The Storage Room

I finally did it!!! I cleaned out the dreaded storage room yesterday! Last weekend, when my mother was here she needed to use the sewing machine (she was fixing a curtain for our playroom), and I was appalled that she had to go in the storage room. You literally couldn't see the floor. I was afraid that she would fall! Since this room had gotten so messy, we had just started throwing things in there instead of taking the time to put each item in its correct place.

Here are some before pictures.

This is my gift wrapping and scrapbooking table. The scrapbooking supplies are stored behind this table. The wrapping paper is to the right. The ribbon is stored across the room.

Here is a pile of junk!

A view of stuff just thrown in the floor. I had cleaned out the children's closets earlier this year and just put the bags and boxes of give away stuff in the floor.


Another view of piled up stuff.

As you can see, you can't really get to the ribbon....plus I had been going through the hand me downs, and I had gotten distracted before finishing the job.

Now for the after pictures!

The table is cleared and ready for working. The scrapbooking supplies are all neatly organized and stored.


A view of the empty floor.

Now you can get to the ribbon! I still need to paint a square with chalkboard paint on the front of these storage boxes. The labels with numbers are falling off. I have a master list with the number of each box and its contents hanging on the side of the shelf.

The sewing and computer corner

Shelves of miscellaneous items...mostly kitchen and food serving type things...items I use occasionally...like coolers, seasonal items, lunch boxes, ice buckets, etc.

A view of the "junk pile"---now you can see the floor and actually walk around!

All of this actually only took about 3 hours. I am so happy with the results. I just want to keep walking down there and look at it!

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