We’re feeling the heat–not only the temperature, but also the fact that my parents will be moving in to our basement suite in just over a month!
To make room for them, the first thing to be done is organize the storage room. I forgot to take a “before” picture of the messy storage room, but here it is in the basement kitchen:
Could *you* live here?
Some of that really needs to be in storage. Others are boxes we just haven’t unpacked since moving a year ago.
We found some great modular shelving at IKEA. Heavy-duty metal shelving, free-standing or attached to the wall, large shelves, just what I was looking for (and couldn’t find at the obvious places like Rona, Home Depot, or even Storage Solutions).
So this weekend we finished installing the shelves and started sorting through the piles. (Helen is currently having fun sorting just one of those boxes, which holds years of old letters! Remember those? The kinds made out of paper?)
Ahh, that's more like it!
The Twizzler 
July 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Remember, we’re easy to please! But yes, we’d be happier living there with the boxes out of the way 🙂
July 26, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Nice shelving. It looks like you are installing it in “rows” or “aisles” rather than the traditional around the walls (which leaves the middle of the room to collect more junk). Can you send a picture of the whole setup? I’ve thought of doing something like that in our storage room.
August 7, 2009 at 11:23 am
It’s not actually very easy to get a picture of the whole thing, just because the room is small. But I’ll see what I can do and email it to you.
We thought of going around the walls, but this layout ended up giving us more shelf space.
August 1, 2016 at 7:58 am
Hi there, quick question, do the photos on this block have copyrights attached? Kind regards, Jannik
August 1, 2016 at 2:35 pm
The photos on this page are our personal photos, so implicitly copyrighted by us. But I’m happy to grant permission for their use if I know where they will be used. Feel free to contact me by email at nate@hekman.net if you’d like to discuss further.