I hot glued some ribbon that I had in my stash around the sides to cover the raw edges of the MDF.
They’re comfortable in the middle of a formal dining room or just plunked down on your kitchen table with an overflowing laundry basket in the background.Doesn’t matter to them.
They’ll give you all the cheeriness they have to give either way.. See?So, if you haven’t got one already, plant yourself a lilac and enjoy all the free awesomeness for years to come.Well, it might not be the prettiest thing, but it sure makes me happy every time I see it sitting there in the corner of my mud room, all ready to help whenever needed.. We’ve had a bit of a problem since moving into this house almost two years ago.Our garage is a disaster zone unlike you’ve ever seen.
The tools and hardware and junk are all piled together in giant heaps on top of the various work benches.So finding anything is nearly impossible, if you can even get to the work benches past the bikes, several ride-on lawn mowers, stacks of flooring waiting to be installed and power tools all over the floor.
It’s bad.. There’s a little skinny hard-to-get-to cupboard in the house that I was using, but it wasn’t working out so well, and my “house tools” kept mysteriously ending up back in the garage..
I found this old shoe rack in the basement, and you might have one just like it lurking around somewhere.In 30 years, I’ll have 30 years of experience and this place will be stunning.. For now… it’s a learning experience.
Still.. I’m fairly determined to get this place looking not-so-bad now that school’s back in.This little petunia plant is one I saved from certain death by whatever bug was eating it where it was before.
I put it up on the ledge by our side door so people can see it from the road.It’s my little S.O.S….