Guerilla decluttering tactics this week: I've shifted the dresser from in front of the closet door in the sewing studio and pulled out some of my daughter's stored stuff (this was her room, then the guest room, so personal things were packed up). It needs to be emptied enough so I can at least walk into the space. This long narrow closet is packed full. She'll be here for our family dinner tomorrow and I found a couple of things she asked about but she is also going to get to poke through a few other boxes and say yes or no to keeping them (and if she wants to keep them, to take them with her after the meal.) When you have a costume designer in the family everything can be a possible part of something else, so all of this stuff has been waiting for it's 15 minutes of fame in some convention, contest, or historically-based event.

This was a break from the cleaning in the den; there is plenty more to do in there. It was trash day today so a lot of the dust and dog hair I've swept up this week exited the building. The Goodwill bin contents were donated so is ready to accept any of the still usable stuff my daughter decides to part with. It's about a 30 gallon capacity (to visualize the volume) so if I could get that much out of the closet I could walk in a couple of feet. Yup. It's that full.