Oh geeze here i go dumping out my frustration!! I moved from the farm -- a huge 4 bedroom house...now I'm in this teeny tiny 3 bedroom house. Basement leaks water during the rain, garage is full and my car (just a cavalier!!) litterally has about 4 inches to spare for room from front to back -- imagine how my garage is PACKED full, the hosue is PACKED full. I'm trying ot throw things out and give things away ... but these are hierlooms and history from back in the generations and and and Christmas decorations and and kids furniture and I don't have the strength (litterally) to move some of this stuff!! Yeah it is just me here and my daughter who is a weakling.

I'm going ot go insane in all of this so much clutter and I can't think straight!! No time for garage sale (work and babysitting take that up UHG) and darkness makes it worse UHG

Ok so now I'm done dumping -- why did I even go on here hmmm see I HAVE GONE INSANE!!!!!!!!!

down to the dungeon again I guess

just take it a lil at a time step by step,,baby steps..

step back take some deep breaths and make a plan of action if u need to

Yes just take a little at a time...
Sometimes organizers help with the space issue.
They have alot of items that will help you put alot- in a little
space. Don't get rid of stuff you may regret you did latter.
Breath...

I have totes and boxes of books that I'll never read ... atlases from WAY back and I can't even lift them up to get to the stuff (two big hutches) to mvoe eveyrthing else haahaa. Oh geeze. most I'd regret REAL bad (OK NOT the atlases!!)
Also trying ot re-finish a night stand with drawers that my grandfather made his mom back when he was in high school and I'm just not getting too far with that eithr -- like plywood on the back and sa hard ot sand -- wouldn't be bad if I was painting it but I'd really like to put a nice stained finish on it .... just not sure if it is going to be possible or not.

Alot has to do wiht lifting I guess and building things ot put things on and not having the tools for it all (not a money making job I'm at --- just scarpaing by from week to week!)

Thanks for the lift though

Maybe if you got a storage unit so that all the clutter was out of sight it would help you think clearly. Some of them are relatively cheap and then you could work on the stuff little by little without feeling overwhelmed.

Good luck!!!

things that aren't sentimental can be E-Bayed or yard sale'd...might help the income a little to.

I've thought about the yard sale and have gotten a few totes together even so far ..... I've asked my kids to help me out with it ( like i said time is so far form my friend these days!!!).
I'm just going ot keep utsying at it and just say a good prayer that it all comes together before winter hits!!

Wish I was carpentry inclined so I could build things and makeshift things for in the rafters and such -- OK so I wish I was a body builder too to lift things up there HAAHAAA

A wheel barrel -- a few 2x10x12 might get the totes of books down stairs HAAHAAHAAA my hutches hmmmmmm guess I'll make my living room in the garage cause NO way can I move them suckers!!!!!!!!