Before and After

Just a quick picture post today to show you a bit of the progress in our basement-finishing project. Here's what this area towards the back of the basement looked like before:

tons of crud stacked on shelves made of plywood, surrounded by more crud




But today something magical happened. Today, this was installed:

empty canvas waiting to be stuffed with aforementioned crud

I am giddy. This is a dream come true for an organizer like me. I cannot wait until all of the toys, crafts, art supplies, and other random stuff is neatly concealed behind those crisp white doors and within those perky wicker baskets. Oh, and there's a mini-fridge! Because sometimes, when you're thirsty, you really don't want to have to walk up a flight of stairs to get refreshment. Know what I mean?

Life is good, my friends. Crazy and hectic, but good.

Oh, and an Australia post is coming. It feels like a lifetime ago that I went, even though it hasn't even been a month. Hopefully I can still remember enough of what we did to make it interesting. It was the best trip I've ever taken and I'll be lucky if I ever get to go back someday.