As ever, we’re just chasing clutter around the house. I am selling stuff, slowly. In the last year or so I’ve probably sold about £3Ks worth of musical gear. Alas, for less than that. Prob realising about £2K on it.
And sadly that’s just money to stay afloat. A slow process of asset attrition. Not ideal at all. And not selling because I want of the stuff, but because of a combo of poverty and lack of storage space!
We might let the blue room. We’ve been thinking about it for ages. I’ve been really set against it. Not wanting to share our home now we’re in our 50s! But this time the possible tenant is family. And that makes all the difference.
These are the ‘before’ pics. I’m taking a coffee break. Listening to Dorothy Ashby, with Chester sat beside me. In about 15 minutes I’ll tackle the table. Then I’ll take the ‘after’ shots.
The above area is a bit of a dead space at present. I really want to do something better with it. One idea is a box-shelf/cupboard type construction, atop the fridge (but attached to the walls.
The microwave ought to come down off the fridge, as well. So perhaps another box-cupboard thing to the left of the fridge, with the microwave sat on it?
The best work I did, of a short term sort, I guess, moving the drum kits off the bed. But they’ve remained in the room. They’re cluttering up a different area now. As you’ll see below.
I actually improved on the above, by removing most of the clutter off the chest o’drawers. The drum bits are now behind where I was stood taking the above snap. And a few other bits (eg headphones), are elsewhere now, as well.
I managed to remove about two thirds of the stuff off the tabletop. Which is good. I’ve just bunged it on our bed for now. I’ll have to deal with it properly later, or tomorrow.
My Ayotte and Mapex kits are mostly (but not completely, as can be seen above) bagged up. And are stacked separately. The Mapex is hiding the Ayotte! You can still access the fridge. Which is a necessity, as we already use it as a backup to our other fridge and freezer set up, downstairs.
Finally got the table (more or less) completely cleared. And I’m glad we did. As Antonio, our prospective tenant, and (former?*) brother in law, sat down at it to test our WiFi, and see if it’s up to snuff for his work.
He seems pleased, and it looks like we’ll have a tenant for a while, from mid-April.