The Cabinet and the Closet

The house is almost back to normal, almost because

in cleaning out the very deep closet in the girl cave

we made more of a mess than we originally had!

I am going to refinish this old cabinet which used

to be my husband's grandmother's.  My daughter had

it in her room for years as she was going through her teen

years- can you tell???  Then it sat in our basement filled

with my husband's old tools.  I thought I would clean it up 

and store my quilting books and some patterns in it 

First I had to take photos so someday I could

tease my daughter about her old flames.

Although you might not be able to read it 

she also loved Kid Rock.  Now I will 

have to paint it and put new liner paper 

on the shelves.  I picked up a couple of

different paint colors from the recycling center.

Anything less than a gallon is free!  You have to 

pay to dispose of the paint cans but if you

want it, it's free.  For full gallons it is $6.

If you like the colors they have it's a good price.

I am not sure how to handle this.

It's drawn on with puff paint (by my daughter).

Do I try to sand it off or cover it with paint so

it will be a reminder of her art work?

It does not wash off.

Then, when I went searching in her old closet for an old doll

I discovered she had stacked every stuffed animal both she and

her daughter has owned into the closet.  I swear, there had to 

be thousands of them (well, may not thousands but LOTS).

They had to be three feet tall and even deeper.

I have temporarily stored them in full sized trash bags so she 

can go through them and pick out the best ones to keep.

Then I folded all the clothes and boxed up anything else.

This is just one of the closets!

We have boxes and bags all up the hallway 

and the room is still so full you have to watch where you step.

I was able to put my spare sewing machines in one of the closets

plus my two rolly bins of fabric that were in the middle of 

the room, now protected from light and not in the way.

There are also two giant tubs of family photos in the back.

Tonight I have to get it all put away and stored in Taylor's room

so they can come over and go through everything.  I guess I will 

have to do the second closet tonight as well, no sense in making

two trips.  We've had cleaned the basement and closets while

we were flooded in and those trash bags are still stacked up.

We'll probably get a small dumpster brought up as soon as one is

available.  The trash guys have a lot of them in town to pick up

the flood debris that homes and businesses are piling up at the

curb to be hauled away.  I don't know if there are spares anywhere.

More on this later as I start updating the cabinet.