Weekend Warriors and Chicken Heart Attacks

Momma was looking for a project since Dad had a few hours around the house. Off to Home Depot we go! We saw the Martha Stewart Closest designer on This Old House and decided we could do that for a lot cheaper (psst! we came in at $140 cheaper and this baby's solid and the color we want). I removed most of my shoe boxes and our sweatshirts before I remembered to take photos so picture this first shot even messier!
All stripped bare. Cody and I cut all the pieces of melamine board out in his shop and then he assembled the shoe rack. Meanwhile, I was inside spackling holes and painting the closet shell.

Let me interject here to tell a great story: I brought the paint out to Cody just before the sun came down on Friday night. Our chickens were still out so I rounded them up, but just before they got to the coop, they slammed on the breaks. I was so busy tossing them inside and they flapping madly in protest that I didn't notice the SKUNK in the chicken coop. I threw open the door so the girls could escape (skunks are carnivorous) and ran to get Cody. By the time he returned with the gun, the skunk had escaped. Now the girls really don't want to get back into their roost. As we were rounding them up it was getting dark. Now, pretend you're a chicken and the large figure of my husband comes chasing you in the night. What to do? Stiffen up and fall over. Yep, one of the girls had a heart attack. Cody comes over to me with the chicken, its head hanging like a wet noodle and asks, "How do you check a pulse on a chicken?"
Saturday rolls around and after a birthday party and a funeral, we're finally able to get back to our project. While the boys slept, we hauled in all the parts. After the initial installation, the boys and I were pretty much little help until Cody finished putting in all the screws.
I was ready to wuss out at this point and leave it all white but then I figured the primer would get all scuffed from the shoes and I should probably use the rest of the paint.
We put the boys in bed and slapped on the first coat of paint.
After another coat of paint Sunday morning (I know I'm so bad for doing this on the Sabbath but all my clothes were in the living room and I was getting weirded out from changing in my front window), we were finally finished. My favorite part is that I can see all of my shoes! What a weekend!
Cody and I are available starting in November for hire in your upcoming home organizing projects! Just kidding. I need a nap.