The Daily Hailey

Remember that time we bought that beautiful white cabinet that needed new paint and some adjustments? Remember when I told you it was done and just needed moving into the house? Remember how I promises I’d show you guys asap? Remember??

I did not remember 😂 My bad.

Our paint dilemma was worked out a long time ago! To refresh you, the cabinet had been white, and we could’ve just painted it white. But we wanted color. We had baby pink leftover from the camper, but we didn’t want that. We had some purple, but we already have enough purple floating around the main area. What we most wanted was a deep mustard yellow. But buying new paint would be about $60, and we are not exactly rolling in disposable income. So we split the difference, and Brady went to the Habitat Restore to look at mistints. While they didn’t have the color we were looking for, we dove in for something different!! Eek!

BRIGHT CORAL!!!

Isn’t it pretty?? 😍

Brady sanded the top smooth, and got all the drawers adjusted so they didn’t stick anymore. He put some material behind the drawers so they came out a little further and were easier to open. We loved that it didn’t have any handles and wanted to keep it that way. One less piece of furniture to hook clothes knees on. At my request, Brady also installed some leftover beadboard from the camper walls in the back of the cabinet! It gave it just a little something extra. We are both SO happy with how it turned out!

And as you can imagine, it fits in well around here!

It will absolutely fill as time goes by, but I’m not rushing it at all! Currently, the shelves hold the bible from my childhood that the kids like to read from, as well as a basket of masks that they take from every morning for school. At the top there is the book Cher made for us for Wavy’s baby party.

The drawers are exactly what I wanted! Shallow, but very strong, to hold a TON of the kids craft stuff! The previous location still holds the printer and all the white paper, as well as kinetic sand, play doh, and the schoolish work books. The cabinet holds everything else.

Top drawer holds pencil crayons, crayon crayons, and markers. One container was out being used when I took the pic 🙂

Second drawer holds fun stuff. Pipe cleaners, tattoos, and my old Fantastic Flowers and Spirograph. Anyone else still have that stuff??

Third drawer is ALL the coloring books, sticker books, dot to dots, color by numbers, etc.

The fourth drawer is all the paper that isn‘t printer paper. Construction paper, lined, graphed, and cardstock.

And believe it or not, there is a fifth drawer that is currently empty!! Eek! Room to grow, you say?!?!

It is SUCH a win to have our things in their homes. I know that sounds a bit silly, but the last year and a half ish have been worked around things finding their spots around here. With the yard and basement finally getting done, I am done with moving messes. I want things to be intentionally here or not here at all. This cabinet has been in our plans for a couple of years at least, and its finally here, seamlessly serving its purpose. And its cute, which is an added win! Eek!

Adulthood means being excited about furniture right?

Right.