Louise,
That is great! You make me want to go clean out all the junk under my
bed!
Elaine in NC.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "JFC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 4:22 AM
Subject: [JFC]: Under the bed and on top of the wardrobe !
> Hello all
>
> Having read the post about not having anything under the bed I got down on
> my hands and knees and took a look under our bed.
>
> Well it was stuffed full of stuff, stuff we haven't seen in ages, stuff I
am
> afraid to say that I have always ignored even when decluttering the room.
It
> also struck me that there was one other area in the bedroom that I have
also
> been ignoring.. on top of our wardrobe.
>
> Its a case of out of sight out of mind for the stuff under the bed, add to
> that the fact that the legs on our bed are not too clever and the
> probability that the only thing keeping the bed legs from finally giving
way
> is the stuff under it.
>
> As for the top of the wardrobe, well the unit is so tall and its difficult
> to get to the stuff anyway and I am not very good on a ladder that has
more
> than three steps LOL.
>
> Do these sound like excuses to you?
>
> I tackled the top of the wardrobe first, its three units and they're each
> eight feet tall. The first one is my wardrobe, in the bottom there is a
> three drawer chest it was wasted space because my long dresses are in the
> next wardrobe. Then there's the hanging rail above which is a shelf where
I
> keep my folded clothes. The next unit we share, its been divided down the
> middle vertically one side being full hanging space the other shelves on
> which DH keeps his folded clothes. The next one is storage space in the
> daytime for our bedding (we strip the bed each morning and bundle it all
in,
> long story) then there's DHs hanging rail above which is the same shelf
> where we keep motorbike helmets and such like.
>
> The top of the wardrobe is quite a large area although only about four
feet
> high, here is a list of the things that I cleared off of it:
>
> 1 An eiderdown from my grandmother which we can't use because DH is
> allergic to the feathers
> 2 An old electric blanket which we used once then never used again
> 3 Six wool blankets in various colours all single bed size and too
> good for the dog
> 4 Three bags of DHs old clothes that I thought he had gotten rid of
> 5 Three boxes, empty, we where keeping them in case we needed to send
> the item back. Each of these items have long gone.
> 6 Five cuddly toys with no eyes that the dog chewed
>
> Items 1 to 4 are going to charity and 5 and 6 are in the bin.
>
> It took me 20 minutes to get the ladder out, 10 minutes to pull all the
> stuff down, 10 to sort it and 10 minutes to put the ladder away again.
Took
> longer to get the ladder out because I couldn't find it LOL.
>
> After a cup of tea I went to tackle under the bed. I took 18 house bricks
> with me for this task, stacking them three high and putting them under the
> bed beside the legs. The idea being that they would support the bed and it
> wouldn't come down on me whilst I was under it.
>
> Here's a list of what I found
>
> 1 A lot of rubbish now in the bin
> 2 A small bookcase lying on its back filled with Nasa videos
> 3 A couple of pairs of old shoes, gone to the bin
> 4 Two candlewick bed spreads also from my grandmother
> 5 Various dog toys, I had obviously stumbled on Hobos' hiding place
> which is the reason the following where probably under the bed too LOL
>
> a The summer sandal I have been looking for, unchewed but very dusty
> b Most of the odd socks that match the ones in my laundry basket
> c A washing up bowl ... don't ask, I don't know LOL
> d A few sticks and a large log, now in the wood basket
> e A couple of balls of wool, very matted and a little shredded, in the
> bin
> f Shredded newspaper! I can understand this one, when Hobo was first
> here we would threaten him with a rolled up newspaper, I suppose this was
> his way of working out his frustrations LOL.
> g Many items of DHs clothes, the dog adores DH and can't bear to be
> parted from him
>
> That was about it, I must say it was interesting all the stuff the dog had
> hidden where in a pile at the farthest point under the bed. He's not
> impressed with me I can tell you.
>
> The bookcase and videos went back under the bed after a good clean. I know
> the idea was not to have anything under the bed but we need to make room
for
> it in the living room and as DH said if its lived under there all this
time
> a little longer won't do any harm. I have put notes all over the kitchen
and
> living room saying ' Nasa needs a home in the living room'.
>
> I left the bricks under the bed, now we can see the legs properly it is
> obvious that they will not hold up for much longer. The base is very old
and
> we should of replaced it years ago but the money when its available is
> always needed else where, isn't it always.
>
> So I am now back in the computer/office/craft room and I am going to
tackle
> the wardrobe in here. Looking at it I can already see another feather
> eiderdown and a dog bed. Why is the dog bed on top of the wardrobe? well
we
> haven't managed to convince the dog not to run round the house dragging it
> behind him, so its on top of the wardrobe, where all dogs sleep of course!
>
> Well better get started, talk to you later
>
> Louise
> PS DH left for work at 6 am this morning which is why I got such an early
> start. Its now nearly 9:30 am and I reckon its time for some elevenses !
>
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