Another day, another mess

[cjsmith]

This room looks like a hurricane just came through. Congratulate me; this morning it looked like a tornado hit it. New cabinet is in and earthquake-strapped, although it does not yet have shelves or doors. New file cabinets are in, and the old one is sitting ignominiously next to the sofa, looking glum that it's just lost a job.

One bookcase and all contents have been moved, and I even glued some paperback book covers back on in the process. I did NOT finish nailing the upper shelves together, though, nor secure any of it to the wall. That's a project for another day.

Still to do: get rid of the lamp in the middle of the floor (want it?). Also, break down cardboard for recycle. The pile of boxes is eight feet long, four feet high, and about two feet thick, and that's before adding the boxes the file cabinets came in.

The next project will be moving the other bookcase, and hanging the whiteboard. Whee.

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[eichin.livejournal.com]

woohoo :-) This has been the season for cleanup... I've set a goal of "making a room available as a real office for Laura" by the time she heads back. She helps, though one of the biggest benefits is that she keeps me from dawdling too much being nostalgic over some of this stuff... and not reading every book that I find in an odd place :) It looks like I'll actually recover two offices this way, and then get the "breakfast nook" back and turn it into The Chocolate Room. This even gave me an excuse to get MORE BOOKCASES:

That corner used to be a big ugly plastic-tube shelf with a bunch of stuff just piled all over it. Much nicer now, if it stays that way.

As for cardboard: trash here is somewhat regulated, but Laura did me a big favor and hunted down a professional to come haul away about a car-sized pile of cardboard. That beats feeding it to a woodchipper, and it still gets properly recycled.

You'd think it was Spring Cleaning, or something, except for it being sub-zero out...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

one of the biggest benefits is that she keeps me from dawdling too much being nostalgic over some of this stuff... and not reading every book that I find in an odd place :)

Oh boy, can I ever relate. :) I've read two in the last two days, and I'm not even trying to get rid of any right now -- just move them around!

hunted down a professional to come haul away about a car-sized pile of cardboard

Hmmmmm, that's an idea...