Joanne, love your rooms, and admire your daring...to just 'bare' it.
Most of us, are so chickens...baaaawk! have to straighten up some, but truth is, about the only thing I did in my cave before taking pics, was cover up Elle's block I was working on, and pulled back my main stash curtain.
It is hard to let ppl see who you are though.
I laughed when reading about mom's boxes...that is me, up and down.
Learned from my MIL...what'd I get? what'd I get? crackers????
shoes???? a box fan???? cereal?????
I do have to buy a few, but kids don't keep boxes like I do.
I will even re-size a box, if I don't have one the right size. I just cut right down the center and slide one side over the other and tape with masking or duct tape. It's what's inside the box that counts, so why spend a lot of money on the packaging?
Leaves more for the gift buying. :D