February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 13 (Home Office & Craft Room Organization)

Good evening, savvy savers! Can you believe we are almost half-way finished with this month! So, today is going to be another organization day, but today we will be focusing on our home offices, bookshelves, craft areas, and/or home libraries. 

This is a very important challenge for me as I work from home, and so I spend an inordinate amount of time at my desk. You would think that would mean I automatically have the motivation to keep that area neat and tidy at all times.  And while generally speaking my desk is clutter-free, my drawers, rolling cabinets, and shelves are not!  My inbox/outbox too, was a mess, and my vertical files were full of unneeded papers, review guides, and coupons I hadn’t looked in several months. I firmly believe that home are our most important investments, and therefore our most important business. Keeping this space organized is essential to keeping our homes running more smoothly. 

So, for today I challenge you to join me in cleaning up these areas in our homes. 

A few tips to consider today in your home office:

• Create a container for important family and personal documents; this includes licenses, insurance forms, medical records, etc.
• Clear out your coupon binders, and make room for the extra inserts coming this Spring; be sure to donate coupons to Coups For Troops. 
• Tax files over five years in age, can be shredded and discarded.
• Be sure to recycle all paper products.
• Magazines can be donated to public schools and libraries.
• Tackle boxes make awesome crafting, beading, and thread organizers.
• Consider grouping like books together on shelves; educational, biographies, fiction, non-fiction, etc.
• Any books you would not consider either home reference editions or you would gladly re-read, place to the side, for local book swaps or library donations. 
• Re-think your office furniture; dressers, buffets, and other larger pieces can still be functional desk spaces, and will allow you to have cabinet space, too!

I’m really excited about today’s challenge, and I hope you will join me in getting rid of all of your access office, craft room, and shelves clutter today, too!

Please stay tuned tomorrow for today’s recap and the Day 14 Challenge!

 
Here’s to saving,

 

Challenge Links:

• The 31 Day No Spend Month Challenge!
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 (Commitment & Pantry Organization)
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 Recap
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 (Menu Ideas)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 Recap
• February No-Spend Challenge: Day 3 (Dine Out At Home)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 3 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 (#Choose30 Challenge)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 (Coupon Swap)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 (Rain-Check Shopping)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 7 (How To Save On Your Utility Bills) 
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 (Preparing For Cleaning Week)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 Recap 
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 (Establishing Cleaning Routines & Decluttering Zones)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 (Bathroom & Linen Closet Organization)
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 Recap
• February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 (Clean Off Your Counter-tops)
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 Recap
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 (Clean Out Your Closet)
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 Recap