I have come to a conclusion: there is no room for anything in this house.
After days of clearing out the upstairs scrapbooking stuff from the storage closet, only to organize what I kept back in it, it just seems like I still have no room for anything. Add to that the full SUV I took to Goodwill drop-off this past Saturday, and I still have a cluttered garage. Every shelf and bookcase and cabinet is completely full.
I thought of turning to Craigslist or some similar way of advertising all the stuff I want to set fire to banish from the premises. But I am a bit *ahem* leery of doing that. Maybe I’ll just set it all on the sidewalk with a sign that says “FREE STUFF”. All I know is I have plans for this house, and that entails getting rid of a LOT of crap:
- I want to set up a dart board and a fridge in the garage.
- I want to have my own scrapping area.
- I want to put all the books in shelf units.
- I want to organize all the power tools into ONE place.
- And finally, I want to set up my stained-glass art area.
I have PLANS, people. I just need the oomph to get going.
That, and more shelves, apparently 😉
February 8th, 2013 at 1:48 PM
We have the same problem. I’m considering a 40′ shipping container to put all the crap in.
February 8th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
If I had the space here, I would get one 😀
February 8th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
A teeny bit less overstuffed here – I found three skeins of the same color yarn with no dye lot, which is all I need for a project. I can’t believe this isn’t going to require two trips to the store, and that I’m actually getting rid of something in the stash.
February 8th, 2013 at 3:05 PM
I love it when a plan comes together 😉
February 8th, 2013 at 7:13 PM
buy a bigger house!
February 11th, 2013 at 8:36 AM
That would mean having the room for family to come visit, FoH.
I’m not THAT crazy 😉
February 9th, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Mom & I just discussed this the other day. In light of 1) exorbitant shipping costs and 2) no one we know needing any more “stuff” we’ve decided to just take pictures of things we’d like to buy for each other and email them 🙂 That also frees us up to be completely extravagant. 🙂
February 11th, 2013 at 8:37 AM
That’s just brilliant 😀
February 10th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
You and Cruel Wife are much alike.
Flyoverhere, a bigger house does not fix the problem, only defers it to a later date. We have tested the theory and found the inescapable conclusion. Largely what has happened is overflow into the “Man Areas” and this causes moments with heightened circumstances.
If we ever move it will involve lots of piles in the yard, multiple cans of diesel, and multiple books of matches.
February 11th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Here, it’s overflow FROM the “Man Areas” into MY work areas. Ironically, he gets to enjoy the heightened circumstances, not me 😉
February 12th, 2013 at 8:49 AM
I comment here.
February 12th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
And there, apparently 😀