Spring Cleaning Projects

I have a whole mess of things I want to do this spring to lessen the amount of stuff I own and to organize what I do keep. My goal is to have most of my belongings, that are not kitchen related or a couch, you know, common area or closet things, fit in my room by the end of the year.

I realised that I will most likely be moving again at some point into shared housing with other people. Maybe not this year but at some point. I have a roommate for now and we're great, but you never know when someone's life is going to change and they are going to move. I want to be able to up and move into a room someplace and not need a whole apartment to myself. 1) that's really expensive and 2) I like living with people around. So I would most likely be moving into someone's established household or creating one with friends of my own, if/when I do move again. I want to be as unburdened as possible if that happens. That and if I ever want to take off and do something like work for the forest service or a residential camp and need to store my belongings, it will be much easier to do.

My list for this spring:

clean basement: recycle and redistribute still useful items

take to dump stuff that cannot be reclaimed and is not an environmental hazard. Appropriately dispose of anything that is an environmental hazard ( there are a lot of things like rat poison and fertilizer lying around from previous tenants, and paint that is old and useless.)

get rid of excess things:

chase lounge is going to go,
it has an awkward shape and is useless as a couch as it has a low back. too bad it is otherwise an awesome piece of furniture. But I have decided the love seat with it's washable slipcover is much more practical.
old clothes and things to goodwill.

sell PlayStation that never gets played anymore.

go through books
and actually sell books I haven't touched in over 5 years ( this one might be impossible but it is a goal! I own close to 500 books! )
go thru kitchen stuff and get rid of appliances that never get used, same with dishes and baking stuff


closet:
go thru craft supplies and take a SERIOUS inventory of what I WILL use and what I just think is useful and should keep because it might be useful SOMEDAY.

organize tools

make craft desk fit in bedroom
in place of chase lounge so I can actually use it for crafting! (I'm excited about this one but I have to sell the chase first.)

big dresser in living room:

find new homes for things in it that aren't being evicted from my life and get rid of the beast. I hates it so.

hmmm I think that's most of it.

other spring projects:

time to plan the garden
and time to start cleaning up and dewinterizing the yard. clean porch closet and organize

somehow clean and repaint with BATHROOM AND KITCHEN SURFACE paint
in the bathroom. may just ask landlord to have this done.

have carpets cleaned.

clean windows

clean fridge

That's all I have today. but i think it will keep me busy till at least May!