You have come to the right place, we have all been where you are now. I did a deep dig in my laundry/sewing/craft room not to long ago (actually a couple of years ago and it has remained relatively organized or real easy to get back that way).
Here is what I did. I stood at the door and decided I wanted my stuff to fit the space. It was at that point literally "thigh high." So I went through the junk on the floor, one piece at a time and was totally honest with myself. No I would never finish the iris crewel picture, out it went. No, I would never finish the cloth doll I had started for my son who is now 30!! Just kept going one item at a time. If I was going to keep it I took it out to my dining room and living room and put it in a pile with like items. Once the room was empty. I bough containers for the various piles. The size was determined by the size of the pile. I didn't permanently label them, just slipped in a paper with general contents inside. This way when those things are used up I can easily reuse the container. Mine are all different sizes of the plastic boxes made by sterilite. I did whittle it down until it fit my space and I can honestly tell you that I don't miss a thing. And in fact can remember very little I threw out. But I still love the fact that I can go in and sew anytime I want and I can access what I need quickly. I was even able to move in my two boxes of wrapping paper and now use my work table to wrap presents quickly and efficiently. Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help further. Just get a strong picture of how you want the room to look and function and then one piece at a time. Gramma Connie You can do it. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:06:49 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: JFC-d Digest V02 #88 > > but can barely get in there due to "stuff"! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
