This weekend, just over a year since moving in, B and I decided to take back the third-floor loft and reclaim it as a livable space and not a dumping ground for otherwise-homeless stuff.
We were concerned that we were outgrowing our space already--quelle horreur!--but it turned out that we were lacking adequate storage space. With limited outdoor storage and no basement, we had no place to put stuff that we don't need every day but still want to be readily accessible. It was time to start using our attic.
You might be thinking, how could a 3-story condo possibly have an attic? Well, it's not a real attic. It's the crawl space above the ceiling but below the roof, and you need a ladder to get up there--and we didn't have a ladder. We made a trip to Home Depot and remedied the ladder situation.
We were able to move our holiday decorations, toys (yes, we have toys), wires, camping equipment (yes, we own camping equipment, though no, we have never gone camping), and miscellaneous other items up there and out of the way. Now the loft looks messier than ever (isn't it strange how you have to achieve the tornado look in the cleaning process before the organization can improve), but the volume of stuff in the room is significantly lower. After we find homes for all of the small items, the room might actually allow us to walk around in it without tripping over air conditioners, golf clubs, and framed prints.
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