New Toy!

I've been on the lookout for an armoire/hutch/cabinet of any kind for awhile (remember the cute white one I posted awhile back? I went to look at it, broken cabinet hinges, cracked wood in the base, no slides on the drawers and the doors don't stay closed, and $250! Cute, but not practical at all.)
I found this guy on Craigslist for $100 (and she threw in a 32 inch tv). It's 7' x 3' x 18", solid wood and in excellent condition. I don't particularly love the color, but it's in nice shape and coordinates well with our bed, so I may or may not do something (paint? restain? I think it would be lovely in a crusty robin's egg blue, or stained a dark flat/natural antique walnut color) about that in the summer. It's too shiny for my taste, but I love the shape, and the price was right (there are two that are very similar currently listed at $300, and one of them isn't even real wood)
I'll definitely put some funky knobs on it.
I love how tall and narrow it is, it fits perfectly in the space and even with the doors open, doesn't block the bathroom door.
Wondering what's inside?
Peek-a-boo!
Yeah. Shoes. There's only one (tiny) closet in our master bedroom. Right now, I just threw those rubbermaid drawers in there to get them out of sight, but I plan to put 3 more skinny shelves in there so it can house all of our shoes and maybe some sweaters.

I "made" these curtains for Corbin's closet the other day. The fabric was from a king sized flat sheet that I found on the clearance shelf at Walmart for $11. FreshlyPicked.blogspot.com had just posted a tutorial on making window curtains from flat white bed sheets. When I saw the orange one on clearance, it dawned on me that I could use curtains to cover all of the food storage that resides in Corbin's closet. I mean, as much as I like looking a my pretty canned goods and a hundred #10 cans...this is much nicer for a bedroom, right?

It took less than 30 minutes. I just cut the sheet lengthwise down the center, folded and ironed the raw edge and ironed (nope. no sewing on this project!) the edge down with some stitch witchery. Then I picked apart the top two inches of the side seam at the top and slid the curtains onto a shower curtain rod. It was about 12 inches too long, so I "hemmed" the bottom using stitch witchery also. Simple, cute, and a less expensive solution than purchasing closet doors right now. They slide really easily on she shower curtain rod. I screwed a small block of MDF into the door frame for the tension rod to rest on top of, so I won't have to worry about the rod coming down if the kids pull on the curtain. As I was hanging the curtains, I laughed as I thought about how I had managed to make curtains, but had used a chop saw, a drill, screwdriver, and an extension cord, rather than a sewing machine. Whatever. It's Corbin's room. They're boy curtains.