My whole house is very attached to anything "family". If it has a history as a family piece, we make room for it.
The doll wardrobes have great economy of space. Tiny footprint in the house, hold a lot of stuff. And doll clothes are best stored on hangers.
My brother, yesterday, text, said "really cool re-purposed items!" and yes, they are.
Gun cabinets 2 and 3 were found on the Facebook Marketplace. 2 was more modern, and had covered shelf and drawer which worked great for youngest's 3 dolls. Felicity has a lot of hats. 3, like 1 was made by a grandpa and was old knotty pine.
This is 3 when it came in the house.
It has a folded sock under it to tip it back slightly because we did not quite trust it to stay upright. Very heavy glass door. So heavy that if you open the door, have to hold on to the case or the whole thing fell forward. L bracket on the top confirmed it had always been bolted to the wall.
This cabinet has no drawer. And only stands 5 1/2' tall.
We debated. Find some type of drawer thing to put under it? Just find a spot and get it secured to the wall won. We did not want to run any chance of it crashing over and the glass being broken.
After a bit of house scouting, a nook in our room was the perfect spot. Very little traffic. Fit perfectly.
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| These shelves are my next project. Middle's books are going there. |
It is at the end of a set of shelves, next to my closet, in the far corner of the room.
Two shims under the left side squared it and then the door opens and closes much better. Two L brackets pointed down, behind it, hold it firmly in place.
Then I thought I spelled something odd in the inside. Faint. But there. My mother's nose confirmed. We think just old wood that had been closed up for a long time.
Two coats of sealer. One coat of paint.
The baskets that were on my shelves are now on top the doll wardrobe. And they help give it more substance, and hold doll things.
Shelves are nearly empty. Good progress on that this week.
UPDATE -
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| (That weird pile is genealogy stuff). |
