New Rule

[susandennis]

From this moment on. Nothing in the Stuff To Hold Stuff category will be saved in this house unless it has a lid. Nothing.

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(See the prob with this closet? I can barely get to half the shelves. Note the stuff way in the back? It will live there forever because I cannot get to it. So, since I can't get to it, I have declared that part of the closet Dead to Me. I will not use it. I will only use the part I can get to and see. )



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Also new rule. No obstructive stacking. I am allowed to put stuff on top of drawers but, if there is anything I have to remove the lid to get to, will NOT ever have anything put on top of it.

I am not doing this again. My back is killing me. And, I'm not done. But I'm starving and the closet light ran out of battery so needs recharging.

I still have to make at least two trips down to the dumpster. Put the card table back in the hall closet. I have to corral all the remaining vessels and move them outside to the terrace storage. Once I am sure I will not need them for that project, they will get tossed.

But I am already feeling excellent about this.

Comments

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

if there is anything I have to remove the lid to get to, will NOT ever have anything put on top of it.

I am going to abide by this rule from now on. Genius!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Good rules.

[alice-mccoy.livejournal.com]

Well done.
I have a small bedroom where stuff lives. Its full of IKEA KALLAX units and i had to number each box and write a list of contents . Most of it could go....but might come in useful one day . Honest

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

It looks like you've been hard at work on that project

[susandennis]

I am a very sweaty, very satisfied mess :)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[(Anonymous)]

Great job! I envy you. I'm in Ontario and we have to pay $3.00 to put an extra garbage bag out to the street. Most people who declutter rent one of those big construction bins for a couple of weeks. Expensive but effective.

Ann in Ontario.

[susandennis]

Oh yeah we have to do the same here... except condos (and apartments). We have nice big dumpsters in the garage. Very helpful.

[carriea31.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is lots of work! Good job.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

Good rules.

[nanila]

That is a seriously Big Tidy Up. Nice one. Hope it makes all your projects easier to start.

[dadi.livejournal.com]

Wooow. I so wish my ADHD meds still did that thing for me like at the beginning, where I was able to do stuff like this....!

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

Wow! You should feel excellent about what you've accomplished there. Great work! Gold star!