Organizing Challenge

I love reading the blog called I'm an Organizing Junkie. This month, Laura is hosting a 30 day organizing challenge. We are supposed to pick one area in our house that needs to be organized, and post before and after pictures. It's a contest, but for me the reward is going to be in having an organized house.

So.... here's my pick. My WHOLE house. It feels like we are knee deep in clutter. And I know that there are some areas that have been organized before, but are not now. (The other part of this challenge is getting my family to continue the organization after I've started.) My specific room will be my bedroom/sewing room. My specific small area are my closets. I have five fairly large closets that are not being used appropriately because of the clutter problem.

So, I'm going to try to post some "before" pictures of some key areas. And I will be working on this project all month. Wish me luck! Oh, and I have started in some areas already. LOL

Hugs,
Melinda

This is one of the cabinets. It's down low, and it's for my girls dishes. We started cleaning this one yesterday, by getting rid of some of the "extra" dishes.
My bathroom sink area. I cleaned this up, mainly by taking all the books back to the bookshelf.
This is our outside closet. See all those trash bags? Toys. All 7 of them. (You can't see 4 of them in this picture.) I have been through these bags. I pulled out two bags full of stuffed animals (no green teddy bears though), and another bag full of toddler toys. Those were donated to a nursing home, and to a friend that has a day care center. My next step is to go back through these bags to pull out "favorites" and then donate the rest of them. My children have way too many toys. These are the dishes that I don't use that often but that I do use. I need to organize this a bit better.
Part of my sewing area. I really need to get this area organized, because otherwise, I can't sew. I can't quilt. I can't be my creative self.

Like I said, when I can't even find my sewing machine, it's a sad day. (Oh, that quilt on the back of my chair got donated to a DAV thrift store on Monday.)
I'm working on finding a home for this box. I've been through it, pulled the trash out, pulled the yarn out, pulled out the fabrics I'll use. The rest of it needs a home though.
My husband needs help with his cable clutter. I really really want to do this NEXT.
I want my kitchen shelf/ledge/bar to be clutter free. I think this will be a good spot for a Thanksgiving buffet. But it has to be clutter free first.

See this pile of coats, blankets, and pillows? I put the blankets on the correct beds, the couch pillows on the couch, and.......................

I hung the coats up in this closet. (This is a before shot of the closet.)More sewing stuff. Except it's in the dining room. I want this storage drawer unit, plus the other one I have to eventually go in my closet. And that big brown box on the left side of the picture??? Gone. Donated to the DAV thrift store on Monday.
And this is another problem closet. There's the pack and play that will be given to my SIL at Christmas. But most all of those boxes underneath is either paper clutter or just plain JUNK. I don't like it, and I want to get rid of it. And the blankets to the left in this picture are going to get sorted and organized and some will be donated.
I really need to organize my office supplies and Sweet Pea's school supplies. More of husband's clutter problem. Do you think I can help him? And does anyone know where to donate used electronics?