Fresh look = Fresh room

If you're reading my blog, I'm pretty sure you know me pretty well. If you know me pretty well, you'll know that I basically ALWAYS have a messy room. I think I contradict myself actually, because I'm a perfectionist and love everything to be and look perfect - but I'm lazy. So my room (as well as study, varsity bag, handbag, even computer desktop) gets messy quickly because I'm too lazy to put things back where they belong. 

I had already decided that I needed to have a fresh room to go with the fresh look, but through cleaning my room today I actually discovered some things that will help me keep up the fresh look. Okay fine Mom, I admit it, having things in order does actually help!

Here are a few pictures of how my room looked before

Of course McFlurry loves having a messy room - the more things to cuddle with the merrier! 

It took me just under an hour to pick everything up off the floor and my dressing table and put them in their rightful places. While I was hanging something in my cupboard, I came across a top I had completely forgotten I owned! It was hiding between two bulky long sleeved tops. This made me think of something my dear old Gran does: she puts her summer clothes away in winter. When the weather starts getting warmer, she then replaces her winter clothes with the ones she put away. 

I decided to take the things out my hanging cupboard that I don't wear anymore (such as my high school shirts and blazer, dresses I wore to dances throughout the years, summer dresses etc). 

I still didn't have enough space to be able to see each individual piece of clothing. I then decided to take the jeans out my hanging cupboard and put them in my non-hanging cupboard. To make space for the jeans, I moved a bunch of t-shirts into my 'summer' cupboard, a cupboard I had been using to store random old stuff. I also put all my hoodies in a smaller space because I don't really intend on wearing hoodies out anymore so it doesn't matter that much if they're wrinkled. In my non-hanging cupboard,  I re-organised my clothes from least favourite (back) to most favourite (front). By doing this I can now see what I want and be able to grab it quickly.

Cleaning my dressing table is chop-chop because of three nifty little gadgets. My best friend's mom, Aunty Carol, made me a dangly-earring stand / holder. It is an A4 photo frame with a piece of cardboard with chicken meshy wire stuff over it. The earrings are on display so you can easily spot the pair that best matches your outfit, and they're easy to just grab and go.



My studded earrings are in a jewelry box my cutie boyfriend gave me as a gift for our first Christmas as a couple. My family joked that he clearly didn't know me very well yet because all my jewelry pretty much tends to be any place BUT a jewelry box. The jewelry box is very pretty though, and I didn't have the heart to give it away. I cut out a piece of foam the same size as the inside of the box, and now all my studs just push into the foam. Having them face upwards is so much better because you can actually see the face of the stud, and they don't roll around at all. I love being able to see my studs in neat, accessible little rows, and Rijk is very happy that his present is finally being put to good use!

For some reason, I have an obsession with bangles; I have like a hundred of them! I used to keep them in a box, but I kept adding to my collection and then had to find a bigger box each time - not great when your dressing table is already tiny. When I went on netball tour overseas, I brought home the bottle of Starbucks that I bought. I had no idea how to display an empty bottle, so I put all the bangles around it. Talk about two birds with one stone! The only part of the Starbucks logo you can see now is on the lid, but that's okay, I know it's there!

So now that my room is tidy and my clothes and jewelry are organised, I'm ready to do my first outfit tomorrow! YAY ME! 

Here's to hoping it stays that way!
Roxy X