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How to tidy my room and keep it that way by Sherpa

"Ruthlessly did I evict all that would remain permanent blemishes to my vision of my 'perfect' domicile."

How I did it: I was not afraid to try things. I would hang several posters to the wall, but I was not afraid to remove any that seemed out of place.

I got rid of a plastic shelf, and replaced it with a large mobile closet unit. Painted white it matched my room.
At one point all the towels used in the bathroom next to my room (which lacks storage space) were placed on top. A convenient place to put them, except that people kept barging in to my room just for towels (my housemates occasionally forget that it's still MY room) I found a new home for the towels in an office space in the house. This walk-in closet "absorbed" a great deal of books, documents, old models in boxes, tools, bike stuff and more that piled up in various places.

A large unused amount of space remained on my dresser. I did not fill it of course, I placed books I read, or reference, on there as a convenient place to access them.

I have a small pile of clothes I wear often in a pile at the corner of my bed. Does not look very tidy, but I like it. The clothes are usually just the jeans and shirts I wear often.

I got rid of my alarm clock, replacing it with something I already had, my cell phone with an alarm built in.

I moved one bookshelf into an unused doorway, it worked freeing up space for this awesome wall hanging, and a place for my bicycle.

A small bedside stand is all I need, it is enough space for a book, and a small lamp containing one 14w CFL bulb.

Electronics are limited: I have my laptop, cell phone, digital camera (with it's own batteries and charger) and a AA/AAA battery charger. For now, this is all I feel I need. There is no TV, so no cable/satellite, or stereo. And I like it that way.

Lessons & tips: Do not be afraid to try things, many different things.
Having a bit of a theme can help focus your efforts.
My "theme" revolved around minimalism and keeping things easy to access.

Resources: None in particular, just some home improvement stuff, some hand tools. And your creativity of course! that's an important resource.


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    & I’ve actually made an improvement.

    I spent THE WHOLE DAY…like 10 hours non stop [okay 3 hours were spent doing a crossstitching pattern of a teddy bear I found] but still, it looks alot better. I moved some stuff around and it’s almost finished. Hurrah.

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    Cleaning 1 month ago

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    Untitled 4 months ago

    i v just done that. now sitting on my bed, what do i wanna say?
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    so i can take off my shoes. love the feelings of nature.

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    patiencedb

    Untitled 9 months ago

    want to tidy my room and keep it that way it is
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    Untitled 9 months ago

    I just want to be more organized.

    My clothes are all over the floor in stacks cause I don’t have anymore dresser space and closet space is taken. haha.

    Definitely something to work on. :]

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    jamfabulous

    SEVEN MASSIVE RUBBISH BAGS 11 months ago

    It’s tidy! I threw away everything I’ve been hoarding since I was 13.

    It’s still tidy after 8 days too…Wheyy!

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    Untitled 11 months ago

    I’m really struggling with this … I’m reasonably busy and my room isn’t the sort of room that it’s easy to keep tidy (everything is sort of squished in and the minute one this is out of place it looks like a bombsite :( it makes me sad … however, today is clean up day and a chance to turn over a new leaf.
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    hellokatie2012

    Untitled 14 months ago

    I try 2 keep it clean but i share it so its really hard! Any advice?

    Aug 31, 2008, 08:34PM PDT | 1 comment


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