31 Days: Troy’s Room
I’m just going to jump right in and you should know this truly makes me cringe showing you this. Say hello to Troy’s room. Jesus take the wheel because holy hot damn.
I know, he’s a kid, kids have toys. And Troy loves his toys.
THE SHAME, YOU GUYS. THE SHAME.
Please note Troy’s mattress is not on his bed. That’s because he’s been sleeping on it in our room on the floor. Not because of the mess, but because my children are the poster children for co-sleeping: HELL YEAH!
Or more like “Hell No, We Won’t Go (Sleep In Our Own Rooms)”.
Since he really doesn’t sleep in here, I have mostly just been keeping the door shut. Out of sight, out of mind until I went in to put some clothes away and almost broke my ankle stepping over a basket. I spent five hours in Troy’s room yesterday cleaning and purging. There were tears (mine) and a complete lackadaisical attitude towards the whole bagging up the toys (Troy).
With the threat of the sun going down and not be able to capture the cleanliness before Troy the Tornado was reintroduced to his space, I finished this project up with like 20 minutes to spare.
And Jeff felt so sorry for me that he took us out to dinner.
Don’t send toys, kthx.
For 31 days, I’m tackling the Hot Mess. Read all about it here.
Nanette
Great job, mama!
I have a 4-year-old girls room that could use a nice cleaning, particularly because I have yet to really clean it since we hosted 9 preschool girls here last weekend. Gah, the chaos!
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Tiffany
I would NEVER EVER EVER show my kids room willingly!! It does not matter how often we remove his toys that he doesn’t need, his toybox is always overflowing. And it also doesn’t matter if I spend 5 hours cleaning his room to the absolute not a speck of dust cleanliness, I walk by 2 minutes later. EVERY toy is out of he toybox all over the floor. And something sticky on the floor! I can mop his floor 10 times a day and always find a new sticky spot?? I respect that you posted a picture. (Now I know I am not alone) and You Rock for cosleeping! Minus the feet in th face in the middle of the night, or waking up with back pain!
Jodie in MN
Oh, I no longer feel so alone! I’ve been working on my 8 year old’s room for days, an hour here, an hour there, kind of thing. My boy’s a slob. Well, so are the girls, but I haven’t yet started on their disaster.
michelle
Is that his mattress on the bed in the last picture? How’d that work out?
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Zakary
I put him to bed and had to read his longest volcano book and then he asked for Jeff to lay down with him. He fell asleep in his own bed, but when our alarm went off the morning, Troy was in our bed.
Medium success.
Sally
Medium success is better than NO success.
tara
i’m pretty sure that after these 31 days are up, Martha Stewart will be contacting you to put your house in her magazine because it will look so lovely.
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xae
For a moment there I was like where do you make him sleep, but then I read more…phew! Also, I totally had to look up “lackadaisical” because my vocabulary is clearly very limited.
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Zakary
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Jules
Awesome job, ZDub.
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thedoseofreality
Hi, yes, welcome to my home and my children’s rooms. OH wait, this is YOUR house. My bad. By the way, his room looks amazing, and I am starting to feel a little sad that you don’t want to come 31 days my house!
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Elaine
Can you come do that here now please?
Kthx!
;P
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Leslie@MsMagpieWrites
Is anyone else picturing Mama Bear storming in and throwing all the toys away, like in The Bearenstein Bears and the Messy Room?
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Robin Jingjit
We have that book!! I totally thought of that!
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tara
the bernstein bears are the best!
my favorite one is the one where mama bear opens a quilt shop. at the end of it, they all go out to eat for burgers and chocolate shakes and it made me hungry every single time i read it.
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Zakary
I love it!
Also, Mama Bear had a subscription to Treehouse Keeping Magazine. I need to subscribe.
tara
oh man. if mama bear could have a blog, it would be amazing. if anyone takes that idea and runs with it, please give me partial credit.
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Robin Jingjit
Oh my goodness!! The transformation! You are so awesome. My boy Miles has that same bed from Ikea. We put the blue tent on and refer to it at all times as ‘the spaceship.’ The bottom part (where Lennon will sleep when he ever gives up the crib/when we give it away for one of my 31 days) is called the submarine.
Anyway that room looks amazing. My boys’ room is the one room in the house I really feel proud of.
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Zakary
We bought the tent, put it on, and then Troy said he “couldn’t breathe” under it.
SIGH.
Stephanie9545
Wow I’m loving this series! I feel such satisfaction for you and your daily organization. I’m expecting my FIRST (a daughter) in 6 weeks and God only knows what kinda hot mess awaits me. We already don’t have enough space for the crap. HA awesome! Thanks for motivating!!
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Zakary
Oh, congrats! Daughters (and sons) are the best.
Stephanie Precourt
Wow looks great! Gray’s door is ALWAYS CLOSED. I can clean it and within seconds all of his socks are hanging from the blinds, Bakugan cards carpet the floor, and underwear is all over his pillows. I don’t get it. LITTLE BOYS.
Steph
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Lisa E
I don’t think anyone would fault you for taking a couple of days off, after this project.
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rachel
You deserved not only dinner but a foot rub and an entire bottle of vino! Nice job! I love this series! xo
LouLou
This series is so inspiring, I feel like cleaning! Keep on posting!
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Hi there, I check your new stuff like every week. Your humoristic style is witty, keep doing what you’re doing!