Org Junkie's Monthly Organizing Round-Up - May (Kid's Rooms)

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May's Round-Up was Kids' Rooms. Unfortunately, my only child died nearly 3 years ago at 26 weeks gestation. We had only moved into our house a week before her death. The room we planned to be hers sat empty for a while, and eventually morphed into a storage room. I kept the door closed at all times because it was too depressing to look into the room and not see a crib or any little girl accessories. We hadn't had a chance to buy anything for her between our pending move to this house and the fact I was hospitalized for 2 weeks followed by bed rest at home for the remainder of my pregnancy.

Recently, I had the thought that maybe I would turn my daughter's room into a craft space since she is my biggest inspiration and I have not another space in my house that could be used solely for crafting.

I was already planning to do this during the month of May when I saw that Org Junkie chose Kids Rooms for this month. It has been a difficult month, besides being emotionally draining to do the room, but also because I have been sick with not one, but two, nasty colds, and not to mention other things popping up that have had to take priority over the room. At last, I've finally got it to the point where I think I can share. There's more to do, but all in due time. I don't think I'll win the contest or anything, I may even be too late to officially enter, but it was good motivation anyway!

After I cleared out the room, I painted it in a color called "Grape Lavender". I just love the color and how the room just feels so much more...NOT like a storage space.

From the entrance BEFORE:

Same view AFTER

Inside the Room BEFORE:

Same View AFTER:

(I got all these shelves at yardsales!)

Facing the other direction AFTER:

I started filling up the shelves with items for my memory box project:

I have more to do but I think it's off to a good start. I want to find a better table. The table that I have currently is actually a card table and it's too plush on top to really be good. So far I haven't had any luck finding a good table, so I'll do what I can with that one now. I am eventually going to put more shelves in the closet, or a closet organizer that can be kept in there permanently, to do some more organization. I have a few things to put on the walls, including that bulletin board that you see in the photo above. Hopefully I'll have all that done when the CRAFT ROOM challenge is here.

If you linked to me via the challenge, please come again soon to keep up to date on the progress of this room!