A Clean Start

Part of our plan for 2012 is to reclaim the poorly used space on our second floor. Mattie is the only one who really uses the space (his "room" is the bathroom);  the two bedrooms and landings had become a place to put things. This was once organized, but over the past year, has become increasingly random and out of control. So much so, that I thought we were going to get put on that TV show Hoarders. Starting January 1, Mike and I have been making a concerted effort to organize and clean up the second floor. We have thrown out several lawn and leaf bags of trash (10 or so) and gotten a shocking number of items together for the yard sale we plan to have this spring.

Our landing only has a few key things now. The chair is a candidate to go downstairs...

The bedroom is free of debris.

As shocking as the transformation may be for those of you that saw the horror before we started cleaning, we did not just shove things into the other bedroom and the attic. The attic has about 40% less in it that it used to (and is nicely arranged). The third bedroom is still undergoing work. We have to sort through paperwork and organize a variety of things. It is the last room remaining.

We even had a burn party to get rid of 4 years worth of my bills.

Yard sale stuff.

The photo above is of some of the items ready for the yard sale -- yes, all the way from the pole, to the wall. We have another big group of items in another part of the barn. I can't wait to see this stuff GO!

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