The Day A Mouse Ruined My Dreams

Okay, okay, the title may be a little dramatic. But seriously, I have a sad tale to tell.

Christmas is coming quickly and I still have a few gifts to sew. So a few days ago, I went into my craft room to start unpacking so that I could work in there. I was greeted by a wall… A WALL… of stench. Something nasty happened in that craft room and the smell could kill. I tried cleaning the carpets, but it didn’t even touch the smell. Sooo….

Today I am ripping out all the built-in shelving. Cry a tear for me, please.

The shelving was built poorly. It was pretty crooked and not stylish, but I thought I could fix all that. What I can’t fix is all the mouse crap that’s fermenting behind it. It looks like the previous owners built shelving in the unfinished basement and when they decided to finish that room, they didn’t rip the shelving out, they just sheetrocked around it. Mice have invaded between the wood and the ceiling and I’m pretty sure that’s where the incredible stench is coming from.

Ew. Ew. Double ew.

I am not crafting in a mouse toilet.

So out go the shelves.

And now we get to add new drywall, frame in a closet, and get new carpeting (because there was no carpet under the shelves). Which is good in the long run… when we go to resell this home, we can list it as a four bedroom, which we can’t right now because that room is missing a closet. But it is kind of the pits because it’s going to take forever before I have a pretty craft room to work in.

HAPPY ENDING: SEE THE FINISHED ROOM HERE!