Storage Space

You have to see what this husband did for his wife, because it’s just beyond crazy cute. Totally click worthy.

Several Months ago I mentioned to a co-worker that there was this amazing storage/cubby unit from Pottery Barn Kids that I loved but it cost way to much for any sane middle class person to purchase.

It’s very fancy and very pretty. My co-worker is a wood-worker when he’s not working for a massive telecom and he had some references from other co-workers and felt that he could make one for me, with a few tweaks to make it a bit cheaper/easier to complete. No paneling on the sides, and the legs would look a bit different, and we would need to add a decorative edge to hide how he was going to construct it. I was thrilled to get something that would look 90% like the real thing, and I even got to pick out my own paint color (bonus!). I plan to antique it a bit later by painting on some brown paint and wiping it off with a rag. That project will have to wait a while, but for now the finished storage/cubby space now resides in BG’s room (as of yesterday!).

I am so thrilled with it, and it’s hand crafted and purchased locally, even better. Also the paint and primer are all water based for super kid safety, the top is anchored to the bottom to avoid any climbing accidents and he even rounded the corners a bit.

It is MASSIVE! BG can sit in those bottom cubbies. It really won’t fit properly in her room until the crib is out, and I am not forcing that. BG is happy in her crib, and all I care about is when #2 comes we all get as much sleep as one family can get with kids of this age. Right now our wonderful girl sleeps 7:30-8:00am and I will do ANYTHING to keep that as it is! The husbeast sometimes has to go in around 11pm to help her find her paci but seriously if that’s the aeverage worst, who cuold complain? So we are very happy that the crib she has was failry cheap so if we need to get another one for the new baby, it won’t feel like to big of a hit.

So maybe in 6 months or so when the crib comes out of the room, this won’t have to be in front of her large window and I can settle the room into it’s final layout, but for now it will work just fine (I kept it away from the crib to avoid any climing incidents, so far she COULD climb out of the crib but hasn’t actually done more then raise her leg and then give up. Must not put ANY temptation in her path!

I need to take some cute pics of her sitting in it, and of course fill it up with stuff. I can no longer complain about lack of storage space! Previously all she had was a 3 drawer dresser, small vanity and 2 baskets on the floor of books and stuffed animals. This is going to be wonderful, and I was so scared when I picked out the paint color (is this too dark?? Is this too light??) but I think it wound up perfect. I may even just leave it as is and not antique it, we’ll see! I couldn’t stop smiling after we put it in her room and BG crawled into it and said “Thank You” in her “gank ew” toddler voice.

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