The Lost Table and the Strange Smells

How can one actually lose a dining room table? Well...I sort of did. I really just "misplaced" it (or others may say I simply FORGOT where I left it). In my search for furniture, I thought about this old table. Painting it white or black will take finding it, sanding, and painting it. But of course, I must find the lost table first. Ooh..a project in the making!

A-ha, I remember where it is! Yikes! Under all this mess...a-ha, this is where that smell is coming from! Eeek! What could it be? I just really hope it's not a dead vermon or something....aaagggghhhh!

Ok, so this isn't as bad as it looks. I locate the smell and to my relief, no dead animal. Actually, just old dog treats that began to disintegrate. Yup, I said it, disintegrate! Now one can only imagine how long this mess has been here. Uh-huh, no need to judge folks, it is what it is. I know that most of us has those random piles of junk that just sort of collect randomness...well, this was mine.

I'm glad I thought about covering the top to help protect it, some what. By the looks of the picutre, one may still be wondering, "Uh, where the hell is the table? I still don't see it!" It was initially used as space to store "stuff" but it ended up becoming a place to collect junk. Those "maybe I will use it later-type" of items. But the table is under there, I am absolutely sure of this.

As the prep work begins (such as a replacement shelving unit & massive clean-up), I realize that about 80% of the junk is really just junk, and I proceed to just trash it all.

And it is amazing at how quick it took to purge the junk and determine what was actually good. Some old slippers and shoes, dog stuff, misc. tools, and just plain miscellaneous items. This place became a catch-all of random items. My new attempt is to have a home for the random-keepers.

Man...it feels good to purge the stuff.
AND it feels great to find the lost table and eliminate the strange smells! See folks, the table really does exist!