The Great Summer Projects Begin, Or The Return of Boredom

Exactly one week to the day when I finished my last final and I've kicked into high Summer Project mode. Project one will be to paint, add doors, and add feet to a generic small IKEA bookshelf and move it into the dining room so it can be used as a pantry. I intend to have Lowe's custom-blend the paint color to match the green on the placemats currently decorating the fridge. You may remember them from last year's Summer Project: Kitchen Border. That never really got off the ground, but if the bookshelf goes well....Anyway, the bookshelf now in the dining room will be turned on its side and moved into the second bedroom, where I can display all of my Barbies on top and fill the inside with drawers of video games, art, and books. Aesthetically, both rooms will come together better and storage-wise, the space will be better distributed as well.

I'll take (blurry) pictures with my cell phone (curse you, lost camera!) of each step of the process, just in case things go hilarious awry. I plan to prime the small bookshelf tonight and paint it tomorrow. That way I can rearrange and reorganize the books as soon as possible, instead of keeping them in piles which are starting to take over. How did we get so many books? No, wait, I know this one. It's because I never say no to books. They are always worth the money.

Well, got to go. Those DVDs aren't going to rearrange themselves.