Organizing mail station in kitchen

“Our Home Central Station”

Okay, I have to admit that I absolutely love a clean and well-organized home. I love keeping my home nice and neat at all times, but I have a confession to make to you right now. If you were to open any of the drawers or closets in my home, then you would be shocked and maybe even a little horrified. Yes, my home appears to be perfect at all times on the outside, but I tend to hoard all kinds of knickknacks and junk in drawers. Ugh!

Little buckets holding pins and markers

Well, I decided that I would tackle one drawer and closet at a time in my home. I am easily overwhelmed with organizing tasks when I look at the big picture of what all needs to be done, but I just keep reminding myself to tackle one job at a time. I decided that the most notably cluttered space happen to be our tiny little “home central station” or mail station in our kitchen. Honestly, it was embarrassing and a huge cluttered mess. I had stuff put in drawers that were from Christmas 2-years ago.

Well, my cute little dresser that I purchased at HomeGoods had 2 drawers and 4 small baskets. The baskets were perfect to store baby items when I needed to grab them on the go, but I didn’t need all the baby stuff anymore since my children were getting older and the baskets were just being under utilized.  I decided to tackle the 1st 2 drawers and the space above the dresser. I still haven’t tackled the baskets yet, but that is on my list to do this week. Remember that I’m taking it 1 step at a time. 

I have to be honest and say that I’m truly embarrassed to even show you the BEFORE pictures of our mail station (a.k.a. – home central station), but here you  go!

Before Picture

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Disorganized drawer

Disorganized drawer

 

My inspiration for the makeover

Here is my inspiration from a recent visit to a model home in Kennesaw, GA: 

 

Mail station kitchen make-over!

 

Lining the drawers with wrapping paper

I used colorful orange and white diamond-shaped wrapping paper that I bought at TJ Max for just a few dollars to line my drawers. I wanted something that was colorful and playful and not dull and boring and easy to change if needed. 

Wrapping paper lining

 

Organized drawer

I used bright plastic little containers from the $1 store to “house” all of my little items in my junk drawers.

Organized drawer

Organized drawers

Nice & clean

I will admit that I do not need all of those markers and pens in the cute little buckets, and to some organization folks that would look a bit overcrowded, but to me it’s just perfect. You see, if I don’t put the pens and markers in full view, then I keep buying more pens and junking up the drawers. I’m a visual person, so placing my huge collection of pens and markers in cute little buckets works for me and it looks cute and tidy.

Model Home Inspiration

Before Pictures Of Kitchen Work Station – MommyDecorates.com

Disorganized drawer

Wrapping paper lining

Organized drawer

Organized drawer

Organized drawers

Little buckets holding pins and markers

Kitchen “Mail Station”

 

 

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