Our garage used to be a total mess - barely room to walk through it to enter the house. A year or so ago, I finally buckled down and cleaned it out pretty well and it was great. Then my mom decided to sell her house (my childhood home). I still had a ton of stuff stored there. You guessed it. I helped clean out her house and all the stuff ended up in our garage. Back to just a narrow path from driveway to door.
It was a beautiful spring-like day today, 71 degrees in January. I took the opportunity to spend some time in the garage, though not as much as I had planned. I did manage to pack 4 carton boxes with stuff to go to Goodwill. I didn't get to drop it off today, but I'll get it over later this week. That barely made a dent in the appearance of the garage, but it got me motivated to keep at it. I'm not sure what we're up to tomorrow, but if nothing is going on, I will get back in there and do more cleaning and organizing.
ETA: My biggest problem is I always hold out hopes of selling the stuff we don't want. We've done a few yard sales in the past, and have done well with them, but the stuff piles up far faster than it sells, and last year we never managed to have a sale. At some point, I just get to the point where I'd rather have the space than the money. Decluttering is very therapeutic.
Garage is a disaster zone - time for action
January 7th, 2007 at 01:14 am
January 7th, 2007 at 01:34 am 1168133691
One of my goals for this year is to go through ALL the stuff, one box at a time. What I won't use or has been ruined some how, is getting either sold ($20 Challenge), donated, or tossed!
Good luck on that!
January 7th, 2007 at 02:41 am 1168137673
This is going to be the year to purge, or so I tell myself.
January 7th, 2007 at 03:54 am 1168142057
January 7th, 2007 at 07:54 am 1168156472
4 boxes
and 4 more
than no boxes.
When I declutter, I toss or donate. My time is precious to me and often you'd get more for the charitable tax deduction than you would from the yard sale.
January 7th, 2007 at 01:23 pm 1168176230
January 7th, 2007 at 08:59 pm 1168203561
if there's stuff that donation places don't take don't forget that there's always craigslist and freecycle... good luck cleaning...
January 8th, 2007 at 01:27 am 1168219629
Might be worth calling an Ebay consignor and making some money.
Also, if you need inspiration to stay motivated, check out the show "Clean Sweep" on TLC if you've never seen it!
Good luck!