COVID Made Me Do It – Loft Reorganization #962

On Friday I decided that I wanted to finally get to the purging I would tell myself I was going to do with my belongings in my room. I was tired of the cricut being thrown in a corner, my small desk being completely cluttered, and my couch was full of crap I didn’t want anymore. So yesterday, when I woke up I decided I wanted to rearrange everything all over again in my room; but I needed to start with the purge I kept putting off.

I went online, I googled where to find the plastic drawers I like to use in the utility closet and I placed an order. I bought two new 3 drawer plastic storage, I bought a utility cart that I pictured would help organize my Cricut and my work stuff, and I bought more of the plastic bins I had bought months ago when I started to reorganize things to adjust to me being home all the time. I actually love these plastic bins, and since I knew I wanted to open up my closet I knew I needed to get some to organize my purses.

This has been a coping mechanisms of mine my entire life. Anytime I felt like I was anxious, stressed, or even depressed I would decide it was time to change something. That something would typically depend on what I was actually feeling, or going through. For example, if my boyfriend at the time and I had gotten in a fight, or broken up, or I was mad at my friends I would instantly turn to changing my appearance. I would cut my hair, get bangs, and sometimes even change my hair color just because. Other times, I would feel overwhelmed and I would decide, on a whim, that I wanted to purge everything in my bedroom. There would be times when my mother would come home from work and my room was in shambles. The bed would be in the middle of the room with every content formerly located in my closet or dressers piled up in mountains of crap on said bed.

In high school, and college, even when I lived in Orlando. I would start the change process and I wouldn’t go to sleep until I was done. It didn’t matter if I had to be up early for school or work the next day. I would not stop until I felt everything was where it needed to be, or at least enough of it was put away that I could sleep on my bed.

So, since I have been in complete denial about how long we’d be working from home; every so often, I find myself reorganizing where things I am using or storing related to my work. Since I bought the cricut a few weeks ago, it was sitting on the ottoman close to my makeshift work space. It’s been driving me crazy having my desk so cluttered, and the cricut thrown to the side and the rest of the contents on my couch at the front of the room. It was time to get organized; plus I had honestly been putting off the purge I wanted to do for weeks.

First things first, I organized the front utility closet and purged those drawers. My pajama drawer and the utility closet were the areas I wanted to purge anyway, so it was perfect. I emptied each of the plastic bins in the front, threw to a pile on the couch the clothes I didn’t want and I finally organized where things should be stored. Then I threw out the pajamas I don’t wear, and I organized the seasonal pajamas too. It was about damn time. I didn’t intend on organizing the stuff in my dresser, on the bedroom part, but since I was on a roll I did so.

I built the utility cart, no wheels, and put it in the space between the chevron chair and my work space that was starting to pile up with work and cricut stuff anyway; this gave me the chance to declutter my desk. I could even take away the TV table I put next to my desk for the receipts I brought home from the office when this all started; but I decided against it just because I don’t want to end up cluttering the desk again. Using the plastic bins I had bought, I organized the armoire under my TV so that my books looked put together, I used some of them in the catch all drawer in the top dresser, and I used some of them in the utility cart for organization.

The left over plastic bins I had, which honestly I could buy some more to keep organizing the spots where I tend to pile things on, I used to organize the purses on the top shelf of my closet. I did this specifically because I knew that by removing the doors, you could clearly see into the closet and if the purses looked as messy as they didn’t to begin with I would get annoyed. I actually think the way the purses are organized works great with the new look in my closet.

I’m really proud of how the room turned out; even more so for the workspace that I am using. Again having been in denial, it took me 5 months to organize my work area; Although I’m glad I did, it could (and should) have been done sooner.