Basement Progress + Exciting Announcement!
Hey guys! So I've been working away down in our basement family room trying to finally get all the junk cleared out! When I did our family room reveal back in February I mentioned how we still had a bit of a storage problem in the back that needed to be dealt with. Well here we are 6 months later finally dealing with it!
The pile of junk only continued to spill out into the living space so it was time I faced the music. All the gift wrap, git bags, ribbons, and tags got a serious purge and those that got to stay I organized onto this trash-picked thingy-ma-bob that was clearly a DIY gone wrong. See it there in the back? I have no idea what it's original purpose was supposed to be but when I saw it on the side of the road I knew it would make terrific gift wrap storage!
I organized all my gift bags into one single bag and tied it to the back of the caddy with some leftover ribbon. Then the whole thing slid in nice and neat next to my craft desk.
Now why the sudden need to purge you may ask? Well aside from having a baby and realizing she won't be a baby forever and will need a space for all her toys...we're having a garage sale! After living in this house for two years now (July 20th was our official house-iversary) it was time for a deep-cleaning. Anything we moved here with us and we never used was getting the boot! No closet, drawer, or cabinet was overlooked and it's all going this Saturday!
Moving on back into the family room, it now feels so much lighter and more functional now that everything has a place and there is no more junk corner looming in the background.
For example, this cedar chest hadn't been cleaned out since we moved in and was holding board games, faux pumpkins, and four sheet sets...talk about random. Two of the sets I forgot we had so I washed them and put em upstairs in our room where they belong. The other two sets we never used so they were moved into the garage sale pile. Now that I've cleaned it out of what doesn't belong I can use it to store the board games and pumpkins and know specifically what is in there.
If you have boxes, drawers, or cabinets you haven't gone through since moving, go through them now! It feels so good to find things you forgot about but also to get rid of things you clearly don't use or need!
To the right of the chest is this closet nook that used to be bursting with junk. Now it just holds extra cardboard boxes and gift boxes...as well as pieces of my brother's hotrod he's currently restoring in our garage. So yes, those won't stay forever and we can eventually turn the space into a proper toy room! That way toys can be organized and accessible and yet hidden away from the rest of the room.
To the left of the cedar chest we have Dan's drum set that he doesn't play anymore but doesn't want to get rid of just yet. For now it doesn't bother us to tuck it away in the corner but eventually when we need the space he may need to pass it along to someone who would love to use it. Oh and the hole in the ceiling is from a vent cover that fell down...gotta put that back up!
So while this room will definitely be more functional and useful when Evey's older and starts to accumulate toys, the main purpose of this room for us now is a P90X workout space for Dan and movie watching room with our projector.
As for the exciting announcement...I now have a YouTube channel! My channel name is My So-Called Home so please head over there and Subscribe to see all my more in-depth video tours as well as organization and decorating tips!
To see the tour of our basement family room click below or watch it
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