• About
  • Contact
  • Shop
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • Crafts
    • Disney
    • Kids
    • Sewing
  • Holidays
    • New Year
    • Valentine’s
    • St Patrick’s
    • Easter
    • Mother’s and Father’s Day
    • July 4th
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
  • Cricut
  • DIY
    • Cleaning
    • Organization
    • Projects
    • Scroll Saw
  • Downloads
    • Printables
    • SVGs
  • Recipes
  • Life
    • Family
    • Fashion & Beauty

Crafting in the Rain

Why My Favorite Number is 27

Organization

This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link.

7 Feb 2012
  • Share
  • Tweet

27 is kind of a magic number for me, but not because it’s my age.  Been a few years since that one now.  I’ll tell you why:  I’ve found that any room or area of my house looks a million times 
better if I put just 27 
things away.  It usually 
only takes a few minutes too!


Let me show you an embarrassing picture of my garage floor.  

This is right at the door from the inside of the house, and it looked like this for probably two weeks.  Yep, for two weeks, every time we went in or out of the garage we were stepping in or over spilled crayons markers and pencils.  Why is it so hard to just do a job like that sometimes?  I don’t know.  But I finally decided to do use my 27-thing trick, and look at the difference!  I counted all the crayons as one “thing”, and it still only took about 3 minutes to clean up this whole little spot.   Now we no longer risk sprained ankles or death as we go in and out of this door.



Another visual proof for you?  How about my kitchen counter after breakfast and making lunches?  This is what it looked like the other day after getting the kids on the bus.  I do realize that I could put each thing away as soon as I’m done using it–but, well, there’s a reason I don’t run an organizing blog 🙂

Go try it.  Pick a room (or the table!) and put away just 27 things and see what you think!

Related Posts:

  • Why do Scroll Saw Blades Break?

1 Comment

« Sweater Hat Tutorial–Kind Of
Balloon Candy »

Comments

  1. Tammy says

    January 12, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    I think I can do that 27 things!! Tyvm

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Hi, I'm Stephanie - Welcome to Crafting in the Rain where I've been blogging about the crafty life since 2011. Read More…

Archives

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Index
  • Privacy Policy

Stephanie Paxman is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Copyright © 2011-2023 Crafting in the Rain