Reorganized Dresser

Well, due to innumerable technical difficulties, I have not posted in a long time!  I was really hoping to have more projects done that I could post about, but really, I'm not sure why I was expecting that much out of myself during  the first two weeks back to nursing school.  I must be crazy!  I've been lucky to get to the right places at the right time, so most of my project plans have fallen by the wayside.  Yesterday, however, I finally had a little bit of time to start on a small mission: reorganizing our dresser.

And by "start", I don't mean "finish"!  I merely cleaned and reorganized the top, because that was the most OMG-this-is-driving-me-nuts part of it.  Here is what it looked like at first (note the large empty space that until recently was where our printer sat.):

Not much going on, functionality-wise up there.  And yes, I do have plans to refinish this dresser when we get a house.  But while we are in this apartment, I'm leaving it the way it is...the better to match our Silent-Hill-Sanitarium walls.  Anyway, for the time being, I wanted this area to be a little more functional.  So I rearranged my office supplies in the wire sorter, and set up the binders beside it.  My file binders are one of my absolute favorite projects so far.  I will eventually do a post on them, as well as my home management binder.  

Notice how convenient this set up is for mail.  Next to the binders, I arranged my free bowls to hold some of my jewelry and hair items, subsequently making more room on our bathroom counters.  To spruce it up even further, I brought in my poor, neglected bamboo plant from the living room. 

The jewelry in the bowls will be yet another post. That's one area I have been productive in.  All in all, the dresser top turned out pretty well, I think.  Not as pretty as I would like, but the goal for now is functionality.  

Since this is organizing related, I'm going to link up to a few link parties: