Clean and Green March 19, 2014
Posted by nrhatch in Art & Photography, Home & Garden, Less IS More.trackback
After we donated our extra refrigerator from the garage, the stuff inside our garage had fewer places to perch and became a bit jumbled and tumbled.
We had some green totes sitting high and dry and decided to put them into service as storage bins.
One problem, they wouldn’t fit on the flimsy shelf unit we’d inherited with the villa.
So we bought a sturdier shelving unit from Home Depot and BFF assembled it to accommodate the idle green totes.
Now we have a tidy place for everything to hide inside . . .
And can keep everything in its place . . .
Aah . . . that’s better!
I wrote and scheduled this post several days before the WP Daily Post issued the Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Inside. Note the uncanny similarity between their totes and ours. Spooky! All we’re missing is the baby!
Spirit Lights The Way 
I like that system! Inspires me to redo the bins I have in our large storage closet.
Make sure you click on the link to the WP Daily Post photo challenge . . . the baby stored next to the bins might give you an idea for time outs in your day care.
Hey! It looks great! BFF did a great job! Wish CH’s garage looked that neat.. 😀
He did! Since these shots, he’s labeled each tote so he can now find what he wants without moving anything he doesn’t need.
The shelves are super sturdy ~ with a several TON capacity. And Goodwill benefited from the “clean out.”
That space looks real tidy, do you fancy a trip this side of the pond to have a go at my garage?
I would LOVE to have a go at your garage. You’ve heard of Compulsive Hoarders . . . well I’m a Compulsive Organizer ~ a Neatnik of the nth degree.
Like a Beatnik, without the goatee. 😉
I once belonged to that club. My mother warned Jack before we got married, not to stand in the one place for too long, or I might put him in the bin!
I find the living alone I am not as tidy as I used to be. Today I spent clearing, sorting and shredding. One small area cleared! 😀
Bet that kept Jack on his toes! Glad you made headway in one small corner of your world.
Wow! Your garage looks neater than my office:)
Our garage looks neater than my office!
We keep chipping away at the extraneous and hope one day to only house the essential.
Good thing those bins aren’t purple. You’d never have been able rhyme your post title.
When rhyme time doesn’t work . . . opt for alliteration ~ Pondering Purple Plastic.
Ooh. I like it!
Oh, my . . . the emoticons have morphed into something not nearly as fun as they used to be. They look rather like Terence and Philip now.
I wish my shed looked that neat!
Bringing order to disorder is rather satisfying.
I like organization! One of the first things we did when we moved into this house last year was to have garage cabinets installed. It makes it look orderly… well, except for the kids’ bikes sort of tossed in there, but it’s a start 🙂
Yes . . . our bikes are still loitering about too. But the ladders are now hanging on the walls. It’s a start.
Oh, I love when I get to organize like that… and buy organizational items like shelves… and totes! 🙂 Looks good!
Thanks, Kate. We inherited a profusion of totes with this villa ~ most of them filled with Christmas lights and decor. We donated the contents and kept the totes.
Oh, now that was smart! One can never have too many totes!
When we lived in NJ, our roof began to leak. BFF allowed his imagination to run wild and envisioned the ceilings collapsing in on us as we raced around with buckets to catch the drops.
When the rains stops and the roof repairs were complete, I asked him what he’d learned:
“You can never have too many buckets.” 😉
It’s amazing how excited many of us can be with order and organization. It just feels so good! Good for you. 🙂
Yes! After re-organizing, we gave Goodwill the old shelves, totes, and a bunch of other extraneous stuff we decided we could live without. Clearing clutter and letting go is liberating.
Very organised, Nancy! I love to make order out of chaos. One feels so much better afterwards.
It does! I’ve been working on an inside project ~ organizing my grandparents’ and parents’ writings. I’ve gone from an assorted mish-mash of half-filled notebooks and loose sheets to ~> a single three ring binder with pockets for journals, invitations, and photos.
I am launching a new weekly post with simple living testimonials from fellow bloggers and simple-living lovers. I’d love to feature you on my blog – would you be interested in contributing a post on this topic?
Great idea. And, yes, I’d be happy to contribute a post.
I’m really happy, that’s great! Could u send me your e-mail address to polinawriting [at] gmail.com, please? That way i can send you some details. Thank you!
Will do!