Day Six Toys: 31 Days to a Clutter Free Home

Well, my kids biggest playroom is our garage. That is where most of their toys are, so I spent today in there. It was in pretty bad disarray when I began...

Yikes. In our defense we spend a HUGE part of our day in here. If you have not yet turned your garage into a hub for family activities I HIGHLY recommend it! By having their toys in here it encourages the kids to play OUTSIDE which is one of our big goals. It also allows for many work out sessions a day interspersed with a lot of play. You cannot tell, but I actually go through these toys quite often and throw out broken toys (that is the biggest problem. My kids play rough!), outdated toys, or take toys inside that have migrated out here that do not belong. We also obviously have what looks like a Play It Again Sports shop going on in here. These are all things we actually need. All the kids sports equates to TONS of gear. Also, since Jamie is their coach in just about everything except hockey and gymnastics, we keep all gear that our team has outgrown so we can pass it around when the new season starts to try and eliminate any unnecessary purchases by our teams parents.

So here is the after...

It may not look much better, but everything is back in its home. The Blessing Bag Station is more organized, and its all blown and swept clean (and yes we need that mattress to practice the kids throws lol). This actually only took thirty minutes as everything just needed to be put away (the kids just had a busy few days of building forts and that always means a HUGE mess when all that stuff comes back in the garage!) Ready for more play! We spend so many happy hours out here. The night is the best when the kids drive their cars or just play in our cul de sac and Jamie and I can lay on the mats when it finally cools down. Probably my favorite place in our house!