I braved the guest room this morning. It's the room that got converted into my craft room once we found out we were having twins. And then, was used as nursery furniture storage when we got the cribs and stuff long before the room was ready. And finally, it's been the dumping ground for anything that didn't have a place in Hulk's room, the twins room or my closet.
It was kind of a scary place.
Aaron and I went up there together on Friday, before Suzanne visited, to try and make space on the bed at least for her to sleep. So, I did get rid of a few things from the closet (old quilts, throw away pillows, crappy pictures we will never hang again). But I still had the lion's share to organize. Thankfully, Suzanne was the one who helped move the craft room over, so I did have a pretty good system in place, just needed to put a few things away, sort and throw away. But DAMN! We haven't cleaned in that room in ages, since it's been filled up with CRAP, so now I'm totally stuffy.
Aaron and I will tackle getting the give away and throw away piles out of there tonight, and then we can assess if I'm actually going to be able to enough space to make my elliptical machine usable. That would be awesome. I took that from my FIL's after it became obvious that it wasn't something he would use again - with visions of using it in the morning before I went to work. Ha. Then I got pregnant. So now, I have visions of using it to get back in shape after the twins come. A girl can dream, right?
I fully admit to putting 3 boxes in the closet that I can't sort through right now. But that isn't too bad for the amount of crap I've gotten rid of in the past 3 weeks. I'm pretty proud of myself! It will be good to have that room ready for guests - as we are going to have people here non-stop for a month once the twins arrive.
5 comments:
That is the problem with babies. They require lots and lots of stuff and force you to consolidate your own belongings! It sounds like you made good progress. And hey, 3 boxes of stuff in a closet is nothing compared to some folks.
You are an inspiration- I can only dream of how much you've cleared clutter...and how I would love to do the same...do I need something like babies on the way to drive such a project? Sadly- that is likely true...
I always feel like I just chase the clutter around the house. I get one room decluttered and all that stuff just kind of gets moved.
That is so awesome. I "started" one of our spare bedrooms today, then I stopped. It is bad, really bad. Its so dusty here too, even with closed windows so makes it even worse. I hope to finish up tomorrow, you've inspired me, thanks!
I hate starting projects like that, because they require so much work. But, afterwards, I feel so much better when it is all cleaned up and organized.
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