One very important lesson I have learned is that I will never, EVER, accumulate as many toys as I had, EVER again. The fallout from the daycare house cleanout: Even after a major weeding out of toys months ago, and most recently numerous trips to the donation center with my station wagon loaded, a very successful garage sale, a major 'curb alert' involving the placement of at least 300 toys for free outside, selling all my large equipment on craigslist, we STILL had to rent a 14' Uhaul truck which we filled to capacity.
Thankfully my husband is wonderful and keeps his judgemental thoughts to himself. :o) I easily could have qualified for an episode of 'hoarders'.
So here I am with a blank slate. I am posting pics of the 'before' as it looks this morning.
At my entrance I am using the formal dining room. It's actually a decent size, the one chair in this room (which will be removed) is oversize thus dwarfing the room. The dimensions are 11x12.
Then there is the downstairs. The main space is 20x10. We are having a 3'x4' window installed in the living room so we are up to licensing code. The room looks tiny in this pic, but to give it scale, each of the five shelves lined up along the wall is almost 3 feet wide.
I have a lot of work to do but everything is on hold until the construction is complete on the window.
Can't wait to post photos as I go along!
Erin
