My husband and I live in a very small home, and really, the only place for storage is in our basement.
Thankfully, we have full basement with a lot of space to store our things. When we first moved into our house, the basement was absolutely disgusting. There was mold everywhere, and the entire basement smelt so bad that I didn’t ever want to go down there. My husband knew we needed the storage space, so he worked very hard to clean it up down there. He drywalled and put a drop ceiling in. Once he was finished, it looked one hundred times better, and we were able to store our things down there. There is still one issue I have though and that is the humidity levels down there. It is so moist and wet down there that we can’t seem to keep it dry no matter how hard we try. The cement floor is painted, and it is super slippery because of the humidity. I have fallen numerous times while walking down there. My husband bought a dehumidifier for the basement, and it did help quite a bit. It really helped with the smell, but it was still humid enough for the floors to be wet, so he decided to get another dehumidifier and see if the two working together would help. Adding the second dehumidifier certainly did help. The floor is no longer slippery, and I don’t have to spray for mold twice a year anymore. We still get a little mold in the corners of the basement, but bleach takes care of it no problem. I can’t believe how much running two dehumidifiers helped save our basement, our things in storage, and me from calling on my face again.
