I am addicted to house shows. You know the ones—Flip That House, Flip This House (two different shows, really!), Clean House, Dress My Nest, etc., etc.

My favorites are the ones that go into a really messy house and make it fabulous. I love seeing someone else’s abode looking worse than my own. It gives me some kind of perverse satisfaction (“see Rog, you could be living in that! Aren’t you a lucky guy? I'll do the dishes later . . .”) But it does weird things to me. I get this urge, like an itch, to go through all my closets and throw everything out. Why do I keep all this clutter anyway?

Well, I have been eyeballing my kitchen closet for months now. It is a thorn in my side—it looks like a bedroom closet in a dining room. Well, it was a closet in a kids room about 8 years ago when we remodeled, and it looks out of place. At the risk of embarrassing myself and getting on one of those shows myself, here it is. And I think I am the only family member who remembers to close the doors. Heaven forbid someone should see that!! When we have company that’s the first place I check—its like having someone see you in your underwear when your messy closets are open!

So I had some cabinets makers in here to give me some ideas and write me up a quote to make it look more like a hutch and less like a closet. After I got over my shock and could breathe again I decided to scale back and do something else that will still be fabulous but affordable. I will post the finished picture—stay tuned!