Sunday, August 1, 2010

Lockers

I can't believe it's already August! I have been horrible about posting the last few weeks, but am resolving to be better this month. :)

So my dad called us yesterday morning to ask if we might have any use for some lockers, like you use in school. I said "YES" because I love pretty much anything I can use for storage. His company was getting rid of some and let the employees take them. Ours kind of look like this:

. . . except the bottoms do not have feet; they are flush with the floor. Oh, and they are not this nice shade of blue, they are MAROON. There's a color I will never decorate with -- talk about the '80's. (Apologies here to anyone who loves maroon. It's just not my thing.) So they will be getting painted.

I posted a question on facebook to see what other people would use these lockers for in a playroom, and here are the results so far.

-- dress-up clothes

-- art supplies

-- awkward-shaped toys

-- books and puzzles

I like all of these ideas, but as usual I have thought of something completely over the top that we probably can't/won't do. I was thinking . . . what if we cut out the back of one of them and made it a secret doorway into a hidden room?! How fun would that be? I'd probably get stuck trying to show the kids, knowing my luck. :) Anyway . . . there are some serious possibilites!

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