Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Great Shelf Project
I've been wanting to get a shelf of sorts to store my little make-up collection that just keeps growing and growing, but somehow never end up used at all - aside from mere swipes on my hands/face to test it (i decided not to mask the awesomeness within).
My room is a complete mess and I think the reason I hardly use any of the stuff I buy is because most of the time, I cant find them. I have the attention span of a mosquito and if I cant find what I want to use within 30 seconds, life goes on.
So I popped over to Jusco, which was a horrible disappointment because everything cost a grand total of RM30 and above. I'm not going to pay so much for a shelf to keep my lipsticks in. If it collapses halfway, cellophane tape can be had for RM3.90.
I thought shelf-salvation would rain down upon me in IKEA, the grand dame of all things colourful and plastic, but it was not to be! IKEA being well, IKEA, all their storage spaces were meant to maximise space and consisted almost entirely of a huge assortment of boxes, in varying degrees of pretty, designed for stacking.
Boxes which were.. So tempting. Paper.. Cardboard.. Felt.. Embossed cloth ones.. Red faux leather.. Zebra-print..
But willpower prevailed! Stupid IKEA. Getting my hopes up to find the perfect home accessory and instead, making me walk out empty-handed without any purchase to validate my parking ticket for free parking. I need mini drawers IKEA, not Lego blocks disguised as storage boxes TQVM.
Who knew that the little gem I was looking for would be in the last place make-up would dare show its cakey little face - ACE Hardware Store, Ikano.
Behold!
9 mini-drawers ready to be filled with.. Awesomeness!!
A flat top-shelf bit just waiting to be weighed down with.. Awesomeness!
I decided to do a little bit of DIY myself. Y'know, get my hands dirty and work for my craft.
I lovingly lined the inside of all 9 mini drawers with tissue. Because make-up can be a very messy business indeed.
Whew, that totally tired me out. I'd make an awesome Stepford wife.
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