A Happy Client

Pictures from a client's home. She had a space in her basement that was intended to be her space for scrapbooking. She has a counter for a workspace and cabinets for storage. Unfortunately, it is at the bottom of the basement stairs. As you can see in the before pictures, because of the proximity to the stairs, it became a catch-all. Things made it to the basement to be put away later, but later became later and later and soon it was all piled up on the counter and around the counter and on the floor.

I went to her home and spent about 15-20 minutes surveying the scene, taking measurements and discussing her needs and what was planned for the area. Her husband was in the process of building shelves at the foot of the stairs to store some of the objects that were currently piled up on the counter space. At home, I analyzed the situation and decided what needed to be done and purchased to clean-up and organize the area.

On another day, she and I went to work, sorting and purging. Objects that had a home but had not made it there were sent to it. Other objects that were no longer needed were set aside for a garage sale she had a week later. Others were donated to several non-profit resale shops we have in our county. Still others went out to the trash or recycling. After sorting and purging, we went shopping together and purchased a hardware storage container with drawers of varying sizes for some of her supplies. She already had a couple of small shelves available that we were able to put to good use. She was happy to have a space exclusively hers to spread out and scrapbook. With the completion of the shelves her husband was building, the space is no longer a catch-all. And there is leftover space for additional supplies. We spent about 2 or 3 hours total time to give her back her space.