A Bug’s Life
Well I thought that by this time I would be busy.
Really busy.
Extremely busy.
But we’ve decided to let the professionals come in and pack up all our worldly goods.
It will take them about 2 days to pack up and load the container.
Self packing would entail about 4 weeks of chaotic upheaval.
So let them do it.
Nice and easy.
Costly, but easy.
So, what do I do with all this time not spent packing boxes?
Deciding what will fit into the limited space, sorting, organizing, giving away, throwing away…
…and the odd bit of furniture-restoration-style-crafting. See that china cupboard?
A lovely old primitive piece, filled with wood worm and destined for the burn pile. Can’t envision that, but thanks to the generosity of Lucy-Of-The-Lodge, I can now envision it holding cones and skeins of yarn in my new fibre workroom (studio would be too lofty a term, I think).
So, time to roll up the sleeves and de-bug it before the movers come. A few coats of bug-killer and oil should do the trick before it’s loaded into the container. And here’s hoping that the bug’s life in this case is a very short one.
Yep, a nice little souvenir from Ireland.
I hope the bug killer and oil works because it would be a shame to have to burn that lovely piece! I’ll miss your Ireland perspective but looking forward to hearing about your new life.
23 Apr 2008 at 11:29 pm
Very beautiful piece
24 Apr 2008 at 1:26 am
Wow…beautiful piece of furniture! Good luck with it!
24 Apr 2008 at 2:26 am
That is really a beautiful piece. I hope the bug killer works! I look forward to pictures of it holding your cones and skeins of yarn in your new studio (I don’t think it’s too lofty a term). I, too, am looking forward to reading about your new life in the good ‘ol U.S.
24 Apr 2008 at 2:27 am
oh I think that will be wonderful! Its lovely.
24 Apr 2008 at 3:43 am
lovely piece. it will look great stuffed with yarn!
24 Apr 2008 at 4:13 am
I wouldn’t call it exactly “little” but nice nonetheless:)) but are you seriously saying that you let strangers pack your textile stash??? shock, horror – I’d never let anyone touch mine – who knows what kind of funny ideas they’d get with it:)) though I suppose they might not be too happy to do the packing anyway…..
24 Apr 2008 at 2:07 pm
after a lot of moving and a lot of packing, we’ve reached the same conclusion : let the professionals come in and pack up !!! don’t know about you, but we’re too old now to do this ourselves ;-DDD it would be too sad to burn this yarn cupboard
25 Apr 2008 at 7:44 am
OHHH so beautiful. You know back in the States people pay big bucks to get that effect with the worm wood. It will be beautiful to have that piece as a reminder of Ireland. I have been trying to figure out how to get some of these beautiful blubs from holland in our packing but hubby thinks I will bring over the next gypsy moth epidemic.
25 Apr 2008 at 8:41 am
I’m just sitting here hyperventilating just by contemplating packing up to move — even if I do hire someone. I imagine them going through my stuff saying things like, “Who would hang on to this junk?” So I’d have to, like, pack before the packers came to pack.
25 Apr 2008 at 3:28 pm
What a beautiful piece. You certainly do have an eye for pretty things. You’d love my pie safe.
25 Apr 2008 at 7:59 pm
I love Irish Scrubbed Pine pieces. I have a few of my own in the house! Good luck with your move!!
26 Apr 2008 at 8:31 pm
I certainly hope that the bug treatment will get rid of your worms. It is such a beautiful cabinet, but then I am nuts over primitive pieces of furniture.
29 Apr 2008 at 3:37 pm