Monday, January 10, 2011

The Boy's Room Reclamation - the unedited before pictures.

My son is hopelessly disorganized very creative. He creates pictures, Lego ships, stories, train layouts, and more. When he's done creating one thing, he moves on to another thinking little of what he's left behind. Project Reclamation has begun and he might not be so happy about it. But I'm unwilling to walk by this disaster area any more.



Notice him sitting here playing his fish game oblivious to the disaster around him.

I'm more tolerant of his sisters' messes - their rooms are in the basement and I don't walk by them as often and nagging my children just sucks. (Yes, I realize it's unfair of me to expect him to keep his room clean and not care as much if the girls do, but tough - he's the baby of the family and probably gets way more than they ever did so he can deal with it!) He did help me clear out the clutter and now we're left with this.

It doesn't help that his clothes bar is so high he can hardly reach it from a step stool (which seems to encourage him to dump all his clothes on the floor).
This afternoon's project: empty out the closet completely, including shelf and bar, and paint inside the closet. Stay tuned for the rest of reclamation.

4 comments:

Scott Reisig said...

You found our cat under all of his junk?

Jennifer said...

:) The cat has been insane today. She's probably afraid we're either moving again or going on vacation.

Amy J said...

We had the same issue in the kids closet in the old house. We got this hanging bar for Nora's clothes so she could reach. The uppoer portion can then be used for off season or clothes that were too big.

http://www.amazon.com/Whitmor-6021-378-Double-Hang-Closet/dp/B000QWKP7K/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1294696968&sr=8-4

Jennifer said...

Thanks for the tip, Amy. We're going this evening to check out the closet systems at Home Depot. I'm not willing to spend a ton of money though, so the double bar might be a good option.

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