Messy Monday -> Makeover Monday: The Myth of the Sacred Space

You know how all the organization blogs say you should have one “sacred space” in your house? A calm, clutter-free room where you can retreat and breathe? Yeah. That was supposed to be my bedroom. Supposed to be.

In reality, my bedroom has turned into the family’s official dumping ground. As illogical as this seems, given our floor plan its nothing but logical. My room is the only space downstairs that has a door. Need somewhere to stash the mountain of Amazon boxes before guests arrive? Shove them in my room. Can’t figure out where that laundry basket goes? Oh look—mom’s room has floor space. Basically, if the house were a Monopoly board, my bedroom is “Free Parking.”

I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve walked in, ready to collapse into bed, only to find my so-called sanctuary buried under things that don’t even belong to me. The other day I had three unopened packages, a random soccer cleat, and somebody’s math worksheet on my nightstand. My nightstand! At this point, even my pillow isn’t safe.

So yes, the myth of the sacred bedroom is alive and well. I’m just still waiting to experience it.

✨ Quick Clean Tip:

If your bedroom has become the family drop zone, try this: put a laundry basket or tote just inside your bedroom door. Anything that gets dumped goes in there—not on your bed, not on your nightstand. Then once a day (or let’s be real, once a week), you can carry the basket back out and redistribute the stuff where it actually belongs.

Also, schedule that cleanout - or you'll find you have multiple junk baskets everywhere.