I am loving my living room these days but there’s still a ton of things on the to do list for this room. Since there is hardly any storage on the main floor of my house, I needed a place to keep things from the living room, kitchen, and dining room and I had to come up with a solution for this dilemma.
So I did. I’ve put three shelves in the living room that go all the way across the wall. It’s been great! The plan is to eventually put a wall up and make it more of a pantry so you won’t see the full shelves but for now, it looks fine. It looks a million times better than the piles that used to be all over the place. I’m planning on the shelves covering most of the wall and then one of the short walls too.
Add more shelves to the list!
I was at work thinking about my kitchen counter. It’s buried. It’s been buried for months and I just can’t seem to get it uncovered. It’s a real sore spot for me but I haven’t been able to find any place to put the extra appliances, mixing bowls, utensils and kitchen things like that. Then I remembered that storage is the solution. I need to add the next shelf. I have been adding them as I get the money and it’s time for another one now!
Unfortunately, this one will take a little more work before I can cross it off the list. I will have to move a few more things around the living room in order to get the next shelf up and there’s actually a lot that needs to be moved. I’m hoping that I will be able to get it done in the next week or so. I will be so happy to see my kitchen counter again so the extra work will be worth it!
Storage definitely does help but donating/giving away any extra items also helps. Combine the two and miracles occur! 😉 I have those same shelves in my closet, by the way. One of my first posts on here was about too much stuff in the kitchen… https://prosperityandcalamities.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/the-kitchen/