Finished

 
Image: Nearly done "ugly" Christmas quilt (which I actually quite like) and Rhubarb for scale.

This is technically the pinned version, but I completed this quilt yesterday afternoon, despite being sidelined by YET-ANOTHER-PAINTING-PROJECT. 

When our pipes froze over the Christmas holiday, we ended up having to move a whole lot of accumulated STUFF out of a space we call our "utility" closet, even though what it actually is is a mudroom that used to connect to a backdoor that the previous owners closed off. (Like, bricked--or in our case stuccoed--over completely. The only proof that remains is the back steps that go up into a wall in the backyard.)

At any rate, once the pipe crisis was over, we started the process of moving everything back into place, we, OF COURSE, ended up doing some reorganization and sorting. Shawn cleaned out a cabinet completely of the junk it used to hold and decided that she wanted to move it to the basement and repurpose it for "fancy dishes" overflow. 

I fully support this because our house is over run by three things: books, fabric, and fancy dishes. 

So, finding places that are more out of the way for excess of any of those three things is GOOD.  

At any rate, this, OF COURSE, first necessitated making room in the basement. Shawn found a good spot, started clearing a space (which again, involves sorting, tossing, and recycling--all good in our house!) and when we looked at the wall, she said, "You know, I've always wanted to paint this wall a fun color." I said, "Just this wall? I could do that in two hours. Let's just do it!" and so we did. We now have a lovely mint green wall in the basement, which Shawn also spruced up with some curtains to hide some of the uglier rafter bits and a fancy "new" dish overflow cabinet. 

Whoot!

Of course, we didn't finish putting the pantry/utility closet back together, but we really are finally doing somethings around the house that have been literally on Shawn's to-do lists for YEARS. So, that's a win.

How was your weekend? Do any reorganizing, cleaning? Or... anything fun?