My definition of "frenzy" has changed somewhat as I've become older, stiffer, less well.
Yesterday my brain decided, against advice from almost every other part of me, that I needed to clean the kitchen. This involved clearing the worktops, cleaning the worktop, cleaning the items, putting them back, and creating a pile of "I don't know what to do with these" in one place on the breakfast bar. I also cleaned the windows, inside and out.
In my less decrepit state it would have taken me at most 2 hours to achieve what actually took me nearer 5. I gave up before I got to the stage where I needed to mop the floor. I meant to do that later, but I'd had (more than) enough.
The pile of stuff on the breakfast bar is still there, but it's smaller. I binned some, I put some in the boot of my car (charity shop), some needs DH's intervention, and some....I have no idea. I I might just put it on a tray and stick it temporarily underneath one of the units; we don't have plinths, it's easy, I've done this before.
It's an attractive option because I've ordered made to measure plinth pods for one run of units, so it could only be a short term fix. I did, tentatively, pull out one of the trays from a previous cleanring session... and decided to put it back to deal with later. I told myself it would all be easier when the plinth drawers are in, as some of those are designated for crap we don't know what to do with,
Today I'm thinking about moving on to the dining room, but part of what is in junking up there is waiting for one of the plinth pods to arrive, or for some Ikea bits to arrive, or for DH to put some shelves in the Kallax unit I bought the other day so I can finish putting the sideboard contents away,
Did I mention I got rid of my lovely Skovby sideboard and replaced it with a Kallax?
I used to have a 4x2 Kallax which worked well as a sideboard/storage facility. When we extended the cat tree, the Kallax was too big, the next size down was too small, so I replaced it with a lovely Skovby sideboard. The sideboard was a proper, although compact, sideboard. Inside, it wasn't quite as capacious or adaptable as Kallax, but it looked so much better. Looked lovely. Gorgeous grain, full of character.
Then, when looking at something for my Mum, I saw that Ikea had started doing cat bed Drona boxes (Kallax inserts). I bought one for another Kallax unit I have , and I really liked it.
I had to order some stuff for my Mum (she is a Kallax convert now she has limited space), and on impulse I ordered arecently released 3x2 Kallax for me. I left it unopened for a while, so I could see whether the moment passed.
Surprisingly, it didn't. So, we now have a Kallax unit in place. Doesn't look anywhere near as good as the Skovby, but it is immensely practical - and it has a cat bed in it!
