Sunday 13 May 2012

Project Warehouse


I was asked by my dad to help him sort through the warehouse store room. I love a spring clean, in fact I like a 'any time of year' clean
I regularly have a clear out of my desk, the children's toys, their clothes, my wardrobe, the shed, and the kitchen and take the unwanted clutter and grown out of toys and clothes to the local charity shop. 
So when I was asked to go and clear out the store room I felt up for the challenge
Dad has a huge warehouse which holds his stock. He also has a dedicated room where he stores our old furniture, toys, books and other things. He is a hoarder and cannot bear to throw anything away. He has only managed to admit to this recently and will openly say that he finds it very difficult to let go of things that he no longer has any use for. 
I got up early to go before it got too hot as the warehouse is not air conditioned and dad came with me. I was excited about the opportunity to have a good old rummage and see what I would find
when I saw the room it was filled from floor to ceiling of boxes and boxes, I rolled up my sleeves and got started
Here's what I found:
Old curtains, televisions, computer monitors, towers and keyboards, photocopiers, telephones and fax machines, towels, linens, cooking pots and pans, kitchen utensils, decorative ornaments, old computer desks, wardrobes, office chairs, coffee tables, wall art, portraits, books, albums, catalogs, cleaning equipment, baby equipment, 3 bird cages and lots of empty biscuit tins, jars and bottles. 
I didn't take pictures because my hands were so dusty
Almost all of it went to the scrap heap. I kept a box of Lego, a doll with its own changing bag and a few children's story books to read to my children. 
I then found 2 trunks full of old school books belonging to me, my sister and my brother from the mid 90's. It was an amazing feeling to be able to look through the exercise books, the reading books, the text books and our doodling all over them! 
I had to get rid of those and they went to the scrap heap too. 
After the clear out the room looked much bigger and tidier. There's enough room to hoard for the next 2 decades! 

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