Redoing It

Our house is in need of a MAJOR deep clean. Really though? We need a full sized dumpster.Is it spring yet?

Every year our village does a dumpster day, actually. I think we could fill one of the ones they provide with just things from our household alone. I cannot WAIT until dumpster day. I think it is in May. Before then, I have to make sure I have the stuff ready to GET OUT OF HERE. Who knew what 4 (not even, yet) years of accumulation looked like??? (Not me, I haven't lived anywhere for this long since I was 14 years old!)

Our house is...not big. It was built in 1949 and we do not have many closets or nooks for storing things. Things NEED to go. We also need to utilize smart layouts and makeshift storage. I am not great at laying stuff out. I know what I like, but honestly, ever since I moved in here, I have never had it the way I would like. It's partly that we moved in with one little one and another one the way. Or so I say. But, truth is, it's not like you're rich suddenly when you buy a house.

Then the kids get bigger and so do their needs. And you're busy and, I am finding, if you let ONE ball drop...well...I guess the saying goes "Drop a ball, your house and every organizational system you have in place goes to shit." (Something like that.)

Anyway. I've dropped a ball or two lately. My house is PILED with garbage. Annnnd...not garbage. Just stuff in want of a home. Orrrr...stuff I need to just make my peace with and get rid of.

So, while there is SOME sanity in my next decision, I realize it might seem kind of funny that what I next did upon realizing what a pool of scheisse we are drowning in, was to buy YET SOMETHING ELSE FOR OUR HOUSE. I mean, what does everyone need just as they realize that their house is just TOO DARN FULL?? More stuff! A new project!! Anything to keep one from doing what they SHOULD be doing (i.e. cleaning, dumping), of course!

This project looks like this.

Or, well, it did. That's the craigslist photo. I forgot to take a before picture, so this will have to do. I mean, you get the idea.

The not-insane part of this purchase is that, well...hey! Look at that! Makeshift storage!

Bottom drawers, I am SO going to fill you up with board games!!! Just you wait and see!

Then we took the drawers, doors and hardware off. (You know, after lugging it in the house. That thing is heavy, and not, by the way, ALL wood like that dude who sold it to us (for cheap) tried to claim, but that's okay. It's mostly wood. And, like I said. It was cheap.)

And then....

There's a coat or two of primer on and a bit more to do before we paint it--things with kids take...ohhhhh....about seven times as long as they normally would--but it's ultimately going to be green. I think. Possibly two-tone.

I'll keep you updated.

Comments

[RK]

I like it! I'm in desperate need of reorganization. I've kind of given up. I just will never accomplish anything in this "season" of life, I guess. That's hard to swallow, but maybe giving up will be the ticket to lessening the stress. No? Hmmm...

[Tricia]

Yeah, RK. You don't do ANYthing. ;) 

[Elizabeth]

Ooooh, I am a fan. Brown, I was dubious, but white, I LOVE. This just shows you have fabulous vision.

[jody]

please show the end result - looks like a great piece/project