Garage Mayhem
As promised, I’ll take this post to give you a glimpse into how we have managed to fill up much of the space in the two car garage, despite only having one car. Most of the offending materials have come from deals we just couldn’t pass up, even though we’re not sure when we’ll be able to use them. In the end I think it will be fantastic because all at once we’ll have our house done without putting a gigantic strain on our finances. So this is what we have, in addition to all of the normal garage items (lawn mower, wheel barrow, tools, etc.)
-Our sample sale pile, as described yesterday
-Billy’s bike- which is really nice and I am sometimes tempted to ride, but i know by default if I do that it will get stolen.
-Our bookshelf and all of our books which we refuse to move in only to move back out once the floors are ready to be refinished
-A screen door purchased for the front which will go on once we get a new front door. (Part of a 10% off coupon we had for our entire purchase at Lowes.)
-A bathroom sink and vanity, pictured here. Purchased before we even closed on the house, thinking we would immediately redo the bathroom. Ha.
-A recessed medicine cabinet that was clearanced with an additional percentage off because of a scratch or two which we can buff out, from the Pottery Barn Outlet
-A table we recently got off of Craig’s List for ridiculously cheap. It’s not exactly like this, but close- it's the stainless steel top with stained wood but no drawers. Clint had previously been eyeing this for his studio so we’re not yet sure if this will go there or in the dining room
And much more to come I’m sure before it’s all said and done. I have a soft spot in my heart for getting unbelievable deals- a friend of my calls it “shopping for sport,” and more than once I have passed up a bargain, only to later regret it. So I’ve learned the lesson and apply the litmus test every time we come across a deal by asking myself “will I regret this if we don’t get it?” (Clearly the answer has been yes on more than one occasion, which would explain why we have a second house in our garage). Before I learned this trick, however it meant many a trip back to a store we had just been at the night before, typically to be met with disappointment.
Hopefully we’ll come across some of those deals his weekend- we’re off to Cincinnati for what we are calling our vacation, which means a stop at the Pottery Barn outlet, and the Gap/Banana Republic warehouse store (it’s a lot like a thrift store in terms of the sorting required and deals to be had). We’ll also potentially be ice skating on a outdoor rink that is said to be the size of Rockefeller Center, we’ll see Santa repel down a high-rise, and hear some lovely Over the Rhine Christmas music at both an old theater (Saturday) and an old church (Sunday). In theory, between all this and finishing up our Christmas shopping, we'll be able to take it easy and breathe in some of the magic of the season. Hope you all get the opportunity as well- it's amazing how quickly it passes us by.
-Our sample sale pile, as described yesterday
-Billy’s bike- which is really nice and I am sometimes tempted to ride, but i know by default if I do that it will get stolen.
-Our bookshelf and all of our books which we refuse to move in only to move back out once the floors are ready to be refinished
-A screen door purchased for the front which will go on once we get a new front door. (Part of a 10% off coupon we had for our entire purchase at Lowes.)
-A bathroom sink and vanity, pictured here. Purchased before we even closed on the house, thinking we would immediately redo the bathroom. Ha.
-A recessed medicine cabinet that was clearanced with an additional percentage off because of a scratch or two which we can buff out, from the Pottery Barn Outlet
-A table we recently got off of Craig’s List for ridiculously cheap. It’s not exactly like this, but close- it's the stainless steel top with stained wood but no drawers. Clint had previously been eyeing this for his studio so we’re not yet sure if this will go there or in the dining room
And much more to come I’m sure before it’s all said and done. I have a soft spot in my heart for getting unbelievable deals- a friend of my calls it “shopping for sport,” and more than once I have passed up a bargain, only to later regret it. So I’ve learned the lesson and apply the litmus test every time we come across a deal by asking myself “will I regret this if we don’t get it?” (Clearly the answer has been yes on more than one occasion, which would explain why we have a second house in our garage). Before I learned this trick, however it meant many a trip back to a store we had just been at the night before, typically to be met with disappointment.
Hopefully we’ll come across some of those deals his weekend- we’re off to Cincinnati for what we are calling our vacation, which means a stop at the Pottery Barn outlet, and the Gap/Banana Republic warehouse store (it’s a lot like a thrift store in terms of the sorting required and deals to be had). We’ll also potentially be ice skating on a outdoor rink that is said to be the size of Rockefeller Center, we’ll see Santa repel down a high-rise, and hear some lovely Over the Rhine Christmas music at both an old theater (Saturday) and an old church (Sunday). In theory, between all this and finishing up our Christmas shopping, we'll be able to take it easy and breathe in some of the magic of the season. Hope you all get the opportunity as well- it's amazing how quickly it passes us by.
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