Comments on: The shameful basement

By: A new, dark dining room - Little Victorian

A new, dark dining room - Little Victorian — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:46:33 +0000

[…] while I was working on the basement, I went over our over-stuffed paint shelf again. We had already gotten rid of all of the […]

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:31:28 +0000

In reply to Leena.

We’re pretty much on the same page. He doesn’t want to get rid of quite as much as I do, but we are both doing the simplifying.

We loved the stuff too at some point, that’s why we had it all! Now we love getting rid of it. 😀

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:25:21 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Haha, well if you’re a pack rat, I’m glad you don’t live close…I don’t want to add to your problem. 🙂 High ceilings are so nice, ours are all oddly well under 8 feet. Hopefully you’ll find work again soon and can start fixing your place up!

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:19:47 +0000

In reply to Karen. You too Karen! Are you going to post about it?

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:18:49 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. I felt that way for quite a while too--like there wasn't anything we had that we could do without. But now that we've been doing this for a while, we can even go through rooms that we have simplified twice, and still find items we don't actually need. And it feels so good. :) Maybe these articles will help, if you're interested. Start here and Just in case.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:37:05 +0000

For us it’s the garage – that has no room to have a car parked in.
At least 4-5 times a year we’ll devote a Sunday to reorganizing, but then we do the work around the house and things don’t get put back where they go, usually because we’re tired or a child is needing our attention and it gets unmanageable again and we start all over.
I’m not really sure we have much in there that could just be tossed though, so I guess we’re stuck

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:49:32 +0000

You are NOT alone! I feel like I could have written this post- my basement is pretty much yours’ twin when it comes to clutter, tools, etc. I keep trying to organize- I make progress, then regress. Lately I’ve been more determined- trying to spend a little time down there each night- eating the elephant a bite at a time. Good luck on your basement!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:30:33 +0000

Wow I wished I lived close to you. I’m out of work right now so can’t afford a lot of things, plus I’m a pack rat. 😉 I think our house is a folk Victorian also, it has only two bedrooms but we have really high ceilings. Some past owner did a lot of updating, so we have a decent kitchen, bathroom, and washer and dryer hookups. But once I start working again I want to do things around here to update the house but without destroying the history of it.
I like you blog and look forward to reading more.

By: Leena

Leena — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:46:35 +0000

Whoa! This is big! Hope everything finds it’s place and you know later where that place is 😀

Are you two in the same page about simplifying? Is it easier for you or him or as easy for both? You seem to let go of so much stuff and a similar thing could never really happen with me and A. He loves stuff (okey, I love some too…)