{"id":244,"date":"2020-03-28T10:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/?p=244"},"modified":"2021-05-02T10:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T10:04:39","slug":"organisation-in-isolation-home-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/28\/organisation-in-isolation-home-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisation in Isolation: Home Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey everyone and hope you’re all holding up well under lockdown! It’s been a funny old two weeks staying at home, but I’ve decided to try and stay productive with all of the extra free time I’ve now got and have put together a list of things to keep you busy around the <\/strong>home during isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was completely inspired by Ruby Holley<\/a>‘s ‘Declutter Your Home & Your Life<\/a>‘ post and used this as a starter for putting together my very own list. Here goes…!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Organise book shelf (e.g. colour order)<\/li>
  • Sort out under the TV (e.g. clean up the wires, sort through Playstation games, DVDs etc)<\/li>
  • Burn out any almost done candles and then bin\/reuse the pots <\/li>
  • Sort & deep clean under the couch<\/li>
  • Deep clean the sofa including cushions, under cushions, etc <\/li>
  • Finally get around to re-doing the gallery wall including building the custom picture shelf<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Dining Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    • Clean and organise bar area – put all full spirit bottles in storage to declutter <\/li>
    • Sort through Vinyl shelves – rearrange and clean under shelves etc<\/li>
    • Empty and rearrange the pantry cupboard cleaning shelves, etc <\/li>
    • Sort through cutlery and bin anything that’s a bit old<\/li>
    • Sand down and varnish wooden dining table<\/li>
    • Repaint dining room radiator where it’s chipped <\/li>
    • Clean down glass on all frames\/prints<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Kitchen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      • Empty and rearrange cupboards – throwing away anything that isn’t used\/is out of date<\/li>
      • Empty and deep clean fridge & freezer, and throw away any contents that aren’t used\/are out of date<\/li>
      • Sort out under the sink cupboard inc all cleaning supplies<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Garden\/Outdoor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        • Organise and rearrange the outhouse\/shed<\/li>
        • Gardening tasks including sorting out existing plants, repotting etc and planting a few new ones<\/li>
        • Jet washing\/deep cleaning the paving stones (there’s some pink paint on there from last year we need to get up!)<\/li>
        • Jet washing\/deep cleaning the white brick walls<\/li>
        • Getting rid of anything that’s broken while in storage e.g. our solar powered string bulbs <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Hallway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          • Repaint the cupboards going over any chips <\/li>
          • Repaint the stairs covering any chips<\/li>
          • Finish the hallway gallery wall inc. ordering prints and frames and framing any existing prints\/photographs<\/li>
          • Finally get around to ordering some more wedding photographs for printing<\/li>
          • Sort out hallway cupboards and bin anything not needed<\/li>
          • Sort through post box and recycle all the flyers and junk mail<\/li>
          • Go through the hanging rack and put away coats\/scarves\/bags<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Bathroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
            • I’ll be spending some serious time hunting online for a good alternative to our hideous shower curtain<\/li>
            • Declutter all skin care shelves – throwing away empties and putting away things that aren’t used everyday<\/li>
            • Sort out toiletries cupboard <\/li>
            • Go through the medicine bag and reorganise<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Bedroom <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
              • Go through all old bedding sets and get rid of what we don’t need (or consider donating to an animal shelter)<\/li>
              • Sort out underwear and pyjamas drawers and bin, bin, bin!<\/li>
              • Organise bedside cupboards <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Dressing Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
                • Wardrobe changeover from winter clothes to summer clothes and putting all winter clothes in storage<\/li>
                • Ironing all the summer clothes before<\/em> they go in the wardrobe<\/li>
                • Clean all make up brushes\/sponges etc <\/li>
                • Make up drawer – take out all make up, clean inside the drawers and get rid of any products that are out of date\/unused before putting back<\/li>
                • Sort through jewellery and clean anything that needs it<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Home Office<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
                  • Sort through any old paperwork and get rid of anything we don’t need<\/li>
                  • Get rid of any old wires\/cables\/charges we’re lining on to for no reason<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    Misc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
                    • Make memory boxes – I finally got around to making my wedding memory box a few days back and it was such a lovely task, if you’ve got a special memory why not take the time to get all your stuff together (photos, tickets, memorabilia) and put it all together in an important place?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Now, I’m not promising I’ll actually get through<\/em> all of the above in the next few weeks\/months, but having the list is good for me to go back to every time I’m wondering what to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      I hope this list has provided you with some ideas to keep you busy, and I’d love to know what your productivity plans are in lockdown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      Alicia x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Hey everyone and hope you’re all holding up well under lockdown! It’s been a funny old two weeks staying at home, but I’ve decided to try and stay productive with all of the extra free time I’ve now got and have put together a list of things to keep you busy around the home during isolation. I was completely inspired by Ruby Holley‘s ‘Declutter Your Home & Your Life‘ post and used this as a starter for putting together my very own list. Here goes…! Living Room Organise book shelf (e.g. colour order) Sort out under the TV (e.g. clean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anything-everything"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Alicia","author_link":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/g2h32hkx24\/"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-scaled.jpg",1921,2560,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-225x300.jpg",225,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-768x1023.jpg",768,1023,true],"large":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-768x1024.jpg",768,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-1153x1536.jpg",1153,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2C7D0BB4-12F6-40A6-8DA7-0540BD9A9EBB-1537x2048.jpg",1537,2048,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alicia","author_link":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/g2h32hkx24\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Hey everyone and hope you’re all holding up well under lockdown! It’s been a funny old two weeks staying at home, but I’ve decided to try and stay productive with all of the extra free time I’ve now got and have put together a list of things to keep you busy around the home during…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}