I decided to get rid of a GIANT piece of furniture. We got it about 14 years ago. It’s a big computer armoire and has served us well. I recently realized that it’s too honking big for the space. It hasn’t always been that way but since it moved into our dining room, we’ve added a large upright piano and a regular sized dining table (as opposed to the antique cherry drop leaf table that now sits in the corner in the same room). A repurposed antique sewing table serves as my computer/junk table. That’s a lot of furniture for this 13’X 15′ room. The other thing I realized is that the height of it makes it aesthetically awkward for picture frames, even a nice lamp. It’s a little tall which makes the guts of the lamp visible.Consequently, the big flat space up there has become a clutter magnet. That’s BAD!

This is a big move because this piece houses A LOT of stuff-both essential and non-essential to daily living. I keep homeschooling things in it, stamps and other office things, bills, books, records, tax stuff. Some things can be moved to other bookshelves in the house, some can be purged but others, I need to find a visible home for (outta sight outta mind).

My hope is to clear it out and post it on Craigslist. Honestly, if I can’t sell it, I have a problem because, as I said-it is HONKING BIG! In fact when the delivery men brought it the first time they dropped it (broke a few things in the process) and had to take it back because they broke the cabinet, too.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

FS: Beautiful pine computer armoire.