As you can see, I've been putting this off for fear of losing an appendage every time I touch the dilapidated old box:
Deciding that it was past any hope of repair, I discarded the bottom portion, but kept the lid. It was still in good shape and can serve a temporary purpose for me (you'll see that in a sec!). We could choose to do our 15 minutes of decluttering in either the bathroom or the laundry room. Since our bathroom is at least under control, I opted to start tackling the laundry room closet. I had gone through it once a year or so ago, but it has since become the catch-all area for holiday decorations. Now that we have a dehumidifier in the basement though, it's safe to move them out of the laundry! I decided to work from the top down, so here's a quick before shot of the top shelf:
And an after/before shot of the shelf below it. I decided to move my newly cleaned out laundry supplies up to the shelf since I don't go for a new bottle all that often, and I'd rather have a clear floor. See the lid to our old box? Someday I would love to get a big wicker basket to keep all these things in, but until I decide for sure what I like and save up for it, the lid works just fine for keeping everything together:
And, here's where I was able to get to before the timer ran out:
I realize the *almost* total emptying of this closet may seem a little overzealous given its size and the fact that I'm planning on turning this room into a laundry/craft room, but my thought process is that for now, it is just laundry. I don't want to clutter it up with things serving any other function but to get our clothes clean and taken care of. I would rather have the space, and add a new function later, than decide I finally have the funding to add a new function and have to delay it while I open up the space. Here's to blank canvases for dreaming big! :oD
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