Let There Be Storage!

Mom, Mammaw and Aunt Sherrie came up on Wednesday to see the house.  Sherrie lives in California, so we don't get to see each other very often, but I could tell she was an avid reader of the blog! It was so fun to show her the things we have been doing to the house, and she already knew what the before and after looked like, and what all we had to do to get it to look that way! So fun.  Well, she generously gave us a little house warming gift that could not have come at a better time! My sister moved out of her apartment in Charlotte almost a year ago.  Because of that, we inherited some of her old furniture.  She had a great Ikea dresser that we now have in our bedroom and always had plans to get more of the set.  Here is where I have been keeping some my clothes for the last couple months: 

So luxurious! Brent and I made a trip to Ikea yesterday to get the matching chest of drawers.  It was on sale (my favorite!) and it was "eat for free weekend".  Can you really beat that?? Ikea is not my favorite place in the world... It's so busy and loud and a bit overwhelming, but when you really need something like this piece of furniture, you just can't beat it.

We put the whole thing together in about 1 hour and 45 min, but then... the piece on the front was warped and the drawers wouldn't slide in.... UUUGGGHHH! So, the patient husband I have took the time to take the WHOLE THING BACK APART and move the slats around so they would work.  Amazing.  I would have just made Ikea send me a new one! But it worked fabulously! Here is the same nook after:

Yay! So much better.  Thank you to Aunt Sherrie for making this dresser possible!