So, my goal this weekend is to remove all the crap from the cabinets in our office, paint them, build and paint shelves, hang them and organize our shit.
Since a crapload of snow was forecast for Saturday, Neal and I went to Home Depot Friday to get the supplies we needed to build and hang shelves in the cabinet. Of course, we woke up this morning and there was NOTHING on the ground, HAHA, but it was nice to have that errand out of the way.
What we now call our office, the previous owners used as sort of a guest bedroom, which I thought was incredibly odd because it is very small and directly off of the kitchen. We turned it into an office, but it really isn’t quite useful yet, due to it being completely unorganized.
Also, there were two built-ins that they used to hold a TV, phone, etc. They were ugly. Yeah, I’m not mincing words. Neal recently built cabinet doors, which I love, to hide the ugliness, and we ended up throwing random crap in there.
See, pretty doors, right? That is the top cabinet, and you can see a little of the bottom cabinet. My goal is to get these organized! I think one reason I throw useless crap in there is because the shelving doesn’t work for me, and there are a lot of random, ugly colors. It just looks messy to me.
See what I mean? The previous owners liked to do things on the cheap, and it looks like it. So I decided to paint the inside of the cabinets. That dark maroon in the top cabinet gives me a headache. My goal was to make these NOT UGLY. Yeah, I don’t have high standards, HAHA.
Ferris helped didn’t help.
And here they are finished!
Whoo hoo! I primed and then used two coats of paint in the top cabinet to cover the maroon. Ugh. But I’m so happy with how it looks!
I don’t have pictures, but Neal built four shelves out of 3/4 inch MDF to hang on either side of the top cabinet. We bought a track that brackets fit into, so I can change the height of the shelves. Right now, the shelves are primed and painted and drying in the basement. Tomorrow, we plan to hang them and then I’ll start loading our stuff back in! I feel very accomplished!
After building the shelves, Neal relaxed and played some Grand Theft Auto. I took a picture of him and Simone.
And then he curled up with Simone to watch the beginning of the Ravens vs. Titans game.
You can see the paint on his hand. He primed the shelves for me. Isn’t that nice?
Simone’s getting bunny ears, HAHA.
Tonight, we are going out to dinner with Tad, Amanda, Tara and Josh. We are all happy the weather held off so we could go out, since we made these plans weeks ago. I’ll post pics tomorrow once we get the shelves hung. Have a good night!
