The Desk: Part Deux

I know what you are all thinking - "I follow this blog religiously (because it makes me scared about how bad a house can be) - and you guys already cleaned off the desk". And you would be correct. But what we didn't do was clean out the desk. The drawers... well... they were full of stuff. Stuff that, in many cases, had survived as "drawer filler" since my desk back in college, if not even the desk I had at home as a kid. So, clearly, this stuff was vital to our lives in numerous ways. So vital, that once again we threw out a large percentage of it. So here's the drawers, before (left) and after (right):

And here's what is leaving the house:

So, yeah - now we can actually access things and use them in those drawers. We had essentially gotten to the point where we weren't even opening those drawers anymore, because we knew it would just take too long to find what we were looking for. I can't remember the last time we had used a stapler in our house, knowing full well it was somewhere in the desk - but not wanting to wade through all the crap surrounding one. And now, we have a few, all easily accessible. The next step will be to decide which one(s) to keep, or if one of us will take one to our office, etc. - but for now it's just nice to be able to actually find one. That goes for the scissors, tape, paper clips, and post-it notes, too. Who knew - we had all this useful stuff in our desk, and we had put ourselves in a situation where we couldn't even use any of it. For our next trick, we'll be parking cars in ravines and surrounding them with useless paper, old pens that don't work, a bunch of electronics cables that I kept around "just in case we need them" (we didn't), and maybe even a pack of wild dogs. You know, just to spice up how we utilize our amazing ability to create clutter over time.