tackle it tuesday - the art cabinet

Today's Tuesday tackle is actually part of last week's tackle. After getting in the groove of getting some things organized last week, I moved on to the art cabinet, which desperately needed tackled (again!).

I've come to the conclusion that there are a couple of reasons why I just keep stacking things on top of the cabinet instead of putting them back inside (well, besides just being lazy).


Problem #1: There are toys in front of the cabinet, so opening it means moving the toys every time I want to get in there.


Problem #2: It's child-proof from those roaming hands, and to get into the closet means to annoyingly take off the lock.


So, that's why it always looks like this...


And sometimes it spews onto another shelf...


But not anymore! I was bound and determined to fix this situation. I'm sick of it looking so sloppy all the time! It's just not me!

So, I took everything out of the cabinet...


It was actually pretty therapeutic to just dump it all out on the floor.

But then the real work began and the mess started to take over the room as I attempted to sort things in stacks...


It just kept growing further out into the room and I was losing my steam really quickly...


But I fought through it and finished with success!!

top 2 shelves

bottom 2 shelves

Most everything was already labeled...it just needed a better system. I found a few things around the house that would help. Again, gotta love going shopping in your own house!

Ahhhh...that's better!

Problem (hopefully) fixed! No more lock and no more toys blocking the front. Already we've kept things quite organized (ha! it's only been a week). I set some rules in place and Mikayla knows she must ask if she wants to get anything out of the cupboard and rather surprisingly, Austin stays out of it with no problem as well.