Holiday Buffet

We’ve had this buffet* for… 30 years? more? 

For all that time, the bottom drawer has been a craft catch-all. Need beads, elastic, thread, packaged binding, glue, wooden things to paint for a project? The drawer will have it. 

It’s been a life project saver and a source of sparkly crafty joy for the grand girls. Of course the clutter spread, until most of this cabinet was filled with odd bits of crafty stuff.

I’d always used my mom’s hutch to store small seasonal decorations, so when Matt took that to SC last week (here), Plan B became clearing the buffet. 

Clear bins from the Container Store’s closing sale are now filled and labeled by holiday, with enough room in front of them to store our rotating collection of antique glass. Drawers hold flat-ish coasters, trays, trinkets and some table covers.

Out of all that, I kept half a grocery bag of useful stuff; filled 2 bags and a box with donations; and another 2 bags with trash. And left one drawer for junk odds and ends for old times sake.

* Funny story - Leia told me a couple of months ago that she never knew the buffet’s drawers/doors open. She thought they were just decorative and she was shocked when she saw me open one. It’s been here her entire life!! 😂