On Monday it was raining so Stephanie helped me with a jewelry project I wanted to do. Basically, the top of the dresser and back of the door was a giant mess and the way that my jewelry stored was hideous. No one really goes in our bedroom, so I didn’t need a fashion statement.. but the way things were just thrown on the dresser, or overflowing in a small dish, or hung 5-deep on the hook made it difficult to find anything. I don’t have lots of nice jewelry, but I could never remember what I had when I tried to get dressed and match things up in the morning. I needed a solution that would allow me to easily see everything.

Before:

Many months ago I ripped this organization article from Real Simple magazine but then I never did anything with it. This was a project I wanted to finish this summer, so a couple weeks ago I finally purchased the things I needed to get organized. Basically, I just got pearl-topped pins from Jo-Ann Fabric and linen pinboards from Pottery Barn. Then Monday, the rain, perfect opportunity to finally finish the project.

We took everything down and out of the room and dusted the bedroom. I was kind of nervous about mounting the pinboards because I tend to be impatient about hanging things and then have to do it a few times and it messed the wall up. Plus, this was something I would have to interact with so it had to be solid. Luckily, Pottery Barn provided detailed hanging instructions and templates for putting anchors in the wall correctly. I was able to hang the pinboards solidly on the first try. yay!

While watching TV, Stephanie and I also went through all of the jewelry and organized it and cleaned it with cleaning clothes. There were several pieces that I didn’t wear any more or weren’t my style any more that Steph liked, so she made out on helping. I had some cool belts that didn’t fit that were good for her too. Finally, I hung everything up on the pinboards and only put belts and my robe on the back of the door. I know a few more things will collect there, but we don’t need to have 20 hoodies and sweaters hanging back there at all times.

After:

After the jewelry project Stephanie and I had lunch at home. I was getting a little stir crazy so we went out and browsed around some of the little stores on Roscoe. It was overcast and wet, but not raining. Then we went into the last store and came out and all of a sudden it was sunny and beautiful. We quick ran over to the pool to see what the hours were, but it was only going to be open for 45 more minutes. We decided to pick up a few things at the grocery store. Since Steph had never been to Whole Foods, we walked over there. We also rented a movie from Blockbuster, something I haven’t done for years! I had to apply for a whole new card, but luckily that only took a minute.

For dinner we grilled turkey burgers and corn on the cob. Dallas teased us because we were looking at GrilledCornOnTheCob.com for proper instructions. Later on we were watching the movie we rented, Penelope, when all the storms rolled in. Steph and I were upstairs and it got so scary up there that we ran downstairs and finished watching the movie in the bedroom. Luckily, we’d just cleaned it that morning!

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