Our Weekend

Scott and I spent most of our weekend redoing our master bedroom closet. I had a good idea how I wanted to set it up. I think I literally spent an hour in the closet organizer aisle at Lowe's. I went in with one plan and came out with something completely different. Luckily it turned out to be a much better plan.

Our closet originally only had two clothes bars with a shelf above each. Since our closet has a ten foot ceiling, like the rest of our house, this old set up was not very functional. Unfortunately, when the orginal stuff was installed it was glued, nailed, and then painted onto the wall. Scott emptied out the closet, took down the old stuff, patched the walls and then painted. I spent the time putting together all of the new cabinetry. I love putting things together! Scott and I both installed the cabinetry and new clothes rods. We have two more lower clothes rods to attach. I changed my mind and decided not to use the rods that we had. Today I am going to get ones that are the same as the top rods instead. The ones we had to install attached to the cabinets.

I attached some pictures of what we ended up with. I had taken pictures last night when the closet was completely empty but my camera decided not to cooperate and did not save them on the memory card. I retook them today but I already started putting everything back in. It is really hard to get everything in a picture of a closet. Hopefully, you will get the general idea.

We did learn something. If you buy ready to assemble closetmaid cabinets, buy an extra cabinet. There were several occasions when I started to assemble something and I discovered that a corner was bent or the finish was cracked. By having an extra one on hand you can just swap out the damaged piece. After many trips to the store, this is what we finally ended up doing. The cabinets are nice but it was hard to get an entire package that did not have something damaged in it. Can you believe I already returned the damaged items? I am known for not taking things back so this was quite an accomplishment.

I think that that is all I can say about our closet installation. Everytime I take on a project like this I am very thankful I grew up with a Dad who was handy. Everything I can do during these projects I learned from him. Thanks Dad! I can't wait until you can see my handy work in person. Although Scott did a lot of work too, it is widely known that I like these types of projects and I have done them in the past. When Larry, Scott and I were unpacking the pods, Larry asked me "Where do you want your tool box Nora?" I think that that question sums it up quite nicely.

Did I mention that it was really hot? We both were soaked with sweat - GROSS. We finally gave in and turned on the air conditioner. Speaking of air conditioners, we bought a portable room air conditioner for the garage - or should I say for the rabbits? The brand name is Mastercool. Check out the website: http://www.adobeair.com/ . It is a really cool way to cool the air. We haven't tried it yet. I will let you know how it works when we do.

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now!