Day #32 and Beyond {31 Days to Clean}

A Welcomed Addition to the Dining Room

As noted in the video from last weekend, I mentioned that getting rid of our wine rack was a future blog post.  Well readers, here it is!

The first item Jim and I ever bought together (almost 10 years now), was a wine rack.  At the time we lived in an apartment, and entertained often.  We also were both working full-time and had a large disposable income.  We loved wine, and thus purchased a wine rack that would suit our fancy.  Here is a recent picture:

Believe it, or not, we once had every space in the rack filled with wine!  Crazy, I know!  Hard to believe so much has changed in 10 years...but it has.

The table used to be a focal point of our living room, but since having the children it was where I put pictures or nicknacks.  It also moved from the living room to a corner of the dining room.  When Zoe started to crawl, all wine bottles were removed.  Which, if memory serves me right, came to about 3 bottles.

In the last couple of years the table has been bugging me.  But I since I used it for picture frames, I didn't want to get rid of it completely.  Now that the ladybugs are older, we could use it for wine.  Problem?  Well, wine now makes me have horrible headaches and bloats me.  Oh well.

My in-laws are in the process of completely redoing the main level of their home.  On Easter we discussed the items that they were going to sell on Craigslist or give away to their daughter (Jim has one sister).  I asked what they were going to do with the dry sink, and they said that it was the most expensive piece of furniture they were selling.  My mother-in-law said I could have it for part of my Christmas gift, and I agreed.

A few days later, my mother-in-law called me and said that my father-in-law wanted to just give me the dry sink, since their daughter was getting so many other items.  I believe I literally jumped for joy.

Yesterday, Jim picked up the dry sink and we put the wine rack in the attic (I don't plan on selling it anytime soon).  Here are pictures of the dry sink after the exchange.

Check out the HUGE storage area for my crafting/sewing!

This morning I rearranged the photos on it, but I am so thrilled at the exchange!  It really adds class to the room; and it also gives me a ton of storage for items that I didn't know where to put.

Have a lovely weekend all!