Day 3

So I started yesterday on the plan of painting and cleaning up

and when I was working on the front bathroom

I found that I had a wonderful idea to share. 

First let me introduce you to a member of our family for the past 14 years,

Kirby.

 

 

Kirby, all 16lbs of him,  was my Son's cat but when he got married

and moved on . . . well . . . Kirby had to stay. 

Mostly because he is an awesome cat but also because the apartment that the newlyweds moved into has a pet policy that they just couldn't afford besides I work from home and they are never home

And most Importantly

Kirby is MINE!!!

 

 

 So I painted all the walls yesterday a bright white.   This is my vanity.  I did the tile work myself.  Maybe that will turn up in a blog too.   Hmmmm.

But what I really wanted to point out is

THE CAT BOX.

So don't see it in the first picture? Well look on :)

 

 

Yup, that is the underside of our vanity in the front bathroom.  

And that is the nasty smelly cat box. 

My husband ripped out the old cabinet area that was under the vanity top - fortunately the cabinet area was an add on so the top was supported independently and we didn't have to come up with a way to add any additional support. 

Then he built a simple frame with 1" x 3" and then,

attached to the back vinyl lattice for easy clean up.  

I painted the frame before he put on the lattice

and used a high gloss exterior paint so I could scrub it up when I needed to.

He then attached it to the wall with two hinges

and used the 'do thingy' for the latch on the other side.  

So it just snaps into place. 

I guess that technical terms are not my forte.  :P

It's just a push in latch.

You could use magnets or whatever.

 

 

YUCK!

 

But the wonderful door that Jeffery built me encloses all of that mess.

The small hole cut in the vinyl lattice work allows his Majesty in and out

without the Dog (another blog) sticking her head in for 'snacks'.

 

I vacuum up the mess once a week

and the box (which is electric but we don't use that capability)

has a handy box at one end to dump the crap in 

and we empty the handy box every couple of days.  

Is there  a smell?  Only if we forget to clean up.

And note in the first picture the plug in air freshener keeps everything smelling great. 

 

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I keep a small whisk broom (for kitty litter that makes it out and onto the floor) 

and the kitty litter

and a cat poop scoop in the bottom area.

 

Best idea ever.

Only challenge is remembering that the door MUST stay open.

 

Enjoy,

Jan

Day 2

So I have been cleaning up the house. 

When your kids move out you suddenly find you have tons of space and a lot of crap.  

So we (and no this is not the royal 'we', Jeffery and I are both in on this) are working on cleaning out years of accumulation that at some point will need another home

(i.e. garage sale in the works . . . big garage sale in the works).
 

So today I took on the hall closet and so far it's a tie as to who is winning. 
This has been the dumping ground for several years of all the linen, doilies
(grandma's doilies which I am too soft hearted to dump),
numerous heating pads (don't ask)
and toilet paper.
 

But I have always wanted to clean it up and
create a central location for all my cleaning products
On the top shelf - away from small hands. 

So today I did it, with a little help from a Pinterest idea.  

 

 

The before - notice all the happy bottles on the shelf. 

Well above that shelf is A LOT of wasted space. 

You know that area, way up in the closet, where nothing fits.

 

 

So ignore the holes in the walls.  When we renovated the bathroom shower

we knocked some nails back into the closet. 

Patching and painting the closet are on the list but . . . . all in good time.

 

See the happy pole in the top of my closet :)   I got this from the front bathroom

where I had it over the shower area for drying wet clothes

but since the front bath is nothing more than a guest bath now

I STOLE IT!   Bwhahahaha.  Uh, no, sorry.  Another story.

 

 

So now hang the bottles with the sprayer heads and VOILA!  

It's like having an extra shelf and it's even higher away from small hands!

 

 

It doesn't look bad either - except for the holes in the wall part :P

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Jan