dbn13

Our basement is a bit of a zoo. It's unfinished, but we have a nice wintertime play area set up for Will. It's full service though - we do laundry down there, store crap, etc.

Well, I decided to take it on today and I'm completely overwhelmed. We've got to have 20+ plastic storage containers, mostly filled with Will's clothes that I refuse to get rid of until we know what we're having. If it's a boy, it's getting reused. A girl, I'm selling it or donating it to charity. We have holiday decorations stored down there, etc.

I just can't take it anymore though. I think I'm going to have DH get a storage space nearby to store these things for the next six months or so just to get it out of the way. Before we head back to Texas, we're planning on having a big ol' garage sale, so I can take the time to go through it then. In the meantime, it's got to go.

mommy23ms

We have a bonus room above our garage - 1000 sq feet of clutter!! I have to close my eyes when I go up there because it bugs me to no end. But it's just one of those things you never get to.

It will be DH's "man room" one day so we'll have to purge sooner or later.

Lynni

As much as I complained about my house not selling, there are benefits to not having storage. I have to purge.

I'm sorry. I a HATE decluttering.

Vanesa

Dawn I think youneed to tackle aa little bit at time.
If not sure it's overwhelming. I think it's better if you do it before moving and before bb#2 is here. And for the clothes if you are going through it, be sure you have it separated by age. So it's going to be easy if you going to reuse it.

KATin NJ

Dawn,
I hear you. Our basement is not a play area, so it's TRASHED. DH has a very strange obsession with Rubbermaid totes. We have over 50 of them, labels and stacked neatly in the basement, but my decor takes over every ounce of extra space. I am not interested in getting anything organized, since it's a dungeon down there!

Maybe you are nesting? Cleanng the basement would be the LAST thing I would think of doing. LOL.....You are funny. I will fly you to NJ to clean out mine next. Order the dumpster!

KBtotheBB

Seriously! Mine next!

I don't even try with my basement anymore. It's not finished or anything, so there are spiders galore down there. I'd spend most my time down there running away and screaming.

KATin NJ

Eek...our problem are the camel crickets that hop.....ugh.....

BigNutbrownHare

I am the neat labeled Rubbermaid tote person as well. Only right now our garage is a complete mess because of holidays and temporarily storing large toys that were in our playroom out of the way for showings. I want to take a day off and get it back in shape. It bothers me to no end.

Definitely nesting on your end, though, Dawn.

KATin NJ

Ally,
This officially confirms that you and DH were twins separated at birth! LOL.....Maybe you need to come along when I fly Dawn up to clean my basement. You can follow behind with the labeling gun!!!!