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[rl, haus] the basement!!!!
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The basement has mostly been Sergio’s domain where the attic was mine but I got sick of not being able to find shit in it
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So here we are
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I’m trying to open every box to get a sense of just how much silverware and paint cans and books-to_donate we ha r
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Have
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And so I open up the basement pantry (for any excess food items Sergio has stored there for emergencies)
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ah yes.
ah yes.
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The essentials
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Cat food and alcohol
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How much does this cat EAT.
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some Before shots
some Before shots
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current donate pile. We haven’t divested in years
current donate pile. We haven’t divested in years
spooky queer
omg wow
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I wanna do stations. Place for all our paint cans /brushes /tarps accumulated. Place for Sergio’s plant containers. Place for kitchen shit - silverware, dishes, glasses when we inevitably host some Passover BS.
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We have a bubble wrap and empty boxes place - a stack of wood - a cleaning supply area - a place for all our weird excess tools
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I think we have a toolbox for every floor of this nightmare house
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You wouldn’t think from looking at it that Sergio is simultaneously a pack rat and a Marie Kondo style decorator
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He makes me save gift bags . :/ we have so many just let me recycle them!!!!
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Yet he won’t hang up paintings
Lady Stardust
ooooh a whole basement
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I really need to get an electrician down here, we have three light bulbs for 700 square feet of space
bluecanary
fascinated by the hedge clippers hanging from the ceiling
Lady Stardust
ou could make it a full on wizard's study
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stuffed crocodile
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Yeah I have no goddamn clue what we are doing. I think it’ll be an eventual workshop and bike shop
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The attic is already a wizard study
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bluecanary
RIGHT? that's where my eyes immediately went
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They definitely stand out. They were instrumental in cutting the killer vines infecting the oak trees last year
bluecanary
as someone who has had many basement troubles
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i would strongly advise if those clothes are going to live in the basement for awhile you put them in a plastic bin that seals well enough to be somewhat waterproof and bug proof
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They are not, my aunt is picking them up this week thankfully but yeah they are already gross
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I gotta wash em
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sergio recycling is good please do it
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No recycling. Only keep recyclables forever in the hopes of reusing
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n o
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We also have a lot of meat-based baby food because that's sometimes all Frankie will eat when her mouth is too sore for anything else
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So Sergio sings her his song
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"Baby food for the baby kitty"
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Sergio <3
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oh so
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the basement can't be the wizard study because the attic already is
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Compare my husband's decorating style in that basement to my place of worship
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Even the part that hasn't been worked on yet is still slowly being taken over by rugs and vinyl.
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It's messy sure but it's messy in a way where I don't have to go through boxes to find the coffee cups
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I love it
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(also oooh aaaaahh that air conditioner FINALLY)
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but you need a stuffed alligator hanging from the ceiling
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thanks. me too :3
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haha yeah
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i don't want to hear about your AC, I got up at five because that
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's the only time it's cool enough to think
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and now it's 7.30 and I'm dying
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What I'd like to do is use the not-often-photographed section to stick a bed in so that this turns into office / guest bedroom and we can turn current guest bedroom into a nursery
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instead of cat toy corner
instead of cat toy corner
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oh no 
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yeah before the ac it got to be like 105 degrees up here