The way the previous owners drywalled the attic allowed for a storage space in a corner that would otherwise be unusable because of the sloped roof. This was a blessing for us, because like I mentioned in the Reality Must Haves post, space in a 1920s home is not very plentiful. There was only one problem- that area, which is more than unsightly, had no door.
We left it as is for a while. No one goes in our attic, so no one sees our junk.
It wasn't until Ryan found part of an old shipping crate in the rafters of our garage that our junk could be sealed off.
Check out this piece of wood! And to think someone asked if we were going to paint it....
No way!
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| Don't mind the dusty floor... the picture was taken mid-renovations. |
So Ryan cut down the crate panel to fit the awkward storage opening. It was perfect. Except that it didn't have a handle.
So what else would Ryan do but find something (free) around the house to use as an unconventional handle?
Remember the bar that was in the pictures of the attic from when we first toured the house? Attached to that bar was this bottle opener, which is now our closet door handle.
With this, it has become a pattern for us to use things we have found in the attic or in other parts of the house or outside environment to incorporate as practical and free solutions to design and usage dilemmas. I love it!
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