Before & After: Attacking clutter in the basement and finding a home for the treasures
Article posted on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Before – Laura Ray Organizing
The Situation
This family’s large basement store-room had become a catchall for camping gear, entertaining items, unopened boxes from previous moves, inherited art work, mementos, photos, toys, crafts, and gift wrap.
The family was frustrated and overwhelmed, because they wanted access to many of these items. They also wanted to solve the mystery of what was in the unopened boxes.
After – Laura Ray Organizing
The Solution
We attacked the clutter with a divide and conquer strategy. Using three other basement rooms — since we couldn’t move in the cluttered room — we brought out items and divided everything into the categories mentioned above.
Once the items were sorted, we conquered each category and pulled out volumes of items to donate, sell or toss.
When every category was sorted, Laura created a storage plan for the room consisting of heavy duty metal shelving. Every category had a home and each shelf unit was labeled. One side of the room (not pictured) was just for crafting and gift wrap.
The family was happy to know that the unopened boxes were children’s toys and books long outgrown. Most of it went to a foster care charity. They are also thrilled to now be able to find anything in their basement in 15 seconds or less!
Comments are closed.
As seen on Fox 5 & TrustDale
Follow Us
