Friday, September 5, 2008

Cleaning Out My Drawers

My ebay auctions are in full swing again! I spent the summer acquiring cool stuff and now it all must go! I've been opening hidy holes and drawers and discovering things I forgot about that I am now wondering why I am still holding onto them. Do you know how cathartic cleaning can be- even to a pack rat like myself? Of course, now I can rationalize getting more stuff (I hear the thrift store calling my name...)!

The set of card catalog drawers pictured above are one of my summer finds. I paid a whole dollar for them at a church sale! Five drawers in a solid oak cabinet. *sigh* It was love at first sight! They now sit on an old cedar table in my studio, looking like I've had them forever. It didn't take long for the clutter to pile up on top of them!

6 comments:

Linda Jo said...

My sister has a huge card catalogue cabinet. She got it for free when they lived in Scotland. In fact she had two and gave one to a Scottish friend rather than move it back. One day I'll have one....maybe....I keep looking....

Donna said...

One Dollar????? WoW! I really like them!! Happy night sweetie!hughugs

~Red Tin Heart~ said...

Cleaning is good for the soul isn't it?
I wish I did it more. LoL
xoxo Nita

Gigi said...

Say N...what do you know about 'altered books' working on a couple and finding I lose the binding of the book rapidly....this is an old SC friend becky

~Red Tin Heart~ said...

I got it fixed! Yea..
xoxo Nita

Shannon (Faith and Chocolate) said...

EEEK! Those drawers are AWESOME!! And for a price tag like THAT! Wow, nice find, my dear! ;)
And thanks for stopping by and commenting.. your are so sweet. Thanks for the encouragement, so I know I'm not THAT far off on deciding to continue my soldering adventure! ;) Love your blog, too- I will be back! ;)
Hugs,
Shannon