glue a door together. And I did.
Troy has apparently been using the bottom for Nerf storage. The difference between Troy and I is he apparently is a lot neater than I am.
AND LET’S NOT FORGET THE DUST.
I’m going to be honest, this project pissed me off, why are we so disgusting? I organized everything fueled by my rageyness.
I found a home for all the random junk that was on display and only put stuff in the drawers that we might use.
I even hung a needlepoint that I framed, oh, nine months ago.
I pity the first person that puts one random thing on this hutch because I am in a mood.
It really needs to be November ASAP.
For 31 days, I’m tackling the Hot Mess. Read all about it here.
michelle
Ok, I feel better now. I was starting to think th at your home was already so perfect that the only “messes” you had left were the butter compartment and keys. Nice work on the hutch.
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Katie
This is my FAVE so far of all your messes cleaned up because it looks eerily familiar to a corner in our kitchen. It’s technically where we store mail, but also all things unrelated to mail, like playing cards, expired coupons, birthday party and wedding favors collected over like 8 years, left-over cat medicine, and other stuff I clearly need in my life and can’t part with.
Great job getting this mess out of your life. I SO need to do the same. This weekend. For real.
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Leslie
That’s not actually you in the photo, is it? Isn’t that Zoe?
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thedoseofreality
I definitely relate the most to this one, because your hutch is basically my home. So, yeah, I am with you sister. And I feel your pain on the first person who walks by and drops a random toy there.
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Robin Jingjit
I’m with Michelle! I am so glad that you still have ridiculous messes like this. I mean used to.
I’m still working on my messes, slow and steady. Today’s saturday, so I hope to tackle something major like this.
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Robin Jingjit
Today I did 2 projects!! I weeded out all the broken toys from my boys’ room/reorganized the toy bin shelf AND ALSO put away/threw away a box of crap that has been sitting in my living room for 13 months!
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sarah
BUT WHERE WILL TROY STORE HIS NERF GUNS?!?!?
xae
Hahah…seeing this mess of yours is pleasing me way more than it should, but I’m just so glad I’m not the only one. The mess on my study table looks eerily like this, except there’s no space to study.
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Mynde
Here’s hoping the new home you found for all the stuff you took off wasn’t the dining room table ;0)
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ZDub
No, I swear I found everything a permanent home. There is a stack of papers on my dining room table right now and it’s make me twitchy.
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Jules
Ah, declutter rage. I know the feeling! Sometimes I tackle a project and become disgusted with myself. Then, when I’m done, it feels so good that I wonder why I put it off for so long. (And it never takes as long as I thought it would, either.)
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Tiffany
So I have a clutter problem myself. And my bathroom cabinet looked like your hutch. Minus the nerf guns. Well I read your post, decided to clean and organize it. Well I found 3 medications that were expired. And SEVEN pair of tweezers!!! WTH?? Why I have a tweezer collection, I don’t know? But your 31 day clean has motivated me at least for today!
Robin
I want a close up of that phone on the wall. The color seems to be magnificent!
Andrea @ Bubblewrapp'd
The “before” looks like every flat surface in my house right now.
The husband suggested that we need to just blow up the ridiculousness that is our house right now and start over.
Apparently that would be easier than cleaning and organizing all the crap that is sitting everywhere.
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