There is a TV show called "Hoarders" where people who can't bear to part with things are given the opportunity to start getting rid of the junk they've accumulated over the years. It is extreme -- they live in piles of garbage (sometimes quite literally) and have little room to move in their homes. It really is pretty sad, so I'm prefacing this post by saying that our house is not nearly that bad. However, my dear sweet husband is prone to hoarding boxes. For example, we have the box that our PREVIOUS laptop came in (purchased at least 6 years ago and no longer working). We have boxes from computer parts, DVD players, cameras, etc etc etc. All empty. Many of which we've long since thrown away the contents. And none of which Nick can bear to part with.
But not anymore. Today, I purged the house. We have three extra bedroom closets that we've used as storage for quite awhile, but I'm tired of it being like that. I decided to make one bedroom closet storage for things we use fairly regularly or don't want to put in the attic, but the other two will be ready to receive guests. So that means we have to get rid of a lot of the things we've been storing. I spent all day working on the rooms and I got them almost completed. The only two tasks remaining are getting the Christmas decorations in the attic (prior to which we'll have to remove the stacks of empty boxes from it), and Nick will have to go through the enormous pile of empty boxes that I left for him to go through. I didn't want to throw away something he really does need (I've done that before in a fit of decluttering). Once that is done, we'll have three livable bedrooms upstairs and minimal clutter. Feels good!!
Maybe we have a few more years before anyone nominates us to be on that show!
No pictures to protect the innocent (me) and the guilty (Nick). :)
