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$100 Room Challenge: Mudroom/Pantry Clean Up

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$100 Room Challenge· Room Makeovers

9 Sep
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It’s week two of the $100 Room Challenge. In case you missed the first week, and are scratching your heading wondering what this is all about, you can go here for week one’s introduction.

As you may remember, my first goal was to clean the mudroom, and clean it I did.

Cleaning the Mudroom

Empty the Space

Cleaning the Mudroom

I start every organization project by emptying the space. First, it makes the cleaning part much easier, and second, you actually can see what you have in the space. What did I have?

  • A ton of Ziploc bags storing food that was intended to be eaten… last year.
  • A bunch of empty boxes that once stored food.
  • Some canned good that were past their expiration. *Note: If canned goods are past their expiration, that means it’s been sitting on the shelf for, like, 2-3 years. That translates to, “Throw it away. You are never going to eat it.”

Clean the Space

Once the space was empty, I cleaned it. Here’s what that involved:

  • Washing the Floor
  • Washing down all the shelving
  • Washing down the bench
  • Washing the window using the best glass cleaning rags ever!

I now have a cleaner, more organized space. At least no one is going to break their neck upon entering the house. Now I’m on the hunt for some food storage options because these boxes do not make for a lovely, cohesive space. Stay tuned because I think I’ve got some fabulous ideas that won’t cost an arm and a leg.

What the Mudroom Looks Like Now

Cleaning the Mudroom

Wanna Catch Up or Jump Ahead?

Week 1 // Week 2 // Week 3 // Week 4 // Week 5

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  1. Lucy says

    June 1, 2016 at 8:31 AM

    Simply love all the frugal space challenges!! Great job! Hope you don’t mind me copying your great ideas!!

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    • Erin Meyer says

      June 1, 2016 at 9:29 AM

      Thank you so much! And I write these posts hoping to inspire others to either create the same project for themselves, or something similar, so please, use the ideas!

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  2. Sharon says

    September 9, 2015 at 9:34 PM

    Big improvement, Erin! Now comes the fun part–spending the $100!

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    • Erin Meyer says

      September 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM

      My thought exactly. It’s a pretty tight budget though. I did hit the dollar store yesterday with my pantry in mind.

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  3. [email protected] says

    September 9, 2015 at 5:43 PM

    That looks so much better already! I can’t wait to see how you transform the space for $100. I’m also anxious to know what space you’ll be doing next month 🙂

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    • Erin Meyer says

      September 10, 2015 at 2:51 PM

      I have a list of about 10 spaces I want to do. I know FOR SURE what I’m doing next month, but I may have you lovely readers start voting on the spaces after that.

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  4. Stephanie @this abundant life says

    September 9, 2015 at 7:32 AM

    Wow! What a transformation! I am sure you can really use that room now! Wish we had a mud room! So what kind of organizational genius are the clipboards on wall? Maybe you’ve shared before, but I would love to know. You never cease to impress! It is also nice to see that even you can have a room that gets away from you! ?

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    • Erin Meyer says

      September 9, 2015 at 9:45 AM

      Thanks Stephanie! This room feels a whole lot better now! About the clipboards… here’s the link to what I use those for (it was one of my very first posts on this blog 🙂 ). http://www.the-organized-life.com/homework-station/ Have an amazing day!!!

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