Organizing 101: Spring to do list

I know it's technically not spring yet, but I caught the spring cleaning bug! I'm feeling inspired to reorganize the whole house, however I haven't actually started organizing anything! Ideally I would follow one of those "30 days to a clean house" printables on Pinterest, but I still live with my mom and sister which means not everything is my mess to organize (kind of a positive thing, I know!).

So today I made a personalized plan! I wrote down the 3 main areas of the house I want to organize. Then, I divided these into smaller projects. It looks a little something like this:

I found the printable on this blog.

I'll keep you posted on the progress!

Organizing 101: My beauty drawer + Top 3 tips

Something I wanted to do for weeks is organizing my beauty "stuff". I accumulated a lot of products, especially sample sizes, over the last few months. I was storing them in a small drawer, originally divided between full size products and samples but there was just too much stuff in it. On top of that I had perfume samples on another cabinet and some Deauty boxes (may and june) I still hadn't unpacked. Obviously, I lost track of what I already had and where it was.

Before (almost too embarrassing to share!)

I started by emptying the bigger drawer I wanted to use and divided the products into categories (hair, skin, body wash, etc.). Fast forward to the result:

After :)

This was long overdue but I'm very happy I finally did it! It's like a small drugstore in my own room! I'm not using these products (regularly) at the moment but when I run out of something I will have something new on hand and be able to find it ;)
Can you spot the empty Deauty boxes I used for storage? They look so neat!

I'm in no way an organization expert but here are my top 3 tips:

1. Collect storage boxes of all shapes and sizes you already have at home (mine are mostly from Ikea and empty Deauty boxes). This allows you to try and fit the right combination in the space you want to organize. 
2. Keep cleaning supplies on hand. That way the newly organized spaces are clean as well.
3. Decide which things you want to keep, throw away (keep a trash can on hand) and give to someone else. Make sure you get rid of these last two as fast as possible!

I've been tackling some other cluttered spaces in the house, let me know if you're interested in more blog posts about that! I know it motivates me when I read about other people's organization...