Home Improvement Project

The general contractor who worked on our house installed, to my great displeasure, a curved shelf in the laundry closet. He talked about how wonderful it would be to put stuff on it but I thought it was inefficient for bulk storage.

What I really wanted was ventilated shelving, but I figured it was too late. So I tried to make the most of the single, worthless shelf.

Then about a week ago, my sister told me that I could download a coupon for shelving from the Container Store from Oprah's website. It was just the motivation I needed.

So I bought a small crowbar and tore out the old shelf. Then I bought stuff to patch up the holes I put in the wall with the crowbar.

After a fresh coat of paint, I installed the shelves and loaded them with stuff.

Pretty cool, no? I'm quite pleased with my first home improvement project.

In case you're interested in doing something similar, the whole project cost me roughly $400.