Tidy Tuesday

Warning. This post is FULL of pictures! Because of the amount of pictures, I'll try to minimize the amount of words. So, after deciding to purge, sort, and store my medicines in a place besides my bathroom (see THIS post if you don't know what I'm talking about) I realized that I needed to purge, sort and restore EVERYTHING in my bathroom. And I did!

I have VERY little storage space in my bathroom, so this is an essential thing to do and maintain on a regular basis. Here is my storage shelf before:

 Above the bathroom mirror vanity before:

 EVERYTHING was taken off the shelves and out of the mirror vanity. Here is all is on my dining room table:

 After I saw all the CRAP that I had, I went through everything and threw away expired stuff and purged useless stuff. This is after the sort:

 Everything was sorted into "like items". Here is my basket of electronics:

 My hair stuff:

 My hair products (yes, I have doubles of things, but they go out of stock so often here that I buy multiples when I can):

 Lotions and body sprays (note: I did NOT buy ANY of these, they were ALL given to me! I haven't purchased a lotion in YEARS, lol!):

 Makeup and nail supplies:

 My "paper" products: 

 Other toiletries:

 Pedicure/Manicure stuff (again, ALL of this was given to me):

 And here is my bathroom storage shelf after!

 And my Vanity Mirror after. The white basket holds my hair products and the other one holds my pedicure stuff. The red thing on the right of the mirror is a heart shaped ramekin that I re-purposed to hold q-tips. I used an empty pesto jar to hold our brushes and combs. (BTW, That white basket is driving me nuts! It's too wide to be up there but I haven't found another basket to replace it):

 Sink After. I didn't get a before pic, but trust me, it wasn't this nice looking. I keep my lotion RIGHT THERE so I have no excuse to not use it. Also, I re-purposed that green mason-like jar for our toothbrushes. I love that it matches my mouthwash! lol!

 Top rack of the storage shelf; NAIL STUFF! And since this pic, I've added at least 4 more nail colors... I may have a problem, lol.

 The second rack has my makeup box and the third rack holds my electronics and hair accessories. They are in that white makeup bag right up front:

 Fourth rack are my "paper" products and some "other" stuff including hair dye, extra toothbrushes, etc.

On the bottom shelf is just extra toilet paper rolls and baby wipes. Yes, Angel Baby is potty trained, but she INSISTS on using wipes instead of toilet paper. She's SUCH a princess! 

That's it for this week's Tidy Tuesday. If you've made it all the way through the post, THANK YOU! Now I need to do some more tidying up for next week! See you on Thursday!

Tidy Tuesday

This is a new type of post that I'll be posting every once in awhile. Spring is in full bloom here in Bella Italia, and the fresh season is making me itch to clean and organize! I was reading on a blog (Simple Mom I think, but I can't find the post now) about storing medicines. SO, since my bathroom organization was getting a little out of hand, I decided to find a solution! The recommendation was to NOT store your medicines in your bathroom. The moisture and temperature changes that occur in your bathroom cause the medicines to lose their effectiveness. It was recommended that medicines should be stored in your kitchen, away from the refridgerator and stove (because of temps again). WELL, that's where I had the problem. My kitchen is VERY limited in space. To show you what I'm talking about, here is the refrigerator side of my kitchen:

And here is the stove/sink/cabinet side of my kitchen:And that's all. There is NO cabinet space away from the fridge or stove! So then I started thinking, what the heck should I do? Well, I came up with an idea, found 2 gorgeous little baskets in the exact sizes I wanted and got to work. First, collect and sort/purge all the medicines in my house:This was AFTER the sort/purge. Then I separated the medicines into an adult basket and a kids basket:
The first aid kit belongs in my truck. I have no idea WHY it's been in my house for so long! I restocked it, made sure nothing was expired, and put it back where it belonged. THEN, I put the new medicine baskets away in their new home:

Yup! The baskets look AWESOME in my entertainment center! You can't even tell what they are really for when you see them. They just look like 2 nice little decorative baskets! I love it. So, while I was doing my medicine sort/purge, I opened up my spice cabinet above my stove and found a couple more medicines! UGH. And then I realized how MESSY that cabinet was! At first, it looked like this:And that is just the left side... imagine a mess on the right side just like that. This is what it looked like after I reorganized and threw away ALOT of crap:
AH! That is so much better! I actually know what I have, and I can FIND it when I need it! Yes, I realize I have a lot of teas, but I love a cup of tea before bed.

So there is my first Tidy Tuesday post! I'm hoping to do more in the future. I know there is ALWAYS something to clean and organize in this house of mine, with our 3 mess monsters living here. What do you all think? Where do you keep your meds? How does your spice cabinet look? Any advice on my cabinet? And Mom, I know you're going to comment on my alcohol bottle collection..... lol!