Scaling Down with Storage Cabinets

 

Americans are in the middle of a weight crisis—no, we're not talking about too many french fries, we're talking about stuff Almost everyone has more things than they can easily keep track of or find room for. But it doesn't become a crisis until you decide to move to a condo or an apartment in the city, or retire and want to set up a part-time business office or art studio in your current home. Or you sud­denly need to sort through the belongings of an older family "saver" who is moving to assisted living. Or you're simply tired of the sprawl and want to live more lightly or compactly in environmentally sound ways.

Make your home orderly with a pantry storage cabinet

Over the years, as professional organizers, we have worked with people in similar situations doing everything from rearranging furniture to putting photo­graphs in albums, from packing up their belongings for a move to moving pack rats emotionally from "overwhelmed" to "sane." Our clients have ranged from people who felt so motivated (or embarrassed) that they stayed up till 3:00 A.M. the night before we came tossing things out, to people initially unwilling to discard a single bent hanger.

But we have found that just getting rid of possessions and scaling down phys­ically is not enough. In order to be successful, you need to have a direction, a positive goal—whether it is a beautiful, more compact space, a functional work­shop, a sense of freedom and control, or the joy of financially exchanging "stuff" for new experiences and pleasures. To do this, we have used a Mission Statement with our clientele, and we will take you through the process as well. This, as well as the techniques we suggest, can help you overcome the inevitable roadblocks. Because people tend to remember personal stories rather than just theory, we have included many examples.

There are practical reasons to go through the scaling-down process. But we are also promising you a simply beautiful home, filled only with what you love and use, a place that uses every inch of space the way you want. We are offering you control over your environment and freedom from chaos—as well as a chance to complete a task for someone else, which you may not be looking forward to, in a way that is, ultimately, satisfying.