This week I'm staining my quilt ladder (loving it-it's totally Simple and sturdy and functional). Now if it would be this simple: I have the perfect, most convenient place to hang our much needed blankets after using them in our chilly little basement movie-watching area, so my sweet boys will stand up promptly after snuggling in for a movie or wii session, fold their blankets in half and hang them neatly on one of the rungs. Ha! I don't have confidence that this will happen even once! Still, there it is. (There is a chance that I might be able to get my husband to use it!) If nothing else, when I clean up after my little piggies I'll have a sweet ladder on which to hang their blankies.

I finished the laundry room shelves that I mentioned earlier, but due to the fact that I stubbornly only used a chop saw to cut my 12 inch boards, the shelves are not totally flush. This, coupled with the fact that one of the boards I picked up for the frame of the unit is a little warped, resulted in a sloppy side. To help me decide if I needed to take the thing apart and re-cut the affected shelves, I put my linens on it. I discovered it is completely acceptable for its purpose, and of course I'm really tempted to leave it as is. But I have such a cool color (satin granite-seems perfect with the whole washer and dryer / there's still some exposed concrete in my laundry room deal) that would be ridiculous to put on if my boards weren't perfect. Now I can't bring myself to clear that thing off and re-do it...Still, I'll take some photos tomorrow to help me think about it some more!