Weekly Focus Room: Master Bedroom

I don’t know if I’ve ever shared this on the blog, but I am a bit of a perfectionist.  If you were to walk in my house right now, you’d probably never know it because every room in my house has some unfinished project or some small pile of something that needs to be put away {or laundered}.

What I’ve realized about perfectionists {or maybe it’s just me} is that sometimes we can get so overwhelmed by the chaos and lack of organization that we give up.  Well, I’ve decided to give something a try this summer, to see if I can make some headway on getting my house in better shape and getting some of these unfinished projects completed and piles put away before summer ends.

Along with the other basic housework that needs to happen each day or week {laundry, meal prep, kitchen cleanup, vacuuming the floors, tidying up the house, etc.}, I’ll spend any extra time I have working in my weekly focus room.  At minimum, my plan is to deep clean the focus room, but also work on any other projects that have been lingering or haven’t been completed.

I’m hoping this will help me to stay on top of my deep cleaning, but also give me the opportunity to make some progress in each of the rooms in my house.  I have long lists in my head of things I’d like to do in each room and I know I won’t complete them in one week, but I think it will help by knowing I’ve made some progress and that I’ll revisit the room again once I’ve gone through the other rooms in the house.  

My first focus room was our master bedroom and I actually spent 2 weeks on this room because of the break for 4th of July.  I have to chuckle at the thought of calling it a master because the builders in 1940 had no idea what a master was.  But, that’s what you’re supposed to call you own bedroom, right?

I have neglected our bedroom for far too long, which is why I decided to start there.  I spend more time keeping the main living areas clean that I end up letting our room become completely out of control.  Not good…especially considering it’s our room and I’d like to think of it as our personal sanctuary.  Ha!

I have lots of ideas for this room, but I knew I couldn’t complete them all now.  So, I decided to stick to the very basics – washing the sheets and pillows, dusting, vacuuming, hanging a picture or two, looking for a new lamp and lamp shade, and just straightening up and putting things away.  The dust alone in the room was insane too.  Can we say ceiling fan?