Sssshhhh, we have a secret and it ain’t pretty. Down in the dark recesses of our basement lives my hubbie’s workshop……my hubbie’s very messy unorganized workshop that I’m not allowed to touch. Well I probably couldn’t touch even if I wanted to because it is impossible to get in the door with all the crap blocking the way…..the door that I like to keep SHUT!
Now in all fairness my hubbie allows me to maintain my freak like organized ways in the rest of the house so I allow him this one space to call his own. I don’t understand it and it doesn’t make sense to me how he can find anything he needs. I had to buy my own tools because I couldn’t find his amongst the clutter but it is his space nonetheless. To me it is SCARY!!!!
So what did I do….well I tried to help….I should know better but I thought with a little system…..a few baskets….a little sorting..you get the picture….I thought it would be the greatest thing….I purchased a whole wall of shop cabinets. Doesn’t that sound terrific….ohhh the storage space….the potential! My hubbie was even excited about the whole thing…..he spent a whole day putting it together…..he spent one day (more like a couple of hours) sorting a few things here and sorting a few things there and then when everything was going so welll…….NOTHING! That’s it…..done…..those beautiful cabinets sitting practically empty…..just calling for baskets…believe me I can hear them….and yet I cannot go in…..I cannot save the cabinets that cry out for me….I am not allowed in.
What will happen to the cabinets?…..will they ever get to shine in all their organized glory?…..will we ever be able to get through the door?
To be continued…….
sister sarah says
there has to be a 12 step program for you!
org junkie says
Don’t I know it! I have a feeling you’d be right there with me…lol.
Sarah says
What, no photos of hubby’s handiwork?
My husband has the same scenario w/ his tool areas (basement and garage, unfortunately… sprawled out). I have my own tool set for the same reason you do, but unfortunately DH uses MY tool set for little repairs b/c even HE can’t find his own tools in his mess. Then he loses a drill bit or puts it back in the wrong place so I can’t find it, and my tool set is no longer complete. Does this happen to you? How can it be avoided? The purpose of my own tool set was that DH would never touch it, so I would always have one of each tool.