Storage room – painted!

It's all done!! 

Remember this is where the built in desk used to be?

My sister and I were a little too chicken on our colour selection… I really wish we went a shade darker on the grey, right now it looks a little purple… Oh well, we still have the rest of the house to paint!! Including the fence outside.

Don't remember what this room used to look like? Well, I don't really want to…

THE PANTS – lavender sachets

I made them as a birthday present for a coworker… and I think he likes them! THE PANTS is kind of an inside joke at work, I don't even remember how the joke started anymore but everyone always laugh like crazy when someone says "pants." We are all so mature. 

I designed the illustrations on the computer, printed them out, transferred them on linen and embroidered away. There might be more in the making… it was a fun little project! And I wanna a pair for my own closet now… maybe it'll say "skirts" this time.   

Storage room - before

So this is the big project me and my sister are working on… reorganizing the storage room. 

The room used to be my bedroom when I was in high school… It's in the basement and it's the smallest room in the entire house, excluding bathrooms. I always had a thing for tiny spaces, I am not sure why. Ever since I moved out, my parents have been using it as a storage room.

I think it's pretty big for a storage room… yet my parents still manage to run out of space to pile stuff. There are many reasons for that of course but the main reason is that they don't have a system of storing and retrieving (they just pile boxes on top of boxes without labeling anything). There are no boxes in the photos because Lisa and I removed everything prior to the photo shoot… and that's about all anyone needs to know…

We even managed to take down the built-in desk that was nailed to the wall. All the nail holes and unevenness have been patched and sanded. 

Next weekend: get ready to prime.