I wanted to give you all a little progress report. I have been working hard in the garage. What a huge job it is. Click
here to see my original post (with lots of horrible photos). The amount of work this whole thing is taking is motivation enough to never allow this kind of mess to happen again. Clutter really is more than just stuff lying around. It is a time waster, energy sucker and guilt rider!
Anyway....things are going fairly well out in the black hole
Here are a few pics:
Inside the big black garbage bag is my huge Christmas tree. I ordered an
artificial tree storage bag today....I hope it gets here soon. It will tidy up that area.
The shelves are still in the process of being organized. If you remember what this whole area looked like before - it was a disaster - I couldn't even get to those shelves!
Here is the other area I have been focusing on:
I love this garden tool holder. It is from Wal-mart - I think it cost about $14.00. It has wheels on one side so you can pull it to wherever you are working. The table on the left side of the picture is going to be set up once the garage is cleared. Remember I want this to be a storage area/art studio.
I zoomed in on this area in my before picture so you can see just how much has been cleared out of this space......take a look:
Look closely and you can see the red tricycle underneath all those boxes! Maybe my daughter will actually be able to ride it now
There is still a lot of work to do. I have consolidated the huge pile that covered most of the garage.
I know it looks like the city dump! Everything behind that ladder is for the garage sale or thrift store. There are two tables set up with piles and piles on them. I'm going to need more tables for the garage sale. I wish I had counted how many bags and boxes of kids clothing I have sorted through. Last year I went through a lot of it and couldn't (or wouldn't ) let it go. Over the past few weeks I have let go of most of it. Today I was putting some of things I am saving in space bags to help them stay fresh. I found myself getting rid of more stuff that I had planned to keep just a few days ago. The more you de-clutter, the more ruthless you become.
That's all for now. Stay tuned.......
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