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You are here: Home / Organizing / Finish It Friday: The Garage and Attic…and a Surprise!

Finish It Friday: The Garage and Attic…and a Surprise!

May 10, 2013 By Karen Cooper 13 Comments

Welcome to Finish It Friday, a series I started last year but then had to stop during my school year.

Today’s Finish It project was my garage.

clean garage front view from Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

On Wednesday, I cleaned and put a countertop on the Re-Store cabinet and organized the back of the garage.  Today, I finished the rest of the project, which ended up turning into another project…the attic. More on the attic in a minute. You’ll want to stay tuned for the attic story!

Today, I started by hanging the bikes.

hanging bikes at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I had the hooks already (got them at Target on clearance in a large pack for something like $3).

Then I put all of my smaller projects on one shelving unit.

areas of workshop labeled at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Next to it is a cabinet with gardening supplies in it. Other projects (like old windows, e.g.) are on the floor next to the shelving (because they were too big to go on a shelf).

On the other side of the garage, my larger projects are still there, but now there’s room to move around.

clean garage side view at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

There you go – much, much better!

clean garage front view from Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

And here’s the best part: my car fits in the garage again!

car in garage at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Wahoo!

So, remember how I talked about the attic? Well, as often happens, one project turned into another.

I was putting some stuff from the garage into the attic, and decided I would need to make a little room for the stuff …which led to me exploring what was in the attic…

I got a lot of stuff out of the attic that we don’t use and aren’t going to use, and that stuff is now in my car, ready to be donated somewhere. But then I found a box labeled “Aunt Agnes’ Quilts.” Aunt Agnes is Dear Husband’s aunt, and she made quilts. I had forgotten that we had a box of them upstairs in the attic. I’m not sure that I ever even looked in the box before today.

I brought it downstairs and here’s what was in the box:

one quilt found in attic at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I love the bright colors!

other quilt in the attic at Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I talked to my mother in law and she said that this quilt was made from Dear Husband’s grandmother’s dresses. How cool is that?

She MADE both of these. Aren’t they beautiful? I’m thinking the cathedral window quilt is going to go on the guest bed.

I also found a box of Dear Husband’s baseball and football trading cards from when he was a kid. My son is going to L-O-V-E that!

So, that was my Finish It Friday for today…with a bonus! A Two-Fer! Both the attic and the garage got organized and cleaned! Love it!

Have a great weekend, y’all! Happy Mothers’ Day to all the moms out there.

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. nova c. says

    May 10, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    what a beautiful surprise with the quilts!!!

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  2. Angie says

    May 10, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Yay for you and getting your car in the garage. That’s on my to do list as well. What a sweet find in those quilts! So very special! Have a great weekend and a happy mother’s day!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      May 10, 2013 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks! You, too! (P.S. I’m trying another comment notification plugin – please let me know if you get an email with this reply!)

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  3. Cynthia says

    May 10, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    What a big day! The quilts are outstanding. How fun that you didn’t even know they were there. I’m curious about the unidentified “big projects” left in the garage. Can’t wait to hear about it. That looked like quite a pile. You are going to have a busy summer.

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    • Karen Cooper says

      May 11, 2013 at 9:39 am

      It is quite a pile…old windows to do something with, a chandelier that has been spray painted and is waiting to be made into a bird feeder, and much more. A busy summer ahead!

      Reply
  4. lynn cockrell says

    May 10, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    Your nice uncluttered and clean garage brings on guilt feelings. Ours looks awful! Those quilts are gorgeous and they look so pristine and not faded, at all!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      May 11, 2013 at 9:38 am

      Thanks, Lynn! Don’t feel guilty – our garage had been a mess for a while!

      Reply
  5. Robin says

    May 10, 2013 at 10:48 pm

    WOW! What wonderful finds! I NEED to do the exact same thing!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      May 11, 2013 at 9:37 am

      Thanks, Robin! I’m so glad I did it and that it’s done!

      Reply
  6. Holly says

    May 10, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    I think it’s amazing that you finished the garage – it looks great! Got to admit, I’m a little jealous that yours looks so neat and clean… mine is a wreck! And I adore the quilts – they are gorgous… and have a great story to tell. Great find!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      May 11, 2013 at 9:37 am

      Thanks, Holly! I’m relieved it’s done and excited about the quilts!

      Reply
  7. Sunday Douglas-Nolley says

    June 8, 2015 at 11:11 am

    I would like to suggest you do a workshop on Quilting I have a lot of my son’s old clothes I would love to turn into a quilt.

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    • Karen Cooper says

      June 8, 2015 at 4:27 pm

      That would be great, except that I can’t sew! Let me see if I can find someone who knows how to make a quilt like that.

      Reply

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