We did another project! And by “we,” I mean Brady did. Hahaha!
Our furnace room is a mess, and it has been for a long time. I’ll defend it a little and say it was an organized mess. We had a shelf of kitchen stuff. A corner of dress up clothes and costumes. A TON of storage tubs stacked under the stairs. Building materials and extras also under the stairs. And right in the middle of the room was the big stuff that kind of didn’t have a home. Laundry racks. Bulk paper towels. Some empty tubs. The list goes on.
I’ve been begging for storage shelves, and they finally happened! Rather than Brady going and picking up materials, we had them delivered. We don’t usually have something delivered that he could otherwise pick up, but it seemed smart this time around, for obvious reasons. It cost less than we anticipated, and Brady jumped right in to the job!
So here’s the unflattering “before” picture. As you can see, stuff is pretty heaped up.
It wasn’t so bad that we couldn’t find anything, or that there was a bunch of garbage in there. Just no method of organization. And here is the “after!” SO much better!
It still a furnace room, but it’s SO much tidier. Now, when I enter the room, I realize how much I veer to one side to avoid the heap of stuff that used to be to my left. What a relief to actually have space in there!!
Not to mention under the stairs!
Now, when we want a tub out from under there, we don’t have to try and unstack them first and haul a bunch of them out. This works WAY smoother.
We still have the basic wood shelf we had used previous for storage, and I think we’ll hang onto it, maybe to stack up the drums when they’re not in use, or something else. We’ll see what needs storing from the garage yet. And we have the material to build another nice big shelf on another wall if needed, but we’re waiting to see.
We’re beyond “moving messes” now and things are finding their actual homes! I’m SO happy!