More Cleanin' Up!

Well, my adventure to clean up the chaos is continuing. The past 2 days I've worked on the hallway connected to the kitchen and the bathroom, both that were seriously "pile-mastered!" I just finished them today (I was a little slower on them as I worked diligently on the summer reading challenge as well...shhhhh! more about that in a bit.) I even vacuumed or swept the floors in both areas along with the kitchen floor. I have honestly found that posting my goals and knowing I need to take pictures of the completed projects has helped me stay on track with this challenge. So, even though I don't have many readers, as long as you all don't mind reading about this type of mundane every day thing, I'm gonna keep at it.

Here's the before pictures of the hallway and two shots of the bathroom...


Here's the after pictures of the same areas...


Ok, just because I know some of you are going to be saying, "What's with the flames on the toilet lid?" First, you must understand, my husband has been an autobody shop man for over 20 years fixing and painting more vehicles than I can count. Second, we have 2 sons that also love cars, trucks, and anything with wheels. So, one evening I came home to a "surprise" from my beloved guys....a new customized toilet seat lid. Please notice the details...fancy prismatic color changing paint, green color tones to "go with" my bathroom colors", and of course the Chevy logo embedded in the flames. Randy just couldn't understand that I was a wee bit upset with this customization; somehow he didn't think it clashed with my swans and flower motif at all. LOL! I can honestly giggle about it now, but just as honestly I will tell you that at that specific time I didn't think it was humorous at all. Here's a close-up for the details...

Summer Clean-Up Challenge

EEEEKKKKKKK! After the house becoming the "dumping grounds" during baseball season I really need to do this. Thanks so much Lisa for posting this challenge, it's one I'm taking on. If anyone else is interested, just click on the summer clean-up graphic in my side bar and it will take you to Lisa's blog and original post about the challenge.

Yesterday (and a bit this morning) I was able to get the kitchen cleaned up. I still have the floors to do, but I will do those once the connected hallway is picked up as well. I plan to move onto the hallway this afternoon so I'll publish before and after photos of that area when I'm finished. By the way, I have received many commendations for being a supreme pile-master, so you will see many examples of my fine work in most of the before pictures! LOL!

Here's the before pictures....ugh!!!


And now the after pictures....much better looking!!