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Organizational Overhaul!

March 6th, 2013 at 05:12 pm

Despite the turbulent times and uncertainty of DH's employment (details haven't been divulged about merger/acquisition), DH's employer made revenue goals for the first time in the six years DH has worked there. This translated to a $1,500 bonus which resulted in a budget surplus of $960 after taxes.

We found a desk/hutch unit on craigslist located in our town. A very nice and large workstation, complete with a storage and work space. We're picking it up this weekend and I've needed to address our very cramped and dysfunctional work space. I am posting it below:



This islike airing my dirty laundry. What is missing from the picture is a tall seven shelf plastic drawer unit that contained office and school supplies.

We're also getting new carpeting in the four bedrooms and all the contents of those rooms need to removed. We had a snow day yesterday and moved all the photo albums/books down, and I'm pleased to say that we're somewhat organized. We did an initial purge and yielded one large bag of garbage, three large bags of items to donate, and one large bag of things to pass on to our friends. I've also decided to part with two CD holders from when I went through a British-inspired phase of life (Big Ben and the Red Call Box) which will be headed to a consignment shop.

So you will see how inefficient life has been here (I will add that most homework is obviously done between the kitchen table and dining room table and the computer is only used for printing out assignment and typing papers/research. The second CPU to the left died last week, so I can part with that. The lamp is ridiculously bright and matches the one on my dresser. There are also markers, odd cards, ipods plugged in and tons of chords. Also a collection of hex bugs (spider, crab, bug) around. It is time to embrace a simplified way of life!! And it is only costing us $250.

It will only get better with the new furniture coming. I'll post the AFTER pictures next week. Smile

5 Responses to “Organizational Overhaul!”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    You will be so happy to have things functioning better! Great plans for your home improvements.Smile

  2. CB in the City Says:
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    I'd say you definitely need a new workstation!

  3. Carolina Girl Says:
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    I would love to see after pics. Good luck with your new organization ideas.

  4. snafu Says:
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    Presuming new hutch desk work unit will use space currently occupied by one drawer desk...what is the plan for existing desk and 7drawer plastic it's useful to identify cords. A power bar accessible but affixed to the new desk [base/leg/crossbar] is practical and efficient. Corralling cords with velcro strips lowers the possibility of being tripped and keeps the 'jungle' neat. Will everyone understand that homework, research, materials will no longer be welcome on kitchen or dining rm tables?

    Looking forward to your next photos. I too need to redesign our home office. I'm still pushing bits of paper around a sheet of graph paper trying to make it workout spatially given electric sockets, windows and jut-outs in the wall.

  5. laura Says:
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    Game plan for what is present in picture: lamp will be reunited with other one on my dresser. Seven drawer unit is being repurposed for 5th grader who gave it a thorough cleaning and started to move in yesterday. The Mission-style desk will go into the boys' new room and will match the new bunk beds. The broken CPU will go back to parents' for hard-drive removal and then recycling (at stepdad's school).

    Homework will still need to be done at the kitchen table and dining room table (given the sheer number of five people doing homework), but I'm thinking about individual baskets or vertical files for each person to keep track of their stuff. Always trying to tame the paper dragon!

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