Decluttering Challenge Day 3

Hey Everyone!

Today's area I spent a little time decluttering is one of the cubes in my homeschool shelf.

This cube storage holds all of our homeschool books, puzzles, games and manipulatives and it tends to get cluttered very quickly. In a house full of ADHD, any area with a flat surface gets filled with stuff and this shelf system is no exception.

Here is the before photo:

As you can see, there is just a bunch of random things in there. Craft things my older kiddo has painted that she no longer wanted, whiteboard cleaner and a ribbon from a gift we got for Christmas.

So here is the after shot:

Much better!

To be honest, I am not even sure I will keep these models and the game as we have not used them for a fair while. And I could use the space to put some things for my nieces when they come over. We have a set of markers and colouring books for each of them as well as some puzzles and games. So it might be nice for those things to have a space.

What have you been decluttering?

Thanks for reading!

J xxx

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