Postby Harriet » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:20 am
I'm going to have to let my parents' house decluttering take a back seat for a while and welcome houseguests, deal with some medical appointments for my dad, etc. So with today's work fresh in my mind I have been visualizing the next steps so I won't lose my place.
At this point, in my parents' once-and-future guest room: from door around dresser to whole side of bed, clear. Able to close the closet's sliding door. Surface of the double bed, clear. Surface of dresser still needs attention. At foot of bed, two 4x4x3 boxes block closet. (Top things I can see in front box are old magazines, but in second box I see some true collectibles, so these could be tough.)
Order for next declutter days
Use the bed surface to sort dresser-top items.
Pull anything from under the bed, too (doesn't look like much).
Use the bed surface to sort front-box items and toss box.
Now that closet is accessible, declutter/organize/clean it.
Use that space to store worthwhile items and clear bed surface again.
Tackle the second box in the same way with hope - it's a big closet!
Clean room, purchase new curtains.
Other thoughts occurring to me now -
Use my own hepa-filter vacuum to clean that room, closing the door to try to keep dust from bothering my parents.
Bring a couple underbed storage boxes from my house and claim underbed space.
If I hadn't reported in this thread I wouldn't have thought of those two ideas.
If you don't believe in miracles, you're not being realistic.