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Getting started on a basement remodeling project

The first tasks on the project plan were to clean out the basement. What a big job that turned out to be! Just cleaning out my 'work room' took two weekends!

We must have hauled out 15-20 bags of stuff we decided we didn't need. Lots of kids' toys, and other things we were hanging on to 'just in case'.

I started the basement be clearing out lots of
junk to give me some space to work!

One thing I wish I would have done was to donate some of the stuff to charity (instead of just throwing it away). I'm sure others could have used a lot of the stuff we didn't want, plus it would have been a nice little tax deduction.

Unfortunately, it didn't dawn on me to do this until it was too late.