With four of us in an 850 sq ft house (with basement) space is at a premium. Each summer I get purging fever and feel the need to go through things and chuck (recycle, donate etc). I guess it is my way of psychologically balancing the 'one in one out' that doesn't always get done over the year.
Each summer for the past four summers I stare at the far wall of my recroom and cringe. It's full of clutter. Boxes and containers and piles of stuff. Mostly DS1's hockey stuff and a whack of DH's scout leader stuff. There is no store room in the house so this is where it gets dumped. On Sunday, I with the temps soaring, I sought refuge in the cooler basement, which is usually occupied by the boys. I stared at that wall and went batsh*t crazy. Couldn't stand it. So off to the internet I went to see how much it would cost to put cabinets on the wall. I have talked about it before but talk is cheap when one never does anything about it.
I found a few that were interesting but required drives to a neighbouring city. I checked out our limited resources in town and found they just didn't have what I wanted.
Home Depot to the rescue. We don't have one here but there is one in the city. The cabinets were 72 inches high and deep enough to hold a lot. The price ? $99. Now they are not solid wood. What is these days? I wouldn't have been able to afford them anyways. But $99 I could swing.
So yesterday I conned DH into driving with me into the city to get them. Four to be precise. The boxes are happily sitting in my garage waiting for assembly. I sure hope assembly goes well. The reviews were fairly favourable in that regard.
Where will the money come from? Well in July my paycheque is a bit larger as many of my deductions only come off in the 10 months of the school year. I will get $400 extra. yes!! perfect. So onto the CC it went, to be paid off in 2 weeks when my cheque comes in. There was $20 in tax. I have that left from groceries from last week, so I put it down on the CC already.
I am beyond excited and will be moreso when they are up (without a hitch) and happily storing my stuff.
3 comments:
That is pretty awesome! you will be so much happier that you have them & probably will be worth every penny! Good for you! :)
That is really nice! I do the same thing. I get a little crazy every once in awhile for decluttering. I'm in a condo with my bf, and well, sometimes things get out of control!
Sounds like space is at a premium but also things are not organized properly. The new cabinets will definitely help with that. My trick is always to remember where there is little room to go horizontally, use vertical space. And also double up functions.
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