So, the wife and I have begun the Herculean task of cleaning out our upstairs storage/pit of no return.
The upstairs in our house is a finished & carpeted area with minimal heating or cooling. Therefore, in the summer it roasts and in the winter it freezes. So, for the most part we have been using it as long term storage. This can also be identified as pretty much anything that we just don't want to make a decision on in the next year, goes upstairs and is never heard from again. Our upstairs area currently resembles an episode of Hoarders. We probably won't ever resemble an episode of Beautiful Homes of Whatever, but we would like the upstairs to actually be useful to some degree and not have so much stuff that it will eventually collapse in on itself and create a black hole above the bathroom..
The cats of the house, who do NOT approve of change, are upset with us and are underfoot.
Our primary goal is to clear out the upstairs, while sorting everything into three main categories. Keep, Trash and Ukazoo (local second hand bookstore that buys used books). My goal is to make sure that the Keep pile is the smallest of the three categories.
If we are successful in our tasking, then we can get a good idea of what to make out of the upstairs area. A simple space heater and sweatpants would fix the winter chill and possibly a portable AC unit would take care of the summer baking. In which case I think that it would become an excellent sewing studio, with a couple of comfy reading/relaxing/knitting chairs.
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