Yet another boring house-project post

[hrj]

The last major house to-do list (updated back in December) is winding down to a close. Not all the items are done, but enough are that it’s worth re-prioritizing from scratch. So here’s the new list to be posted on the refrigerator door for inspiration.

(For reference: “6S” (known in some circles as “5S”) is an industry program for organizing and streamlining production areas. The “S”s are things like Sift, Sweep, Sort, Standardize, Sustain – although no two lists seem to be identical. As used here, it’s shorthand for “remove everything from the area, determine what needs to be thrown out and what should be kept, determine the optimal location for items being kept, determine the optimal storage organization for those items, and incorporate them into an overall program for maintaining that organization.” In an industrial setting, it typically includes marking out and labeling “home” storage locations for objects, but I tend to ignore that part at home.)

Dining Room
* 6S tops of filing cabinets
* deal with contents of filing cabinets
* review contents of art-supplies cabinet
* 6S top shelf of cookbook shelves
* complete 6S of magazine boxes

Bedroom #1
* 6S closet
* sift through fiction

Bathroom
* 6S medicine cabinets
* 6S contents of drawers and sink cabinet
* long-term project: replace sink cabinet?

Utility Closet
* clear out top cabinet
* organize publications inventory and shipping supplies

Kitchen
* finish organization of tool cabinets
* 6S top of refrigerator
* continue review of under-utilized kitchen equipment

Stairwell
* 6S coat rack
* long-term project: replace coat rack?
* remove accreted objects from under-stairs storage area and find organized use for the space
* very very long-term project: turn under-stair space into half-bath

Laundry Room
* remove accreted objects that are not related to doing laundry
* create organization system for laundry supplies that makes cleaning easier

Bedroom #2
* 6S closet
* organize music shelves and shelf-check/catalog music
* long-term project: paint?
* long-term project: make new curtains
* very long-term project: install Murphy bed

Living Room
* 6S sewing cabinets
* catalog fabric stash
* 6S computer desk
* long-term project: make new curtains