Comments on: A Little Confession

By: Kimberly Swait

Kimberly Swait — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:08:38 +0000

No offense Rachel, but I don’t know which was more fun- reading your entry or the comments. I’m still chuckling. It’s been a long day.

By: Claire R

Claire R — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:45:50 +0000

Oh, say, I’ve lately enjoyed making a mini version of your decorative fiber drum. We keep most of our toys in the play room proper, but the little one needs a few nearby in the family room, too; and I’ve found that an old formula can covered in the gorgeous La Bella Vita oilcloth makes a sweet small container for equally small toys.

By: Abra

Abra — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:55:04 +0000

Thanks for the idea — I know just where in my house I could do that!

By: Brandi H.

Brandi H. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:33:30 +0000

i just googled “gorilla shelves.” i guess we have a translation problem somewhere between idaho and texas. now that i know what you’re talking about, i love those things. have them all over my house. i just saw one used in a dining room in a design magazine! “industrial chic” and all that. now that i know what a fiber drum is, they look pretty handy too. i would put bolts of fabric upright in one.

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:05:31 +0000

Playing tetris! I like that a lot, too! ~A much more fun way to think of shuffling around all that stuff we don’t need at the moment but can’t throw out!

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:08:40 +0000

Tetris…what an apt description! I often think of these plastic sliding puzzles — it seems I can’t move one thing without moving everything (and I, um, live alone in a three-bedroom house).

By: lizziejank

lizziejank — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:01:04 +0000

Hi to all!
Valerie, I will post pictures as soon as I can, but I am not moving very fast right now, so be patient.
Angie - those are the little beauties! Mine are the taller kind- table height actually.
Abra - I know exactly what you mean about the storage problem. We lived in three apartments before we started renting the house we are in now, and all of them had insufficient storage. I remember telling my husband that I felt like I was playing Tetris all the time just trying to fit us in. One thing that helped us out for quite a while was a make-shift closet of gorilla shelves. We put two of them side by side (in our bedroom, because that was where they fit). I bought some of those magnetic curtain rods, and hung a curtain across the front. The sides you could cover with almost anything, but I cut down some bamboo blinds to cover it up. It was actually pretty cute, and the best part was that it fit those big rubber-maid bins. In our house it was referred to as “the craft room”, since it was full of fabric, the sewing machine, yarn, paints, wrapping supplies, and event my kitchen-aid that was too tall for the kitchen counter. Maybe not genius, but it worked for us.

By: Abra

Abra — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:34:59 +0000

Ben asked if you would let us know before you do another review like this. He would like to invest in the Fiber Drum Industry before the sales skyrocket.

I would like to know if you have any genius ideas for creating storage space where there is none (as that is my current dilemma). Thanks for the great ideas!

By: maddie

maddie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:43:13 +0000

Having gone w/ out a couch (among other things) for the first few years of our marriage, I appreciate ideas such as this…economical, and creative..(it reminds me of the furniture Edith Schaeffer talks about making w/ her husband in the early years of their marriage…which withstood at least his lifetime.)

We need a BIG table right now to help w/ school at home…and are in the process of “thinking” up ideas…

Looking forward to reading (and seeing:))more from you!

By: Claire R

Claire R — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:14:20 +0000

We have a lovely old drum from the interior of a washing machine sitting in our backyard. It’s roughly the same size and shape, and any earwigs would come free. Interested?