For a few years (I won't say how many), I've been meaning to organize my bedroom and get rid of the piles of clothing and other stuff cluttering up the place. Last week I took a giant leap in accomplishing just that. I had an old chest of drawers that was given to us when we lived in Arkansas back in 1979. This thing was large, clunky, and took up a bunch of space, but had not much space for actual clothing. A few weeks ago I was at Ikea with my son and his girlfriend, and I saw a bookcase (Expedit, in case you're interested). It had 16 "cubbies" and you could purchase bins which fit like drawers in the openings. I decided that it would make a wonderful replacement for the old relic in my room, taking up less space and holding more clothing. I went back to Ikea last Friday and purchased the bookcase and 16 of the bins to go with it. Saturday and Sunday were spent putting it together. Sunday afternoon I hauled the old chest to the curb and replaced it with the clean, modern new unit. What a difference! I unloaded everything from the chest and put it in the new setup. I also emptied four rolling carts full of clothes and put them in as well. After all that, I still had 5 empty bins! Amazing! And since I was moving stuff around and getting rid of piles, I was forced to clean and throw out old magazines, books, and other "stuff" that was just cluttering up the place. I can't tell you how good it felt to look around and see everything clean, organized and in its place. I've decided I'm going to do this with the rest of the house, room by room. The Goodwill and Salvation Army better watch out...I'll be bringing in a ton of stuff!
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