Apartment clean-up!

[neotoma]

lavenderliz and her husband moved into a new place recently, and were nice enough to give me one of their old cabinents/entertainment-centers. This means that I finally have my tv and DVD set-up, andhave managed to clear a good bit of floorspace thereby. The cabinent is deep enough to fold up my comforter and wool blanket to store on the bottom shelf, leaving the top and second shelf for the DVD player and DVD storage.

Also the surface is big enough to put my tv on and stack some Ikea Sortera bins beside it. I have one tall bin and one small bin, and I'm going to use them for yarn and fiber storage -- they're just around the corner from my loom, so the weaving yarns will go into the tall bin and various knitting kits will go in the small bin. I might want to get a tall Billy to put at the end for more book storage. It seems like that might be a good use of the space.

Oddly, I think I might need more furniture to get this place really organized. That's a bit weird, and will probably involve more trips to Ikea, used furniture stores, the Big Flea, and maybe Community Forklift -- I definitely need an armoire, considering how small the closets are in my apartment, a set of hooks from my hats and spindles, and probably a few more bookcases and/or storage cabinets.

Comments

[madripoor_rose]

Oh cool! Yeah, it sounds counter-intuitive that more furniture means decluttering, but good storage pieces give you places to put things *away* neatly.

[neotoma]

This apartment is seriously lacking in storage space -- it's a late 30's/early 40's construction, and I love the hardwood floors, but seriously tiny in the closet area.

[ellen_fremedon]

I have two sets of hooks (well, pegs) that I'm trying to figure out how to use, and I don't think I'm likely to use more than one-- do you want the other one?

[neotoma]

I would love to have your spare pegs -- how did you plan to put them up? Will I need to hit the hardware store for anchor bolts?

[ellen_fremedon]

Probably, unless I've got some in the right size.

[neotoma]

I might need advice and guidance, since I don't think I've ever installed anchor bolts before.

[greenygal]

I'm not yet at the point where I can testify to the efficacy of furniture decluttering from personal experience, but I have faith in the principle. It's nice to have floorspace, isn't it?