Happy Wednesday! Last week I talked about the new typewriter I got at the UW Swap Shop. The typewriter, however, was not what I stood in line at 7:45 a.m. one Friday morning to get! ;) What I wanted...was this:
When I first saw the picture of these cabinets of drawers, I assumed they were small like card catalog size. When I got to the SWAP, I discovered a rather large (and crazy heavy) piece of furniture. Without really thinking about the implications of buying a giant piece of furniture that would need to be hauled into our attic, I plopped down my cash, had some strong students load it into the back of my truck, and headed home. Once I got home and we had to get it out of the truck did I start to think that maybe this was not the worlds greatest idea...but look how COOL it is!!!
Fast forward a few weeks to this past Saturday. My husband and I decided it was time to haul this puppy upstairs. We used an appliance dolly to get it to the second level of our house, but the stairs to the attic we re too steep and narrow so we just had to lift it up step by step. It was quite a process...I was on the bottom and basically bench pressed the cabinet up each step, took a rest, then did it again while my husband pulled from the top. The SWAP Shop had some listed online...they ranged in weight from 570-645 pounds. ;) We took all the drawers out, but man...it was still really heavy.
To get an idea of how deep it is - here is a side photo. I think it was 28" deep, 20" wide, and 53" tall. It is much deepr than the IKEA Expedit shelf it sits next to!
(BTW...clearly I did not clean or organize a single thing before I took these photos! Remember...work in progress!)
The drawers open a little differently than expected - each row opens up entirely and the drawers life out. This is great because I can very easily move individual drawers if I decide I want a certain item in another place! Here is a look in one row:
Some day I will get all the drawers filled and share them all...but for now I'm just working on cleaning and organizing my space now that I finally have enough places to store things!! I really love the cabinet - and though my husband might not agree with me - it was totally worth the pain of hauling it upstairs!!
