Monday, September 28, 2009

Make-Do Monday


When our oldest son went into the Navy, we kept all of his things in his room as he left them. For two years! Hubby couldn't think of packing them up or getting rid of - or even box up - anything, even though we knew that Lee would no longer be living with us. We finally moved his old dresser into another room, where it sat full of his old clothes and whatever other stuff he'd tossed in the drawers over the years.

It's now been 4 years since he left home, and he and his wife came for a visit a few weeks ago and I finally asked what he wanted to do with the stuff in the dresser. He opened a few drawers, threw out some receipts from years ago and other nonsensical items that had been thrown in over the years, and said "Eh, just put the rest in a box somewhere, I'll look through it another time." So we did, and his beloved old clothes, high school notes, video games and cd's he will never play again now live in a box in the shop with our other older kids' long-forgotten momentos.

So then we had an empty dresser sitting in the office. Not wanting to get rid of it, I decided to use it for storage. Now it's home to all the dog's (clean) blankets (any of you with dachshunds will know that they LOVE their blankies - so we have lots of them), dogfood, and stockpiled items such as bottles of peroxide, toothpaste, shampoos, etc. that won't fit in the bathroom cabinets. On top is a small television, a dvd player, and my workout dvds (hmm, I should probably dust those off since they haven't gotten much use).


Instead of getting rid of that old dresser or chest of drawers that you love - make it useful and store your stockpiled items (my fellow couponers), linens, or anything else that needs a new home in your home!

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1 comments:

Sharinskishe said...

I love this idea! A dresser is just the most awesome container- easy to open and find things with the benefit of beautiful hidden/out of sight storage. I had forgotten that my grandmother kept a dresser in her dining room for her linens and special dessert plates! Thanks for reminding me of this wonderful storage opportunity.

I think I finally have taken all of my things from my mom's. But it took them moving to a new house for all us six kids to take our stuff! That was 10 years ago and I will be 50 in February! Way to long to have had stuff at mom and dad's!! Kids......... you gotta love them!!!

My kids are 12 and 14 so you know along with all their stuff, I still have them here too. lol....

I love having them here and am grateful that at my age, I have them with me still.

Thanks for sharing with us at Make-Do Mondays. Come back and visit and see what everyone else is posting about. See you next week!

Shari