Assuming you have one, what is your storage area like?

What storage space? I don't have one.

I try to keep my possessions within reasonable limits. When I get too much clutter, I either throw stuff away or donate it to charity.

Fudgeed.

I don't have a storage area for such things. There is a storage shed on the property, but it's not used for household items, it's used for tools and gardening supplies.

It's neatly sorted in plastic storage bins. Every year, I force myself to re-evaluate what I must keep and what I don't really need, throwing out or giving away that which does not fit into my life anymore. Everything is more or less replaceable these days.

note: You'd be smart to scan your photos and either post them somewhere or keep a disc of them with someone you trust, if you haven't already. It's one less thing you need to worry about replacing in the event of a natural or unnatural disaster. Those are pretty much the only "things" that can't ever be replaced.

Flabby.

I have different storage areas, basement and sheds. Both are neatly kept.

I have over a hundred milk crates filled with books, footwear, videos, and they are in stacks of 6. We also have very small closets in the house, but they mostly have clothing.

don't have one. everything is stored in our attic or closets and it fairly neat and not full yet. we give extra "stuff" that we don't use away to charity, several times a year.

a little messy, but functional.

We move so much that a lot of junk ends up staying in boxes around different areas forever. We have plastic Frito Lays boxes full of stuff that needs to be sorted through. Some are in my room, some are in the den and some in the laundry room. The laundry room is a total mess right now because I was making a huge box house with my daughter and I got busy so it's sitting in there taking up space. I might clean the closet out in there and put it in the closet. Hey this survey motivated me to get it cleaned up! We just took the Christmas boxes out of the closet anyway. I'll put the box house stuff in and when we put Christmas boxes away, they can go under the desk in there... (they take up less space)

"Storage area"...hmmm. On the boat, we have a small store room downstairs. You must pass through the workshop area and go forward. We have a bunch of stuff stored there. Aft of the workshop area is the engine room.

In our house in Georgia, we don't have any type of storage area. We do have some stuff stored in plastic boxes in our basement. There are also 3 cars down there (soon to be 4 as my husband bought me a Jeep Wrangler for Christmas).

Oh, almost forgot. My husband has had a bunch of stuff in an actual storage locker in Old Saybrook, CT for the last 14 years. I have a few things there as well. I bet it's all rodent/weather damaged. Maybe we'll actually make it to CT this summer and clear it out.

scotty organizes and takes care of the crap in the garage and in the moldy spider infested nasty-ass storage shed behind the house. i haven't a clue as to what is out there, (besides the lawn mower of course), or what type of condition it is in.
the laundry room/back room we both take care of....it's kind of in a state of disarray.

I have 3; 2 in the apartment and one rented (that one is neat- everything is packed). One in the apartment is neat 'cause my freezer is in it as well as food and the other has the tools and could use a little of attention...

Quite neat and organized, thank you very much.

Full and crowded.

I dont have a storage area in my new flat.

Well, back when I had the house, when we had trouble opening the car doors in the garage, something had to be done! There were big fir trees next door, and between having the car covered in fir needles and rearranging stuff, cleaning out the garage won.

Once I got things repacked, organized, or tossed, it was easier to stay neat. I was more selective about what I kept and how I kept it.

When you have to make a path getting what you need or can barely see the garden rake against the shed's back wall, it might be time to rearrange the overflow. Outside sheds can be especially vulnerable. I think the "out of sight out of mind" philosophy takes over. When we moved, I couldn't believe how much was stored outside.

I, personally, didn't need all that junk. I downsized from a house, basement, and garage to a 36' boat and 16 boxes. I feel lucky to be so unencumbered, but admit, I do miss some things I gave away or sold... but I couldn't move them and wouldn't pay for storage, so, as Alice says, "There 'ya go."

I have also found that garden tools spawn and will take over a whole corner!

I have 2 storage sheds right outside on my property great' for hiding stuff and cleaning out the house of all clutter my sheds are big" 9x10

Now I have all my boxes in my room. The stack in the corner is draped with a lace tablecloth we got in Spain and I use some as tables.

What I hated most about any storage area was the very real possibility of spiders. I loved your description.

What can I say.. mess finds me attractive

My room is my everything, I sleep there, eat there, store all my stuff there. It's pretty much a tip.

I neither have nor do I need a storage area. My lifestyle is fairly minimalist and I don't have, nor do I want a lot of junk and clutter in my life or my apartment. I live in a tiny studio apartment, and by keeping my possessions to a minimum, I feel I have more room.

if i had to look at all of my crap all out in the open everyday, i would do what you did...drape them w/ cool fabrics and things.

you know, i don't really mind spiders....but over the summer, we found quite a few relatively large interestingly frightening spiders around the outside of the house and in/around that shed...seriously, just their bodies were the size of quarters!!!! ew...that is all i can say.
we should have taken photos of them, but i guess we were too hypnotized/mesmerized by their absolute weirdness to actually think about something else

I have a area in which I store things right now I am trying to decided whether to keep everything packed up or unpack since I may be moving after x-mas.

Its a room with shelves and boxes that don't get looked through often enough.

I don't have one anymore. When I did have one, it was moderately neat but very packed-in, since it was mostly boxes and furniture piled in such a fashion that it would fit in the storage room. I almost never went and got anything out of it, so it pretty much stayed that way until I emptied it. It did get really dusty, though. I've also stored things in a basement, and they stayed moderately neat there, too, sitting in big plastic bins on shelves.

I did take pictures of one gigantic fudging spider that crawled on my bed! I captured it and took it outside for release and I got some amazing closeups. I might use one for my Avatar!

please do!!!

I hate stuff. My storage makes me weighted down and I promise myself that I'm going to get rid of the stuff.
It's in a building on my property.

I don't have a storage area.

disaster

I have 2 storage units at home and both of them stay in a total mess. It takes me all day to find things i am looking for . I have organized both of the units but the stuff keeps multiplying.

i live in a dorm sooo there is very little storage but I have a lot of clothes, it is really cramped tight.

I am conflicted.

I'm a packrat who detests clutter.

Therefore, I save everything... but about once a year, I go through all of it and give to Goodwill..

I have several storage areas. There is a shed at the end of my driveway, an outdoor closet attached to the back of the house, an attic, and a a few closets that are used for storage. Everything is stored neatly.

We don't have a storage room per say, I use the back bedroom for storage area. There's a lot of crap in there (emphasis on crap) that I don't know what to do with so I keep it.
There's also a pantry in the kitchen that I use for storage. There's a pile of tools on the floor of it.
Needless to say, I don't let anyone open either of those doors.
I should clean it and organize it..

Another name for storage area = underneath my bed (next to the year old pizza and the dead body (or is that bodies?) Don't tell anyone please. Kinda on the phone right now

It would be full but clean.
Here's my answer.

I had it perfectly neat and accesable till I shared it with someone else. Now I cannot get near my stuff and it is all piled together. I feel doomed.

stuffed full; unorganized; needs cleaning

Our storage is all over the place. I wish I had one room for it all to hide.

OK you asked the wrong ? first of all my boyfriend is a pack rat ...... it drives me nutsss he has boxesss or plummming equipment in the back room and in a bedroom is all his computer parts that he stores .... both areas drive me nutsss i keep it as neat as i can but he is always pulling or adding to it ...Oh and we sleep in the living room ...So there is my answer...

my area is real neet n purdee, i like to keep it thataway just incase i`m ever on Larry King or some other show

We have space under the stairs that is neat & tidy. Mostly holiday decorations. We have a storage shed I keep forgetting we have. Its mostly furniture & appliances jammed in there.

I don't have one.

I am extremely organized.I have a place for everything & everything in its place.