What do you do with all the "stuff" you pull out of a turkey?
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Comments (9)JanJan, you might think to replace the toilets if they are that bad. The flush right ones we bought were pretty cheap & work great. It was an easy job. Our plungers and brushes have decorative storage housings but it's still evident what they are. I will move them to a spot in the garage, maybe all but one set will go to storage. Disposable brushes are a great idea. I am buying us all cheap travel bags for our toiletries and moved my son's things to our bathroom so we all use the same space and it's easier to maintain. We painted & reorganized his bathroom space, all needed. I will put up some items I bought for the new place and we just won't use that space on a daily basis anymore. While some people may feel differently, people expect to actually see signs of you living there. If your market is bad like ours, you could be spending a lot of money on disposable brushes. Do you have room under the sink? While having it look like a show house is nice, what does your neighborhood demand? With ours we don't have to "not live here" because even if I don't get stuff picked up, ours shows cleaner then most around here. I was told that you can tell it is kept up verses showing for a cleaning. I put the dish drainer in a cabinet, hubby likes to throw it in the locked shed. The offers we've had the toilet brush was where it usually is in the decorative holder and the dish drainer was in the cabinet. How much do pods cost? We are getting ready to sell and I think we have a lot of stuff to store. I have been selling things I don't think we need, but we can't sell everything. I am interested in the POD idea, but was wondering the cost. What is the market like in your area? Do you have kids? Will any of their stuff go into the PODS? For us, the PODS would have been really expensive and the location it would be kept at is a 30 minute drive, one way. They also require 24 hours IIRC notice if you want to get your stuff. I don't recall if there was a fee either if they had to bring the POD out to you so you can access it. From what I remember last year, it's put in a storage facility and some times they are stacked, so they might have to get it down. We ended up renting a garage sized storage at about $125 per month, thankfully too. The PODS would have been more expensive where we live. You also have to worry about packing it so that nothing breaks / moves during the drive to where it's going. We've been to our storage unit a few times on a moments notice. I couldn't imagine having to call someone and make an appointment....See MoreDo you have a 3" filler pull-out? Then I have a ? for you.
Comments (19)Thanks, Lisa--it took long enough! The designing, that is. Like a year or more. I like the second picture a lot. The cabinet hardware is casual and the same color as the boards, so it all does look finished and intentional. The first picture is more formal of the cabinets, but the books and oatmeal make it more casual. The boards would look fine as they are, all a-tilt, if the cabinet were finished. As it is, it looks like the door is missing. If that opening were trimmed out flush with the doors/drawer fronts, it would look vastly better. The second one doesn't have that issue because the cabinets are inset. I think it will function for you just fine. But...don't you have a 4.5" gap? Or is that without considering the box? I thought you meant a 4.5" space within the box like SJHF, which is why I was encouraging you to do a pullout. If it's 4.5" including the box, and therefore a 3" gap, you're right that the open space makes the most sense, with or without a door. (I had one with door in a previous kitchen and it was right handy. )...See MoreRoom-a-day Den/Office --What do you do with this stuff?
Comments (14)We have made a spare bedroom into an office. This is my space mostly. McCloud has his computer in the other spare bedroom. I'll get a pic of his computer corner when he's off of it. LOL This is an old, corner unit that we keep threatening to replace but never seem to get around to it. It's set up pretty useful with a file cabinet under one section that we added. We also have an old bedroom dresser centered between two piers that held a sheet mirror and light bar over a bed. It's worked great for storage as a credenza....See MoreDo you accumulate a lot of stuff or do you keep things purged?
Comments (31)We moved out of our house last year for a gut remodel of our kitchen, refinishing of main floor wood floors and replacing upstairs carpeting with wood and painting of walls & trim throughout. We were able to store some things in our attic during this time, but all our furniture was in a storage pod. It was exhausting cleaning this place out. Not the big stuff, but every closet, cabinet and drawer. We had just cleared out my parents' home of 30 yrs. when my Mom passed and set my Dad up in an apartment nearby. So our energy gauge was depleted from the start. We had to do it, though, as I'd been without a working range for 2 yrs. and the refrigerator had begun to fail. I swore I would never, ever buy anything else for the house that wasn't essential. I have always kept a clutter-free home in my living spaces, but my closets and cabinets and attic were where all the overflow stuff lived. Our DS moved overseas 6 yrs. ago so we have most of his accumulated worldly treasures in our attic. And DD has a fair share up there, too, as her little Cape has little storage. Aside from a few indulgences - like new glass pieces for my BD - I've managed to live by the "one thing in/one thing out" rule for the past year. This post is further incentive for me to keep at it ;)...See Morechas045
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