The Giant That Took Over My World

So when you last left the center of my world....me.....I had just made the decision (under duress) to purchase (well actually won at auction) a huge behemoth of a china cabinet made in the 1960's. Please read about it HERE if only to understand the thought process that goes into such a carefully constructed plan. 

So now I owned the danged thing and I needed to get it home. Dear GMan looked at me in "that" look with his head cocked to the side and said "Where are you going to put that thing"? Which isn't really a legitimate question in this phase of the acquisition process now is it? I had no idea and of course....no....it wouldn't even come close to fitting in his SUV. So we made the emergency call to our dear friends Theresa and Larry and sweet Larry came to our rescue. Without spending too much time on nonsense like how to get it home, the boys hefted and heaved and hoed the thing into the truck and I tagged along carrying my purse and the glass shelves....I HELPED!!! Really I did!!! Did I mention this was the middle of summer and about 115 degrees here in Phoenix? I was sweating in places I didn't know I had and I wasn't even the one doing the manual labor!

I had them drop it right in my dining room because that seemed a reasonable place for it which is where it remained until October. Yes....October. This piece of furniture just NEVER ENDED! I kept painting and painting and painting and there was no end to it. 

So the first thing to do was choose the color and I was wrestling between Letterpress Grey and Bohemian Blue both of which I adore but I'm super glad I chose to do a combo of the grey and accents of Beadboard White. 

The first thing I learned is that this cabinet had NO solid wood anywhere on it. It was a very poor wood veneer done in the 60's when they basically laid contact paper over pressed board. It happened, however to be in excellent condition but I knew that my beloved paint which covers EVERYTHING with no prepping, priming, or sanding might need just a little bit of extra grabbing power so I prepped for a bit of light sanding with a sanding block. 

And then I took the back panels off so I could paint the inside unobstructed. 

So after I painted the back panel in the lovely bright white Beadboard White I put the panels aside and started painting the cabinet in earnest. 

I'm not sure if it was the number of coats or the sheer size, but this guy wore me out and I thought I would never finish it. I honestly did tons of projects in between just because the immensity of it. It will probably be my last china cabinet. Here's how it turned out.

I think he turned out handsomely and I'm so glad he doesn't live in my dining room anymore. He went quickly to a new home and I know they are enjoying him where he BELONGS.....not as the white elephant in the middle of mine!

Day 27 of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge-What's In My Closet?

What's In My Closet?

The better questions would be "What's NOT in my closet"? The answer to that would be doors....my closet lacks doors. Not just ONE door...but any doors...anywhere..in the whole dang house! Aghast?!? Shocked? Filled with self-righteous indignation? ME TOO!!! Imagine the horror! 

Now that I've used my weeks allotment of exclamation points, I will explain WHY I have no closet doors. It's simple really, the house didn't come with them. 3 years ago. Yes for 3 years I've lived without closet doors. But first we must examine what kind of hippie pinko freak takes ALL the closet doors and tracks out of an entire house!?!? Sorry....was that rude? But seriously, who does that? Were they trying to gain square footage? Did they like flaunting their wardrobe? Was she a Chanel collector? Did she have 3548 pairs of shoes and fully 1/4 of them had red soles? Did she foster 12 orphan children and they used them as bedrooms? Those are pretty much the only excuses one could offer that I would deem reasonable. 

Why have I lived here for 3 years and STILL have no closets? Shut your mouth! Casting aspersions!! It's clearly because I cannot settle for just ANY closet door that you can pick up at Home Depot. Ohhhh nooooo sister I have to have SPECIAL closet doors.....and they are all $1000+ per door...and I have how many closets in this dang house? I have 7 closets...that's right....7 naked closets! 

Now here is my dilemma. 

Photo Via Pinterest

I can't help but love the clean lines of a shoji screen look. I like the way they operate and I can have them on small and large closets alike. I like that you can't really see through them...but you feel like you might be able to. All the way around I do love these. 

Photo via Etsy

Barn doors...need I say more? Don't we all want one? Or seven? Now although it may not be practical for all my closet doors it would definitely work for 3 of them, but of course then I would need to decide what to do with the others? Stalemate! Impass!! Do not pass Go...do not collect $200! 

And that explains perfectly reasonable why I have no closet doors. End of story.