head over heels.

you know, in all the craziness with the lockers, i didn't tell you much about the bookshelf we also got from the auction.

it's a 7 ft beige bookshelf, metal, something very typical of an office.

here she is on the front porch, the place i do any of the work most people would do in a garage or driveway or basement. [my poor neighbors... i wouldn't blame them if they hated me.]

i decided that since i really liked the foggy grey i'd put on the lockers, i'd do the same with the bookshelf. i have to tell you, i did a quick and dirty job... i didn't go into every corner, and i didn't worry about primer or sanding or anything. i know, i know, it will probably get all scratched up and ugly in the next move, but i don't care. maybe it's because i'm lazy? maybe it's because i'd laid back? whatev.


so i painted this guy, and had him ready to move into the apt... but the problem was, i needed to make a spot for him [the plan was next to the lockers, but there wasn't enough space, since the desk that had been there previously wasn't quite as wide.]

here's the space that isn't quite wide enough...

[don't mind all those cords... they're for the printer.]

so we moved the milk crates that we use as a shoe cubby, and moved the black bookshelf to the left... all the way to the edge of the carpet.


it doesn't seem very far, but it's far enough to get the bookshelves in :) [you can tell because the poster is still up.]

[please note that stack of boxes to the right of the lockers... they, too, get a make over in this post...]

and... drum roll, please... you're going to *love* what this lovely bookshelf does for the wall...

really really great, huh?? all our stuff on the shelves warms up the space, and the depth of the shelves is *perfect*!! it's deep enough for all the stuff i wanted to put there, but not as deep as the lockers!! and having them next to eachother makes the lockers seem less massive by comparison. [you know... like how you'd rather not be photographed next to your stick-thin cousin, right? right??]

i need to do a little finessing with the styling, but at this point, the main goal was to get things settled before my mother in law came! [as it was, i only got 3 hours the night before she came, and steve only got 1!! he's such a trooper!!]

ok, remember that stack of boxes?? well, i went through them and was able to condense just a little, then i used a $3 roll of wrapping paper to hide that they're moving boxes and put them on top of the lockers, to be stored...

how do you like them apples?? too bad it only took me 18 months of living here to figure it out, and we'll likely be moving in 6 months... but i'm still proud of myself :)

[i wish i could get you a shot of the whole wall... but that would mean i'd have to step back, and as is, i'm in the hallway taking these :) ]

so, i am no longer ambivalent about these lockers... no ma'ams [and sirs?]... i am head. over. heels.

:) :) :) :) :) :) [that's what i do whenever i look at that wall.] :) :) :) :) :)


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