Basement Blues

So, as I stated in an earlier post, Ken and I recently bought and moved into a house!! It only took a couple of days for us (and by us I mean me) to organize the entire upstairs and main floor because we really didn't have that much stuff. However, the basement was a different story altogether. I wish I had a before picture to show you how piled high with random storage it was. Every time I walked down the basement stairs, I nearly had a nervous breakdown just thinking about how long it was going to take to organize everything the way I like it. I must admit that I am a little anal when it comes to organization. "A place for everything and everything in its place" is definitely my motto.

Thankfully for me, I have a Mother who is even more anal than I am! She came out for a week and we managed to tackle the basement in five days, adding resin shelves, bookshelves, wall hooks and more to make sure everything was stored away neatly and compactly. Phew! I cannot tell you how much I enjoy the basement now. Ken and I go down in the evenings to work out, I can escape down there to do crafts or artwork while Russell us napping and, most importantly, I can easily find everything that I need when I need it. Thank you Momma Kearl! You are the best! Here are some terrible pictures of the finished product.

Most of our storage, we were able to fit conveniently under the stairs

I love having a basement! I know most of you don't really want to see pictures of this stuff - you want to see the rest of the house. Don't worry, those pictures are coming too. I just have to wait for a time when the house is all clean to take pictures, like when we're having company over or something. Hmm...in that case, you might have to wait a little bit...haha.

-J