Hi, my name is Abi and I admit that I have organizational anxiety. I love to organize! Now, my house is not perfect by ANY means. But I love to buy things to organize. It inspires me! I have ignored 1/4 of my basement for about 3 months just because I know the evil messy creature that is lurking in that dark corner. I do ALL the organizing in our house and the basement is a very big place, so it's taken a lot of motivation to get this ball rolling. Our basement is the 'catch all' for everything I don't want to see upstairs. We used to be 'semi-sane' before Ethan. But kids have a way of collecting a lot of junk. Toys, baby clothes, baby gear, blah blah blah.
So as much as I am humiliated to show this, I must do it for the integrity of this project. Here is a before photo of our 'evil messy creature' lurking in our basement. (Please do not judge us based on this photograph.)
So, for Christmas I asked for storage shelves large enough to hold tote bins. I'm so envious of people that have their basements/garages lined with organizational furniture. That stuff is not cheap! So, my parents granted my wishes and I got one large storage shelf. The beginning of my motivation!
Meet my best friend for EVERY organizational project. My Dymo Label Maker. This is a must-have for all women.
So with my new shelf together, label maker in hand, and about 3 large trash bags later... Mission Organization - COMPLETE!
(Please ignore the hideous Bo flex that everything in the basement must "work around". It NEVER gets used. Oops! Did I say that??)
I could probably use 2 or 3 more shelves. I realized that half of all my junk is just baby stuff. So someday, maybe I will have a completely organized basement. Wishful thinking!
Here is the shelf put together and loaded with totes.
This blog helps me stay motivated. If I could just get my husband to organize his work bench, we'd be in tiptop shape.
Stay tuned for more House Mayhem!
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