52 Weeks of Organising #1 – under the bed
Anyway, I was expecting everything to be in giant piles all over the place and getting it squashed under the new spare bed (which is quite a bit lower) was a priority, but now the urgency had gone and I kind of didn’t really want to. The spare room’s a pigsty, it’s our current dumping ground and I thought what’s the point of decluttering under the bed when everything else in there is such a mess? Maybe I should do something else. But that felt like cheating. It was the first thing I wrote down, I shouldn’t start off by procrastinating.
Then I didn’t think I’d get a chance to do it. Sunday morning I was all excited about doing some housework (I know!) so when Bianca went down for her morning nap I got ready for some serious pottering. Then she would not sleep. Dave (who was conveniently absent) swears she’s been having 2-hour morning naps like clockwork but not for me, not on Sunday when the only time I had was during that nap. It was pretty frustrating. But when Dave came home I figured I might as well make a start. There were about half a dozen of these sorts of bags from Ikea, and in them I found:
- 2 spare queensized winter-weight doonas, one foam, one feather and down
- 1 spare queensized summer-weight feather and down doona
- double-bed mattress protector (for the air bed)
- small fabric stash for sewing
- bag of winter clothes and clothes I nearly fit into
- a larger bag of clothes that I don’t nearly fit into
I’ve also decided to get rid of the two feather doonas. This was a big thing for me. I don’t like them, they’re too floppy and never go in the doona covers properly, plus I originally got them with my destructive ex. But they were expensive and I keep thinking, what if I need them One Day? It’s wasteful to throw them out. But I don’t like them and we only have two beds and the air mattress, so three doonas are plenty. So they’re going out, and I feel… relieved. Lighter. Yay! (I should also get rid of the too-thin clothes but I’m not quite ready for that yet.)
I’m really pleased because it took a lot less time than I expected it to, and if it wasn’t for this challenge I wouldn’t have done it at all. Instead I would have sulked about my plans being foiled and given up on the day. But now there’s FLOOR in the spare room! I can’t stop going down to have a look, and I’m all excited about the next task now!
(No photos, sorry. I didn’t take a before one because how do you take a photo of under the bed? And um, I’m not sure where the camera is. I guess I’ll find it around about week 6.)
52 Weeks of Organising #1 – under the bed Not My Mother That is very good to take into consideration, you gave me something to consider on bus ride to house from my grandmothers. Will you be writing a lot more about this topic? FYI I tried your rss button and it didnt work. I will try again in a few hours.