Super Side Stair Storage and In Case You Didn't Know

Hi again!

Thought I would share with you some more storage Todd has been building. You see our

old home is short on built-ins and to have her keep up with

the Jones's we have been adding where we can.  

So we are blessed with 5 doorways in our 12 1/2 x 18 foot

kitchen and the one on the far right

leads to the basement.

The old doors are beautiful but since we were 

not opening any walls up we chose to remove

them including the basement door (safely stored

in the attic in case anyone ever wanted to put them back)

which gave us an opportunity to use the back wall

to hang a chalk board and have a  space for a small

table and as well for cook

books

or at one time was a great

place for  

this sweet girls water and food dish

to be out of the way of the main

areas of the kitchen, she always had

a thing for getting under furniture.

The left side.

 and  the right side.

There will be shaker doors covering 

all the openings except where

you see the beadboard. I'm 

a pretty good shot and can hit

the recycle bin from the top

of the stairs, actually I made a very calculated

decision as to just how high that cabinet would be

above based on a trial couple of throws!

I love the barn style lighting that will go

where the pig tail light is now. I stained a

piece of pine for the base top and gave

it many coats of poly.

You know building a new house is so much  

easier than working around an old homes

oddities. We didn't want to lose any height 

going down the stairs for taking taller 

items down. Just look at that nasty underside of the 

upstairs landing

and so Todd performed framing and drywall magic!

Just look at those angles, I just love it.

Finishing touches, paint  and doors are needed so will have to 

share  again when it's all done but so far I'm loving it.

and now 

for a very important message

to all the lovely ladies (and some gents)

who have the pleasure (or displeasure) of

doing there own house cleaning

LOW and BEHOLD!

THE LIFT OFF TOILET SEAT 

WITH

SLOW CLOSE!

Just turn these little guys to the left

and lift the seat to the left and then 

the right and they pop off the 

plastic plugs

  

and now you have every woman's dream,

an easy to clean toilet and toilet seat!

So if you don't have

one run right out and get one

(or maybe spare him the agony of what

to get you for Valentine's day ? ha ha with 

some flowers of course)

and  trust me you won't regret it. 

Oh ya, I like the plastic

model over the wood moulded white one 

any day but hey to each her own.

Have a cozy weekend!