A Box for a Box (and an Old Friend)

We took on a new small project this weekend: we built a box for a box. Keep reading to find out why.

Here I am putting the final touches on a very simple wood box.





And here Ilana is putting in the parquet flooring (stick 'em squares, really).















And here is the purpose. Look at the bottom of the photo: the box is on the floor. Now that we removed the water heater from the upstairs closet (did we mention that we got a tankless water heater installed?), we decided to use the space for storage and to move Seymour's litter upstairs. The homemade box will help keep excess litter from getting into places it shouldn't. Moving the litter will allow us to lock him upstairs when guests are over, and adds more space to the tiny downstairs bathroom.



We also finally finished the kitchen.

All that means is that we re-installed our old friend the paper towel holder from the original kitchen in its near original location. It's pretty much the only item that survived from what was in the kitchen when we moved in. Ilana repainted it and insisted we put it back as an homage, but it's also pretty functional and officially marks that the kitchen is d-o-n-e.