Sunday, January 06, 2008

Projects

When Keith initiates a project on his own (aka with my nagging) I become quite happy. This has been on the 'to do' list since we moved here but since it involved a room that is out of sight it was not top priority. Our basement storage room was in need of new sturdy shelves and re-organization. Keith worked on it this week while I was at work.



Removing the old flimsy shelving. They were not strong or deep enough for anything bigger than a shoebox.





It had to all come out so it could go back in properly! Keith found six boxes of his that he hadn't unpacked from the move. This will be his next project :)
All those shoe boxes contain every card received by myself or the family. I can't throw away greeting cards for some reason! I also have a large box of 'Seventeen' magazines that I have kept over the years. I think they will be amusing to look at in about 20 years or so!

And the finished shelfing unit. It's sturdy and organized and just what that room needed!

And this is what the boys have been doing. As a result of clearing out the 'stuff' we discovered my long kept tube of Doodle Art posters. I love coloring and bought out all the Doodle Art from a local hobby shop when it was closing down eons ago. I don't know if you can even buy the original Doodle Art anymore. So I checked out the contents of the tube to find one blank poster left. Yippee....the boys (and the big boy) are having a great deal of fun coloring!!!


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15 comments:

Jenn said...

Nice shelves! I'm impressed Keith.

Kori's House said...

Good work Keith!
What's not to love about an organized storage room!!

Doodle Art, what a fun rainy day activity!!
Vicki was looking for a non velvet doodle art and they are very hard to find!

Terry said...

I guess those shelves saved you from having to buy a bigger house.

Kerry said...

Maybe those Seventeen magazines will be worth something someday. :) The shelves look great.

Rachel said...

Michael's has non-velvet doodle art but they are not 'real' doodle art. They are by RoseArt.
The posters were pretty nice though.
The seventeen mags won't be worth a cent. So many pages are missing out of them because I would rip out the nice pictures and tape them up all over my walls!

Keri's Collage... said...

Looks good!
I love the doodle art too! I wonder if you can order them on-line?

QuiltNut Creations said...

love those posters!
great shelves, we have similar ones in our garage lol

i can't throw cards out either. i still have all our extra wedding invitations; no idea what i'll do with them but i can't throw them out

and you've been tagged on my blog :)

Canadian Kristin said...

Ahhhhhhhhh, Doodle Art.....such fond memories at the dining room table.......

poof said...

Doodle art! I loved the old doodle art posters! The ones you buy now are lousy quality and not worth buying in my estimation. Plus they come with only 5 colors. Highly disappointing. But I suppose most kids today colour on the computer instead of with real felts. Nice to seem them all hard at it. Great family time.

Anonymous said...

Seeing that Doodle Art makes me feel like coloring.

Keith did a great job on the shelves!

Colleen said...

I want to be colouring, too! Look at those gorgeous markers!

Lovella ♥ said...

hooray for handymen!!

Shawna said...

I was wondering what was in all those shoe boxes :)

Great shelves, fabulous organization and super-fun colouring...January is a good month!

Anonymous said...

Ohhh how I wish I had a basement like that! Basements are very rare in FL (although we had one in our farm growing up). And I also wish I had some Doodle Art, that looks like a BLAST!

Fiona said...

Very fun. Always loved Doodle Art ... and Seventeen magazines. :)