Keeping it Simple (part 1)

Sometimes I get frustrated with how messy my girls' rooms get and how quickly they get that way.  I find myself and/or my husband telling them things like 'Do we need to throw some of these toys away since you can't put them away?' or 'Maybe you don't need to get anything for Christmas.'  But when it actually comes time to clean their room, I realize how many toys they DON'T have.  Compared to the amount of toys their friends have, you would think we didn't have any money!!  This last time we cleaned their room I decided to take before and after pictures and time us to see how long it took myself and the girls (ages: 6, 4 and 3) to clean their room.  I wanted to show myself that even though it may look awful, it really isn't that bad and maybe we really don't need to threaten with getting nothing for Christmas.

The room I am going to share with you today is Emery's room/playroom.

BEFORE:

Pretty bad, huh??

Well, like I said, I set the timer on the ipad and......

Yep, that's right!!  LESS THAN 10 minutes!!  and that includes getting it vacuumed!!

Not too shabby, huh?!

AFTER:

 1st picture -  You can see we have the work bench and a chair and there is a basket in between the crib and the tv stand with all the dress up clothes in it.

 2nd picture - All of the stuffed animals and dolls go into the blue bin.  The baskets on the shelves have little toys that aren't necessarily a part of anything else.  

3rd picture -  The desk and any workbooks, a couple coloring books and pens.  Really anything to play school with.  The purple shelf in this picture is one of my favorites.  It is magnetic!!  I didn't take a picture of the shelves on the other side, but it has baskets with play food and dishes, magnetic dishes and the tools for the work bench.  

All that mess for so few things!!  See when I type out what they actually have it really isn't that much.  KEEPING IT SIMPLE makes for a quick, easy and painless clean up!!!  

Stay tuned for other rooms we KEEP SIMPLE!!