How I did it:

• Took all the boxes out of the closet
• since some of them had been stored for a while, I went through and eliminated anything I could part with (clothes, old xmas ornaments, reno leftovers)
• reboxed some things into boxes that fit better under the stairs
• swept out all the dust & dead spiders, straightened the insulation and vacuumed the corners, furnace ducts and pipes.
• put all the boxes back in a way that they fit well togetther

And now I have more storage space.  YAY!!!

Lessons & tips:

• Pulling out all the boxes at once makes it a lot easier to see how they could fit better when they go back.
• Vacuuming pipes is only crazy if you do it every week, once every few years is ok.
• This was a closed space with a lot of dust, I really wish I had used a dust mask when I swept.

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Jan 11, 2009, 09:37PM PST | 0 comments | 3 cheers