All I Want for Christmas

All I want for Christmas

(besides a Hatherley Lattistep :)

are dogs that sleep past 4 am. . .

More water in the pond. . .

{Santa we need rain!}

And more dish storage. . .

Our lake house was built in the ’80s~

the decade for big hair, not big closets :)

Our house in Charlotte, built in the ’90s, had lots of kitchen cabinets, closets, and I had dish storage in my dining room in the china cabinet, sideboard, and commode.

We have been at the lake permanently for a little over a year now, so we traded our dining room and closet space for our lake view.

A good trade, but there are times when I

miss my dining room, closets and roomy cabinets.

I took a page out of Debbie’s book at Words on Wheels

and re-purposed some space~

Debbie made a Crathroom~part bathroom, part craft space!

I could have followed in Carrie Bradshaw’s footsteps and used my oven for dish storage instead of sweaters, but I use my oven :)

Instead I found some dish storage in an unlikely spot~ in our upstairs bathroom.

Our bonus room upstairs was used by the previous

owners as a bedroom so it has a full bath.

Since we use it as a media room,

the shower has never been used.

So I’m using it now :)

The shower has glass doors that I hung a shower curtain over to soften the bathroom and hide the 1980’s frosted glass and mirrored  shower doors.

I removed the doors for convenience to assemble

a Sterile 4 shelf unit in the tub/shower area.

It conveniently came with 4 holes

on each shelf that I could slip a

shower curtain ring through,

to hang bowls & cups.

I found 10-pocket canvas shoe bags at Target,

that I hung on a tension rod

that are the perfect size for napkin storage!

I’ve had lots of emails and comments

recently about my dishes and storage~

I have 4 full sets of dishes, (service for 8)~

my everyday pattern,

our “good china”,

chosen when we got married and

very ’80s-patterned tulip salad plates :),

my Christmas china,

and my great-aunt’s dishes.

 For tablescaping and to feed my dish habit, I limit myself to buying 2’s and 4’s, sometimes with salad plates, sometimes just dinner plates.

Thanks for the inspiration Debbie

and helping me find some dish storage!

Hoping you get everything

you want this Christmas!

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