Why must organizing anything,
take so much longer than you anticipate?
Even when it is kind of fun?
It's my toys I am organizing.
For at least 15 years...this has been my self-made cutting table. I bought six unfinished wooden cabinets with lots of little drawers. The cabinets were meant for scrapbookers. I painted them white to use as a base for two hollow-core doors, also painted white, to make the table tops. I was able to fit four rolling wire cabinets underneath the tops, two on each side.
It's a great table size but the cabinets with all the little drawers were really not a great source of storage...tiny drawers.
Tiny things, like beads...are great for these drawers. I'm not a beader...I'm a quilter and I need bigger drawers. It has bugged me for years!
But I love the wire rolling carts. I have a mini one at my sewing machine table. I'm tired of the white finish on everything. So...last week I spent several days spray painting two of the rolling white carts to a antique bronze. Love the look. It required a ridiculous amount of spray paint...very expensive. But I do love the color.
Next was lining the drawers. I looked into purchasing some liners made for these drawers...only found them at a place called, "The Container Store." When I lived in Texas...it was one of my favorite stores. None in Alaska and the shipping on their mail order is extremely expensive...there is a $30 sure-charge for shipments to Alaska and Hawaii. That is just crazy!!! So time to improvise.
I found some heavy duty opaque shelf lining plastic sheets. These big sheets are meant for going underneath a sink cabinet. Very difficult to trim with all these creases. I tried hot air from a blow dryer to relax the plastic...not hot enough!
Then I came up with the perfect solution...hot water bath.
You can see the fold lines but it lays flat now.
Here's drawer with a liner...perfect!
Only one problem...the paint does rub off the formerly white wire if bumped.
I will have to do some touch ups now and then I suppose.
No quilting getting done on my midarm...heavy sigh...I really am a tortoise. Machine quilting is a high intensity activity...it must happen in the daytime when I have my wits about me and it's hard to find an hour or two of uninterrupted time. But I do get a little handwork done most evenings. I'm working on the fronts of a set of ornaments...I'll attach the backs and stuff all at once since most have a white felt backing.
Ukraine Santa...more limbs emerging.
Monday will be a big day...out of the blue we had a phone message that our household goods from Paris will be delivered on Monday morning...can't wait to see if we got everything.
oh so glad that your goods from Paris are arriving - I hope you have all accounted for! love your big work table set up - we have a Container Store about an hour or so away from us, I have found some good things there but always have a feeling if I was to really set up some storage space using their things the price would add up quickly. Have fun quilting - all of a sudden my fingers are aching and I think I will need to slack off on this quilt and really take my time.
ReplyDeleteOh, my! Household goods arriving? How exciting. Keeping fingers & toes crossed that everything is there.
ReplyDeleteHousehold goods arriving Monday! Finally!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. What a great cutting surface you've got - but I see what you mean about the shallow drawers.
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