To add to the list of random things that excite me, I'm here to tell you that I currently have a crush on the fourth shelf in our hall closet.
Because it is almost empty.
Like, it only has a few smallish things on it and that's all. There is actual room for, I don't know, things. In the event that I need space for something linen-ish, or hall-ish, or whatever-ish - I have a space for it!
Give it a minute - the excitement will get to you, too.
Wait for it...
Whoa - see. That is rad. The feeling of available space. Ahhhhhh.
I will tell you that in our perfect-except-for-the-fact-that-it's-evil-small house, space is a commodity. Even one shelf can make a difference between keeping and Goodwilling something. And we're at the point where I've edited and sifted and cleaned out our stuff so many times that when I'm trying to compromise and make space I'm choosing between two things I really like rather than one thing I'm currently using and one thing that was purchased in 1983, still has the store tags and is so heinously ugly as to be unforgivable.
And if I ask Bubba to store one more thing in the garage he is going to divorce my ever-shopping ass.
So, how did I come to acquire something as rare and exotic as a free hall closest shelf (mostly)? Only buy buying the best sofa-bed known to man which has the most ingenious sofa-to-bed mechanism as well as a perfectly fabulous storage compartment within the sofa itself.
TAH-dow.
And don't you know that it was set up for approximately 17 seconds before I raced off down the hall (short race) to the closet to grab the spare comforter, pillows, sheets and mattress pad quick like a god damn cat.
SHOOOOOOOOOOOM!
That's how fast I was.
It was nearly a religious experience tucking the comforter (with new groovy duvet donchaknow), sheets and pad into the storage compartment and sliding the bed closed like nothing ever happened.
So, the first time I tried to overstuff it. Yes, obviously, because that is who I am, The Queen of Forcing It, but when it became obvious that two pillows AND a KING comforter AND a mattress pad AND a sheet set weren't going to fit in there I surrendered gracefully (ie. no crying or throwing of scissors) and moved the pillows back to the high shelf in the hall closet. It was a hard moment for me *tear* but I made it through.
It was the knowledge of having at least one shelf free that carried me through. And also that when the time comes to put the sofa bed together, I won't have to go hunting all over the property for the sheets and then the comforter and then where are the damn pillows and wait these sheets are the wrong size and what about a mattress pad and then let's just see if they mind a sleeping bag in the yard.
Plus, there's the chance that next time I need to store something I won't have to go weeping topless to Bubba begging for a little space in the garage because I'll just be able to slam it into the fourth shelf in the hall closet and call it a day.
Exciting! And a little sad for Bubba, I guess.
So, now you know that I like/like a shelf in our hall closet and that I've worn out my welcome when it comes to Bubba and his man-space, The Garage Mahal.
The big question remains, however: how long until I fill up the shelf and OH WHAT WILL I PUT IN THERE THE ONE OPEN SPACE IN MY WHOLE HOUSE WOW?
Monday, November 12, 2007
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Sucks, right?
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Oh, I totally share in the moment you're having there with your nearly empty shelf. And, what a coup! You emptied it by moving the stuff on it to a perfectly logical new storage spot, which is something that truly makes my day when it happens.
ReplyDeleteNow the key is to remember that all your sofa bed stuff is cleverly tucked into its own little hiding place, or is that just a personal problem of mine? ;)
Wait. Your house is evil?
ReplyDeleteAn empty shelf is a rare thing in our house, too. We have one closet. ONE closet for eight people. It's big. But not that big. (We do have a mud room/laundry room to hold coats and shoes.)
ReplyDeleteBut Finny....you forgot the best thing about the new sofa bed -- when you DO go shopping and fill up the nice empty shelf and need more space in the garage -- instead of divorcing you, now Bubba can just kick you out of the bedroom and you'll have a cozy place all your own to sleep!
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