Lost in the clutter: Gave up!

I have been a teacher and hoarder for many years. I currently teach fifth grade and came across a site called "Clutter-free Classroom". This program offers a step by step way to de-clutter and organize all the stuff I've collected over my many years in the classroom. So I am going to give it a try. I am planning to retire in the next few years and would like to leave with a few boxes of meaningful belongings instead of a truck load of stuff to store in my garage!

The first assignment was to photograph my classroom as it is today - a complete mess! I am truly embarrassed to show these pictures to anyone but I know it is the best way to get me moving and become committed to this journey. So here are my photos.

I am fortunate to have a very large classroom with 23 students.

My room is decorated in red, white, and blue with 5 large storage
closets along one wall.

This area is for completed classwork and homework. As you can see
there is little organization to this clutter. Many papers are
lost in this area!

This is one of my teacher areas. It is located in the left front of the room .
I conduct my whole class lessons from this area.
And I can never find a pencil when I need one!

Our Science Area
We have two classroom guinea pigs named CJ and EV.
Their litter and food are stored under the table.
Our Science program Laser i3 materials are
displayed on the bookcase.
I need to find a better place for the TV!

The sink area houses starter plants and cleaning supplies.
The small refrigerator is empty except for a few
vegetables for the guinea pigs.

The first closet holds cubbies for extra books
coat hooks, and lots of extra
supplies that are impossible to find when needed.
I was looking for binder rings today and just gave up!

Closet #2 holds another 12 "cubbies"
for students and mainly empty
containers. I just noticed the wire rack shelf
that I didn't know I had
but I don't remember why I wanted it.

Closet #3
Arts and crafts supplies
Tools and lots of other stuff!

Closet #4
On the left side are Science materials
On the right are Social Studies and Math manipulatives.
When taking this picture I noticed the bag hanging on the door.
Inside were incentive prizes that I had purchased at the beginning
of the year and had forgotten all about.

I couldn't get into closet #5 but it holds more boxes
of craft supplies. For Christmas my school made ornaments
to send to Joplin, Missouri, since many residents had lost
everything during a tornado in May. We made 450 ornaments and I
was able to supply all the materials need to make them. I had everything
from pom poms, beads, pipe cleaners, bells, foam, ribbon, kits, paint,
glue, buttons, sequins, glass ornaments, pins, etc. to make all the ornaments.
I didn't need to buy anything! And I still have lots left over!
Games are stored in the white shelves.

My classroom library. I made adjustments to the shelves so
they would hold two rows of books.
The bottom shelf on the left has come apart and is being
held up by two dictionaries.