I'm thankful that my entire family uses the side entrance by the garage to enter the house. That way my front entrance stays clean and tidy. But the garage entrance ? YIKES. Shoes everywhere. Here is a no nonsense, truthful look at what it looked like in all it's glory! (No I don't normally make smoothies in my side entrance, but the blender was sitting there waiting for the next person to go to the basement to take it there, which means ME. I hadn't yet brought it downstairs, so yep, there it is too!
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I found a bookcase on sale. It was a display model.
It was the perfect size to house all that junk.
It was the perfect size to house all that junk.
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It was in pretty good shape except for few scratches. I could have kept it this colour but that particular entrance doesn't get much light, so I lightened it up and added some doors.
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The surprising thing is...the kids actually open it and use it.
Hooray~!
(missing baseboard currently being replaced by a nice 7" baseboard)