Because we have a rancher, our basement is huge. It’s also the only area in our house that we really share with my parents who live in an apartment in our house. When we first moved in, everyone claimed their corner. There’s Patrick’s office, a game area, Pops’ gym, and a couple kid areas. The clutter down there seems to get out of hand rather quickly since it’s kind of out of sight, out of mind.
Enter Exhibit A: The Before Pictures
The biggest culprit was the Legos. I decided it was time to make use of the train table which had only ever collected toys without homes since we’d moved four years ago. I purged some books to make room for the puzzles that were stored in the train table.
Then we purged some train stuff and moved it to an empty plastic storage box that we gained from the last dress up purge.
To create a Lego building surface, we flipped the train table top.
Now both drawers are designated for Legos and they allow PJ to spread his stuff out a little more to see them. Plus he has a surface for works in progress that hopefully be more contained than just the space on the basement floor.
We removed a larger gaming table and moved the train table to a more accessible spot. Then we straightened up in the other areas.
Enter Exhibit B: After Pictures
