Day 29 of the 500 Pound Declutter - Basement Toy Shelves

If you're new to my Great Declutter Challenge, you might want to start here.

Welcome to one of those annoying parking grounds in our house.  Located at the bottom of the basement stairs, it was an easy place for the kids to set stuff that they didn't fully want to put away.  It was a place for us to dump stuff that we didn't have time or energy to put away.  It was a dumping ground.

Ugh.

Evidently at some point, I was trying out another trio to complement the vases.  I made it out of two random white candles and a roll of paper towels.  Isn't it striking?


Yup, if anyone needs interior design consult, I am so your girl.

It had also become a home for lost game pieces, glue sticks and CURSE YOU matryoshka dolls.


I had had it with the attack of the matryoshka dolls.  I have found partial body parts from these "charming" stackable dolls everywhere in the house.


It was war.

Look at her staring me down.  Pure evil.


That's it.  The matryoshka dolls have all been gathered and put away.  Someday, perhaps, I will pass them along to my grandkids to give my boys just a little bit of payback.


Mwhahahahaha.

Next, I had the boys go through the games to decide what they didn't play with anymore.

Several they declared broken.

We then came across Hi Ho Cheerio and I wondered why I hadn't seen them play it in years.

And then I figured out the answer.

With games sorted into donate, keep and toss piles, I continued the decluttering, coming across this.

Caleb, I will say it here and now.  I am so thoroughly proud that you cut a piece of wood.  But we didn't need to keep it forever.  I am quite sure that you will have more wood to cut in your life.

I moved all of the kid games to the left shelves.

Putting the grown up games along with the wine.  Ah, a perfect pairing.

Resulting in a set of shelves that looked like this.

Oh so much better.


And we're down another 6 pounds, bringing the running total to

479 pounds