After “weather ‘n’ stuff” and the pictures of Jeremy, Cubby and Tess, there are pics of the latest in my house. The first household picture you have to turn your head to see properly.
The more time I live in this townhouse, the more I observe design flaws that cause me to be creative in how I arrange my “stuff.”
The green dish washing gloves are clipped with one of those chip bag clips, and hanging from some white yarn attached to a plant hanger. The plant hanger I screwed into the side of the cabinet. There are other points on the plant hanger from which to hang things. You can see the two drink bottles.
Next photo: wide angle shot of kitchen, including the “bar” counter. On the left end of the counter ( “L” shaped) the phone is mounted on the wall. Above that I put three wire shelves, on the narrow bit of wall. I had the little man at Home Depot cut the shelves to size.
Next two kitchen photos: Notice the clean counters! :-) To the right of the fridge, I installed a pretty cabinet door handle and a matching knob towards the bottom of the cabinet door. On the knob, I hang a paper grocery bag and that’s where I put my recycle. (I installed matching cabinet door handles to the drawers in both bathrooms.) I think the red tea kettle is rather fetching. I ran out of cabinet space, so I put mug hooks under the cabinets. You can see a few cups hanging. I also have some hooks above the stove.
Next photo living room: I made the bins that are stacked in the center. I tried to make it look nice by alternating bin colors. Three black bins on the bottom, two white ones next, and another black one on top. My radio and prayer book (79BCP) are perched on top. You can sort of see (to the right) the brackets below the shelves I installed a few weeks ago when everything was collapsing, remember? :-) Two years ago, I got a very pretty corner TV stand that I vowed one day I would hire someone to put it together. Well, a few weeks ago I decided to put it together MYSELF. I opened the box in the garage and it took several hours and multiple trips to bring ALL the pieces into the living room. It took all day to put together, but it was SO satisfying and therapeutic to do it myself. The instruction manual was 27 pages long, but when you take it one step at a time, it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. Anyway, I think it looks so much better than what I had there before. Down quite a few posts, you can see a picture of what was holding up the TV before. This new cabinet is much prettier than that shaky table. I gave away that swirvey wire video/DVD stand that used to be there. All but a few DVDs are now under the new stand.
The next two photos need a little explanation: What used to be in that space was the carpeted kitty tower (had it for about 16 years) Because it wasn’t the best use of space, I got rid of it and made these white drawers to put in it’s place. It’s right next to my desk from where I am writing this. Turn your head to the right and in the first one you can see my Mac lap top. Anyway, these drawers are about the same height as the kitty tower, and I felt guilty getting rid of the carpeted jungle jim....sooooo, I nailed a bath mat on top so kitties can jump up there and survey their kingdom. It’s quite sturdy.
Next: OK, I’m trying to make the best use of the space I have, so I screwed plant hangers on each side of the bookcase. The blue and purple office supply caddies and hanging from the ends. Up close, it sort of looks like a Dr Suess character. That’s it for today’s house pictures. Just below you can see Jeremy’s sun bathing pictures.
10 September 2007
weather 'n' stuff
Here are some weather bits. The sun shot is/was lengthwise so you have to turn your head to see it. In the cloudy shot, you can't really see it well, but the rain is coming down in the distance kind of sideways.
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