Judy’s Master Bedroom

The door didn’t open all the way and this was the view right as you walk into the master bedroom.

To the immediate right of the doorway was a large dresser then a closet both overflowing onto the floor.

Another view of the entrance into the bedroom.

There was a massive storage unit in the bedroom housing purses, clothes, and miscellaneous items.

The closet isn’t super large but it was stuffed to the brim and spilling out onto the floor.

Between one side of the bed and the massive storage unit in the bedroom there was barely any room to move.

In front of the bed was a beautiful bench that could not be seen at all because of the pile of clothes onto.

There was also a large shelf case holding papers, magazines, electronics etc.

There was another large dresser in the room that was completely taken over by the toiletries and other personal products on top.

There was a master bathroom to the other side of the second dresser but it was barely accessible because of the lack of room to get the door opened.

One of the first things that got completed on Day 1 was clearing the doorway and enabling the door to open fully.

After I cleaned the bed off, I also cleared the bench off in front of the bed so that I could use it as a base for sorting things as well.

The immediate concern was cleaning everything off of the floor. To do this, I created a base (a clean and organized flat surface) for sorting things.

This large storage unit was eventually taken down, but first I had to clear away everything that was on top of it.

There were several storage units stacked on top of each other for shoes. I took out all of the shoes and went through them with Judy (we had a huge yard sale afterwards and Judy made a few hundred dollars!!).

Because there was so much on the floor, I pretty much got everything up and put it on the bed. Then I was able to organize things to go through from there.

I also relocated the large shelving unit to an adjacent room, organized the papers into bins and piles on the shelf and left the electronics in the main room to go through. Most of the electronics were sold online.

After moving the large bulky storage unit out of the room, I realized that the room seemed uneven. So I took the shoe storage units down and, instead of stacking them on top of each other, laid them next to each other to create a more balanced feel. We weeded through many of the shoes as well to get them all to fit in the units.

A large task was clearing off the nightstand and clearing out all of the drawers. The top of a nightstand should have no more than three things besides a lamp.

Now that the window is not being blocked, the room is lighter, and feels bigger and more airy.

Judy found another small table to use as a nightstand for the other side of the bed. So I put that in and used it for additional storage. There are some bags that seem messy in the photo. These things were Judy’s husband’s personal items so they were neatly stacked by his side of the bed.

The closet was dramatically cleared out and re-organized. The bags on the shelf, shown here, are holding purses and wallets that are needed often. Judy is going to find some pretty bins to put those in.

Now the master bathroom is accessible and clean!