I've got this plan. Rob doesn't get it, but I think it would be great. I want to work with our garage and make it not only clean and organized, but turn it into a play space for the kids. Because the garage isn't insulated or heated, we couldn't use it like an indoor space, but it would be a good spot for wind/rain/snow/mud/sun free play. I was thinking of just putting up some boards along the walls, then building in some basic cupboards on one wall. The cupboards could contain all our garage junk, lawnmower, out of season tires, bbq in winter, random stuff, recycling. Nothing fancy at all, but it would give the kids a nice spot to get out some big energy. Our playroom in the basement just isn't that large, and it's feeling a touch small with all 3 of them now playing there. It would be nice to be able to put the little tykes basketball net out there, and not have to worry about hitting Ruby on the head while we try to shoot baskets. It would be so nice to have more playspace. I'm trying to convince Rob, so I added in that it would be a perfect size for a ping pong table in a couple of years :) Wonder what that would cost.
Our kitchen is making me mental again. I think we need new appliances. Our fridge is sounding sad, old and whiney. Our stove is tempermental. The big burner works when it feels like it, which means it will often conk out mid-cooking job. nice and frustrating. Can't replace it though, because we don't want to buy appliances and have to move them in a few years or 'donate' them to the church. Also, the church is talking about kitchen renos...but who knows what that will look like, or when it will happen. Or if when it does happen, if I'll get any input into it. Ah, the joys of rectory life
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I know what you mean about the kitchen we lived in staffing homes for 4 years. It is hard when the stuff isn't yours. Hope the church will get new stuff for you.
And as i said on GCM I think the garage playroom is a great idea.
Ping Pong tables are usually a pretty regular garage sale item! I think we sold ours for 15$ a number of years ago.
And when we were in FSJ we went through 3 dryers and 2 washers...the parishoners just kept giving us their old appliances instead of buying new. Once, we received a washer and after using it received a phone call from the man who loaned it to the rectory to let us know that we should probably bleach it out really well because there were mice living in it when it was being stored in their garage. Eww!
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