A library in the making - PART 1

Remember this?

Well, a lot of you guessed it right, although 2 people actually thought they were planters for a huge vegetable garden ;-), it is indeed a book shelf.

Here they are, all five, raw and ready...

Sorry for the messy garage

Yes, I am proud to say, my hubby built this by his lonesome. He used 3/4 inch plywood and they are 8 feet high, 33 inches wide, 12 inched deep each!

I was a bit skeptical that he could pull it off, but he totally blew me away with this project. Initially, I wanted to buy these...

Augustus Library Shelf from World Market

But they were way too expensive -$800++ each with shipping and taxes x 4! Plus it won't fit the space we want it in since we wanted a built in look.

I also thought of doing what Kate Riley did over at Centsational Girl when she made her Billy bookcases into built-ins!

Isn't this awesome??!

The only thing was, we have a lot of very heavy books, medical books that weigh as much as 7 lbs each! We were worried that the Billy might not hold it's shape and might sag in the middle eventually, so my husband said he really had to make the shelves thick and inserted on to the side walls itself.

We then painted the shelves in Eggshell finish,  BEHR  "Snow Fall"

Yup, that's me Painting away.. :-)

This shelves are now dry and ready for installation, watch out for it here soon!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Happy 1ST Anniversary to me!!!!!

I can't believe it's been a year already!!!!

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I still remember my very FIRST POST, welcoming myself to the blogging world, not knowing if anyone will ever be interested in reading my blog other than my mother and hubby. :-)

 But here I am, with my page views from less than a hundred to some of my most popular posts being viewed 1700x!!!!

After 146 posts, this being the 147th, I never thought I would and could last this long! Yehey!!!! I feel so BLESSED and HAPPY!

So to all my family and friends who have been ever so supportive in looking and reading my mundane thoughts about my life and all my decorating adventures and ideas...

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A BIG THANK YOU and may this relationship LAST FOR MORE YEARS TO COME!!! 

Hanger Hang-ups

Around 3 weeks ago, TARGET put their huggable hangers  on sale.

I remember a friend of mine (Hi Ann!), who's comment when she saw my closet was that I should change to these hangers ( I guess she saw how much of a pack rat I was and our closet is bursting at the seams with clothes). She warned me not to get the ones from TJ MAxx or Marshall's saying they were more flimsy.

So when the hangers went on sale - I said this was a "Sign" for me to upgrade!

And so we went from this...

Messy and tight

To this...

Hubby's side

My side

VERDICT : Before, I was not able to hang my skirts up here because the dresses took all the space. I had to put them at the bottom rack and usually, the hems would get dirty. After I switched, very true, more space in my closet! Yehey!

My skirts now in full view and with clean hems/edges

My tops arragned by color



Pants still need the new hangers :-(

Hubbys suits and office shirts now fit on one rod

Only one drawback from this huggable hangers - they truly do HUG your clothes quite well - and adjusting them once you put the hangers inside is a little difficult.

But overall, I am glad I made the switch. It is double the price the regular plastic ones come in, but I think, it's a worthwhile investment, since I have more space! Now, I just have to wait for the next sale to buy more hangers for the rest of our clothes!

Hope you have a Hang-up-Free day!