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Warpy

(113,131 posts)
9. I got used to typical Boston apartments
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 02:04 AM
Mar 2014

where square footage was at a premium and I had a floor loom to house. I have never had any problem going up the walls when I ran out of floor space for normal storage. I kept things I used frequently at eye level and below, things I used less frequently up high.

I still use a metal grid screwed into the wall next to my stove to hang pots and pans off with S hooks. Baskets went higher since I used them less frequently. Stored food went lower, out of sight.

I'm down to one box from the four I shipped out here when my dad died. It's about time to go though the stuff again and pare it down again.

Wide shelving near the ceiling and out of the way would hold out of season clothing and the winter duvet in summer. In a cramped bathroom, it would hold extra TP, towels and bath mats.

I never consulted landlords about what I was screwing into their walls. I just learned how to spackle the holes so they looked pristine when I moved out. It worked.

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