Monday, 9 June 2025

Tidying the shed

PXL_20250608_125435184 Fixing boxes, tidying the shed: retired life is one adventure after another.

My picture shows "before", should you be in any doubt.

When we moved in the shed was there, invitingly empty, and so we threw various things into it, until it became a mess and full, as you'd expect. After which any change became a matter of shuffling round the mess, and various "traditional" gumpf faded into the background at the back and was never seen again.

It is made fairly well, of metal, but doesn't offer much in the way of opportunities for hooks or shelves or the like. Perhaps I should put up some wooden beams to allow this. But for now, since I was in B+Q after wood glue, I bought some el cheapo (£20) plastic shelving, threw things out into the garden, swept up some cobwebs, and re-assembled the mess onto the shelves, in the process throwing out a small amount of junk.

The after picture shows things looking somewhat better; I still need to finish off over on the left side, and decide whether to get another unit, or to put up the fourth metal shelves that didn't go into the basement, or whatever.

Update: I did indeed put in a beam-type thing. Here's the first, on the RHS; I also did one on the left later.

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And then, looking at the back left the next day, turning over a pile of curtains and stuff, a cloud of wasps flew out and they weren't happy. But after a bit of fly spray they died down.

2 comments:

  1. If thats the before... I claim you are an amateur at clutter !!
    Let me know if you go into business as a declutterer

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    1. When I write these little things I do wonder if anyone is reading...

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