More Surface Area

Hard to believe, but I despaired of having any horizontal surfaces when we first moved into this house. I remember vividly trying to put out Christmas stuff and not having anywhere to put anything!

Now there are shelves popping up everywhere...and now I despair of a house that constantly needs to be dusted.

Maybe I just like to complain. Naw.

We now have a shelf in our bedroom to hold the DVD player underneath the newly-mounted television. Yes, I knew that TV wasn't going to move out of our bedroom. Sigh. It is now probably a permanent fixture, but I'm living with it...and sometimes enjoying a show or two with my bedroom door closed, and sometimes even locked.

Not that a lock ever deterred my children, but it's the thought that counts here. And by the way, sorry about the quality of that picture. My children have helped themselves to the batteries, leaving my good camera "exhausted". Really, that's what it tells me. So camera phone is what we get.

Once again, IKEA came to my rescue with a curvy shelf that won't bonk our head (too much) while we're reading on the sofa. I've actually spent a little time reading on the sofa and haven't bonked my head yet (knock on the plywood that makes up our shelf).

Doug installed this baby in about 1/2 hour, with a little of my help. It mostly consisted of him being angry with me for accidentally dropping my side out of level, but I managed to escape shortly thereafter to let him curse the shelf and not his assistant. And voila!

A shelf, with hardly any energy expended on my part. A job well done, if I say so myself.