Wasted space

There’s something wrong with this picture. Can you guess what it is?

 

Normally, people park their car INSIDE the garage, but not me. My little Honda has been parked OUTSIDE of the garage since the day we moved in. (Please note Jay’s car is conveniently parked in the adjoining carport. Wouldn't want him to get his hair wet.)  So one may ask, “Lindsay, why don’t you park your car where it belongs?”  My answer – I can’t! The garage is chock full of stuff – boxes, furniture, sports equipment, tools, etc that were thrown there in all of the moving chaos. Despite all of the changes we've made inside, we have yet to make it to the garage. After nearly two months of not utilizing this wonderfully amazing space, I knew it was time to clean this baby out. It’s the perfect weekend project - it provides instant results, it’s a form of exercise and best of all, it’s FREE!

So, last Saturday Jay and I set off to tackle the mess. And boyyyy, do I mean mess. Don’t believe me? Check it out yourself. (Note: We are entering a judgment free zone. This is not my finest moment. By no means am I proud of all the stuff we’ve accumulated and left in that space, but with an active 11 year old, a crazy lacrosse schedule, full-time jobs and school…it is what it is.)

Before:

Making some progress:

Five hours later (Ok so it didn’t take five straight hours. I stopped for some chalk fun and a slip n slide adventure), I had space to park my car!

Ta-da!

 

That’s a job well done if I do say so myself. Future plans for this space include a workbench, better defined spaces for our items (aka 5Sing for all of my UTC people), and added storage racks. However, for now, I will simply bask in the joy of my new parking space.