We have a loft-like room above our garage that, in the past few years, has been our junk cave. When the Cutlet became mobile, we blocked it off with a baby gate and kept putting things up there to get them out of sight, mind and harm's way.
That all came crashing down on us when the Cutlet, brute strength still beyond his comprehension, he-manned the gate from the wall and thumped his chest like a triumphant gorilla about a week ago. For a while, that was it. We had a gateless stairway, but he didn't venture far beyond the first few steps. We didn't bother to restore the gate because he has been initiated in other homes by the joys of stairs; he is old enough to navigate them safely the majority of times.
I bet you can see where this is going. Curiosity may have done grievous things to the cat, but in the end, it simply propelled the Cutlet up the straight flight and into our junk. We have since removed anything of value or things that could hurt him. The worst part is that the upstairs room was also where his old toys went to die. He rediscovered the most annoying ones and has brought them back downstairs. Yippee!
Now cleaning the room up and making it usable, something low on our list of priorities, has jumped up the list like a Kelly Clarkson song (that alone boggles my mind). I meant to snap a pic of the room this morning to give you a clearer picture of our problems. Really, your imagination can fill in the blanks. It has a wrought-iron railing up the stairs and facing the stairs ... there are three windows that are standard-size but sideways ... the walls are stark white ... the original, most hideous vintage 1964 light fixture swings from the ceiling ... there are nails popping out of the dry wall (so fun to fix!) ... and the carpet, oh the carpet, is lowpile made to resemble wood planks but with a cartoonish-looking aura. And it has a few pee stains of pets past. At least it's a big room, right?
With no closet, shelving or storage, the room may give us a reason to drive to the new Ikea store that's a bit more than an hour away. Like we needed an excuse.
I'll keep you posted.
Ikea is a great place to shop for all the things you're going to need.
Best of luck in this new venture.
Cas
Well, it's just going to get worse when he hits high school!!
I just bought some NICE big-ass stainless steel wire shelves that will hold something like 600 pounds - six feet long - for $75 apiece at Sam's today. On casters. We're going to put file boxes on them, and I am so excited about them.
Good service