my lucky lockers

A few years ago, we remodeled our bathroom. We took out our only linen closet to make room for another vanity.

I like that we have another vanity, but I had no place for sheets and blankets.

We were traveling through Uniontown, Washington a few months after the remodel, and stopped at an antique store. I fell in love with these cool wooden lockers, and the price wasn't bad. They came out of an old country club in Spokane. I wanted them!!

But we were in a car, and there was no way to get them home.

I admit it. I was disgruntled.

Fast forward a year. We were going through the same town, this time in a pickup. I insisted that we go in a pickup.

(I was using my noodle and thinking ahead. I had a plan.)

We stopped at the same store, and the lockers were still there!

Was I lucky or what?

The store owner was just getting ready to split them into two pieces. He thought they weren't selling because they were too big. He didn't know that I had kept my fingers crossed for an entire year, hoping that they wouldn't sell.
 (I think I must have mad voodoo powers. How else could these have gone an entire year without selling?)

They weren't in bad shape. Since they used to be built ins, the sides were rough. My husband just put some bead board on the sides to cover that up. I painted it all with a fresh coat of creamy white paint, inside and out, and spray painted the door handles black.

Now these lockers are in our family room. It's my new linen closet. I can fit an amazing amount of crap sheets and blankets in them.

I assigned each locker a different bed size.

Twin, double, king, and then odds and ends. 

(we don't have anything queen size.)

It makes me feel very organized. 

This is probably one of my luckiest finds, except for what I've found on our farm.

Thanks for reading!