re-entry

i've been thinking about my next home improvement project.

i want to build a window seat in the kitchen, but the more i think about it the more i realize i need to start somewhere else:

the garage.

in order to build a decent piece of furniture for the kitchen, i'm going to need a decent work area in the garage. currently there is nothing decent about the garage... it's a disaster.

i fantasize about clearing everything out (much of this will happen on its own after the yard sale april 9), painting the walls, and building shelves, workbenches and storage solutions.

this will be an immense project, but it will also lift a huge weight from my shoulders. there is so much potential in that garage... right now it is just a big seafoam-green mess.

at a party saturday night a neighbor who has followed my home improvement projects innocently asked, "so how's it going?"

i said, "fine!"

"you must not be working on anything then, if things are fine."

i laughed. he was so right. i'm currently not stressed, not tearing my hair out over renovations, not giving myself an ulcer. i'm taking a huge break, and things are fine.

unfortunately, i think it's time reverse that "fine" trend and start on the garage in mid-april.

Posted by xta at March 28, 2005 11:25 AM | TrackBack