I showed you a few photos of some of the nicer looking parts of our new home. Now it's time for one that doesn't look so nice:
Clutter-rific. My problem at the moment is lack of shelves to put things on. Want to see where my sewing books live right now?
I had all of them mixed in with our regular books on our giant bookshelf previously, but didn't really like that so much. I'd rather have them close at hand.
I really feel that if my books had a home, it would get the ball rolling for me to figure out where everything else goes. My original idea was to get another Expedit shelf from Ikea and use it sideways. I just really liked the idea of a long, low shelf. Preferably in white. But, because we no longer live in Chicago, the closest Ikea is in Pittsburgh. One of the trade-offs of moving to Ohio! I looked into having one shipped, but shipping would cost much more than the shelf itself.
Plan B was 2 short shelves that I could put side by side. I'm not really having much luck with that one either. Everything is either very flimsy or way too expensive. So! The current plan C is to chuck out the idea of a long, low shelf, and go with a regular tall one. I know we're going to move again eventually, and I know what a pain it can be to move big bookshelves. For this reason, I'm thinking of a folding bookcase, like this one from Target, or this one from Amazon. Do any of my readers have experience with this type of shelving? Any opinion you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
I'm not gonna lie, this move did not go as smoothly as our last one. I came down with a nasty cold just 3 days before we were set to leave. Luckily my wonderful husband was able to work double time to get us packed and ready, while I sort of sneezed around napped. Then there were the movers. Oh dear. The, er, highlights: they were 3 hours late picking our stuff up (with no phone call, I had to call 3 times to find out what was going on), 10 HOURS LATE dropping our stuff off, AND! AND!!! They showed up in a different truck than they had originally packed our belongings in with no explanation. It was a rough couple of days.
But! We're here now, and things are starting to come together. I'm really enjoying our new home. It sort of feels like we live in the country, but if you head 2 miles in pretty much any direction there are stores, restaurants, etc. A few photos around the abode:
Our front door. Everyone in our neighborhood has lots of fall decorations, so we added the pumpkins in order to look like participating members of society.
Our kitchen. To me, it's one of the most important rooms in a home, so I pretty much busted my butt for a few days to get everything into place before doing anything else. I love cooking in here!
Putting together a cozy reading corner. This chair was a new purchase. It's a recliner that doesn't look like one!
aaand a not so cozy corner. Actually, this is mostly all we have left to unpack. Not too bad!
Our girl has found her spot. I think she's really happy here, which was so important to us. We have a little yard for her, there are miles of lovely sidewalks, and even a walking path in a wooded area. I think we're settling in nicely!
