Saturday, April 19, 2008

Snowy Day

It was not the sort of day to cut wood. It was not the sort of day to sand and paint. No, it was this sort of day:


So, there was nothing for it. I just wanted to rearrange the furniture on the North wall a little. Stack the Ancient Ikea pine units, get the dresser out from under the dartboard. And so I did.
This is how the area looked when I started this project, 7 weeks ago:



And this is how it looked this afternoon, when I went downstairs to work on it:


Four (or so) hours later, we now have this:


Here's a close-up of the wall o' pine.

Before: (taken a few weeks ago. The dresser is out of the frame to the right).


And today:


When I was all done I looked at it: there's a lot of wasted space, there are a lot of things which could be weeded out (and this is the edited scrap supplies!), and I have no idea why I have all this stuff.

It is ready to be gone through again: sort and purge. But I think you'll understand if I say, "No, not right now." Another day, perhaps. (But hopefully not a snowy one!)

6 comments :

Colleen said...

all I can say is "WOW!"

drwende said...

Pat yourself on the back for all you've done -- don't worry about how it's possible to do it even better.

Dealing with craft supplies is always an ongoing process anyway; can't be done in one round.

Alana in Canada said...

Thanks Colleen! I took heart from you comment before bed last night.
--and you're right Wende: just my perfectionism creeping in.

thefarmersdaughter said...

This all looks great- you have put so much work into it- be proud!
Sorry about the snow. I think we may be done now-at least I hope so because I shut down the furnace and capped it off for the summer already :)

J-fer Rose said...

If you had not documented this so well, I would respond that I don't believe it really is the same place. Good job.

Alana in Canada said...

Thanks J-Fer. That really help put it into perspective for me.

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