When you are married for so many years there are things that you do that bug your better half. In all fairness Greg isn’t writing this blog and has no idea that I’m writing on this subject. So I’ll make this very one-sided with a view into my weirdness. Greg often jokes that our attic is like a contain cemetery. I love things that you can store in. I save things that we aren’t using with plans that someday we might need it. I like open shelf like cabinets that hang on the wall along with anything that can keep things organized. I try really hard to work storage and organizing into my home decor.
Most of the time people don’t think out of the box when trying to organize their home. I love to use things that most don’t expect. One of my all time favorites is a buffet I found in my own neighborhood on trash day. I brought it home gave it a little Blue Happy treatment and now it’s under our TV in our family room. Most laugh out loud when they realize what I have stored in this once dinning room buffet. We live in Texas gloves and scarves are something you don’t use a lot. So why not store them somewhere other than your closet. It works and my closet has so much more room.
In my guest bathroom I wanted to give my guest fresh personal items without changing it out every time someone came to visit. So I started using the items Greg brought home from his travels. You know those little bottles of shampoo, conditioner and all they others. You always feel like you have to take them if you don’t use them. Well I do and now I make Greg bring them home just for my guest bathroom. That way my guest can pick what they need and it’s always fresh. I found this cute little cabinet at a thrift store. It holds a lot of the things my quest might need for a visit.
I’m a big believer in containing things. I love to find these old wood tool style boxes at thrift stores. I bring them home and Blue Happy them up with paint, color and sometimes a little artwork. They are great in any room that you need to organize without using plastic.
Today I cleaned out my art studio at school. I took my personal items out and then cleaned and organized the room for the next teacher. I left her a few containers to organize with maybe she is like me and wants things contained and tidy. Truth is I removed a full back seat of empty containers that I had stored in the back of my room. LOL I just wanted to have them near if I needed storage. So my dirty little secret is my attic and my need to keep storage of any kind. Greg rolls his eyes if he has to go up there but I don’t care. I could have worse hang ups and maybe I do, but I’ll never tell.
