We’ve had a shed in the back yard for several years that has been absolutely chock full of boxes of books. Basically they’ve been there since we took them out of the storage unit we were using during the months when our house was being rebuilt after the fire. So, more than a decade. Paul decided he was sick and tired of having no room in the shed, and having no access to many of his math, engineering, and theology books (and I have been missing my Art History books too) — and more than anything, tired of knowing how many books were in that shed that he had absolutely no use for and were just taking up space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, last weekend he undertook a major project. First he had to order, build, and install new shelves. That meant clearing off the walls in the hallway of ancient photos that were mostly hanging askew and whose frames had suffered greatly through being stored and moved many times. Which meant getting all the photos scanned into the computer first. So after all that, he then began moving boxes into the hallway, opening them up, and figuring out if they would be thrown or kept, and then getting them onto the shelves. This process took roughly 3 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, the truck was heavily loaded down with all the books we no longer needed and weren’t worth giving away or selling. Those were taken to the dump, along with the empty boxes from the shelves. Ufda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But look at how nicely what’s left fits into the hallway now! (And bonus – the entire top shelf of our closet used to be full of Catholic literature — that’s emptied out now and can be used for other storage – yahooo!)<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n
Such a good feeling – and now there’s room in the shed for — whatever needs storing. I think there’s a bunch of stuff in the back yard that I’d rather be hidden away in the shed… We did discover that years of supporting hundreds of pounds of books has bowed the shed floor, but, oh well, it’s still usable.<\/p>\n