The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Is your garage so full of stuff that the car sits outside?

Your question sounds like one for the Geico or Netflix commercials.

On 9/17/2011 6:47 PM, HeyBub wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?



Stupid question. g

What is it with *some* women and fu#king shoes? I keep the same shoes
for decades. My wife needs a new pair every month.

On Sep 17, 6:47 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Andy comments:

Three principles in physics to be aware of :

1) The size of a computer program eventually increases to fill all
available memory..

2) Programs passed in Congress swell to use up all available tax
revenue, as a minimum

3) Stuff in a wife's closet expands to fill all available
space........

I suggest you just give her your clothes tree, underwear box,
and dresser drawers
instead, and keep your stuff in the garage. Women don't like
to get dressed in a garage.......

Andy in Eureka, Texas

HeyBub wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?



Does a bear **** in the woods???

"HeyBub" wrote

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be
a relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more
shoes?


Thank you. I'll be sure to tell my wife how much I love her. She has four
pairs of shoes.

HeyBub wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?


Organise a garage sale with the main attraction all those shoes.
Benefit: Your spouse will be able to buy new ones.....

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Does the Pope **** in the Vatican? Nature abhors a vacuum and wives
abhor an empty spot in the shoe rack.

--
People thought cybersex was a safe alternative,
until patients started presenting with sexually
acquired carpal tunnel syndrome.-Howard Berkowitz

On Sep 18, 9:07 am, Kurt Ullman wrote:

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Does the Pope **** in the Vatican? Nature abhors a vacuum and wives
abhor an empty spot in the shoe rack.




Andy wwrites:

Kurt is right !!! And it gave me an epiphany of inspiration !!!

Just build your wife a small shoe rack !!!!

She'll fill it up and stop buying shoes.....

So simple..... and yet, so elegant....


Andy in Eureka, Texas

PS No thanks are necessary...... That's what I DO !!! :))))

On 9/18/2011 9:49 AM, Andy wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:07 am, Kurt wrote:

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?
Does the Pope **** in the Vatican? Nature abhors a vacuum and wives
abhor an empty spot in the shoe rack.



Andy wwrites:

Kurt is right !!! And it gave me an epiphany of inspiration !!!

Just build your wife a small shoe rack !!!!

She'll fill it up and stop buying shoes.....

So simple..... and yet, so elegant....


Andy in Eureka, Texas

PS No thanks are necessary...... That's what I DO !!! :))))

Fail.

She will stack shoes in and around the shoe rack. Been there, done that.

On Sep 18, 9:55 am, Jim T wrote:

Fail.

She will stack shoes in and around the shoe rack. Been there, done that.


Andy comments:

\ I bow humbly to a wiser voice of experience..... ..... Damn !!!!!
There's goes my patent !!!!!!

:))) Andy in Eureka

On 9/18/2011 10:49 AM, Andy wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:07 am, Kurt wrote:

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Does the Pope **** in the Vatican? Nature abhors a vacuum and wives
abhor an empty spot in the shoe rack.




Andy wwrites:

Kurt is right !!! And it gave me an epiphany of inspiration !!!

Just build your wife a small shoe rack !!!!

She'll fill it up and stop buying shoes.....

So simple..... and yet, so elegant....


Andy in Eureka, Texas

PS No thanks are necessary...... That's what I DO !!! :))))

Not the way it works. It is she who organizes all shelves and
drawers...that drawer in your dresser where you keep the junk that
doesn't have any other place can easily be filled with out-of-season
shoes. That stuff under the bed can go to the garage and be replaced
with shoe drawers. Having no room for my shoes and purses absolutely
inspires me )

On Sep 18, 10:08 am, Norminn wrote:
cessary...... That's what I DO !!! :))))

Not the way it works. It is she who organizes all shelves and
drawers...that drawer in your dresser where you keep the junk that
doesn't have any other place can easily be filled with out-of-season
shoes. That stuff under the bed can go to the garage and be replaced
with shoe drawers. Having no room for my shoes and purses absolutely
inspires me )

Andy comments:

SIGH !!!!!!!

On Sep 17, 7:47*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Serious questions only please.

Before considering removing the closet drywall and turning it into
workshop storage, replete with blue painter's tape and Sharpie labels,
run it by the woman before she considers removing you from the
picture.

R

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:47:30 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?


Start with an odd number, add one and divide by two.

On 9/18/2011 11:08 AM, Norminn wrote:
On 9/18/2011 10:49 AM, Andy wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:07 am, Kurt wrote:

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of
shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more
shoes?

Does the Pope **** in the Vatican? Nature abhors a vacuum and wives
abhor an empty spot in the shoe rack.




Andy wwrites:

Kurt is right !!! And it gave me an epiphany of inspiration !!!

Just build your wife a small shoe rack !!!!

She'll fill it up and stop buying shoes.....

So simple..... and yet, so elegant....


Andy in Eureka, Texas

PS No thanks are necessary...... That's what I DO !!! :))))

Not the way it works. It is she who organizes all shelves and
drawers...that drawer in your dresser where you keep the junk that
doesn't have any other place can easily be filled with out-of-season
shoes. That stuff under the bed can go to the garage and be replaced
with shoe drawers. Having no room for my shoes and purses absolutely
inspires me )

The major factor in my divorce was organizing my husband's tools...he
laid them down anywhere after he used them and when there was a good
deal to be put away, I put them away. "Where did you put my tools this
time?" He had a chest of drawers in the front clothes closet, given
over to tools. I arranged the drawers according to type of tools and
put most away in there...I could find them when I needed them, but kept
my own under the bed in guest b.r. so's he couldn't find them. He
didn't take care of any of his, so.............still got tools that
belonged to my mom; dad had no use for them )

RicodJour wrote:
On Sep 17, 7:47 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a
clothes tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has
about five linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall
space, priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting
shelves for the shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6"
shelf spacing, will be enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of
shoe-space be a relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to
simply buy more shoes?

Serious questions only please.

Before considering removing the closet drywall and turning it into
workshop storage, replete with blue painter's tape and Sharpie labels,
run it by the woman before she considers removing you from the
picture.


No, no, much more elegant. I would prime and paint the cavity, run some 1x4s
thru the planer to get narrow shelves (stained and varnished), use oak trim
(also stained and varnished), maybe even put in an overhead emphasis light
like you see for works of great art.

I mentioned my plan in passing to SWMBO and she got so excited she began to
quiver!

"You'd do that for ME?" she exclaimed while hopping up and down.

"Of course, dearest. That's what I'm here for," I explained.

"Oh goodie! Oh how sublime! I love you, I do!" she offered while twirling on
one toe (had to dig out the ballet slippers first).

On 9/18/2011 12:08 PM, RicodJour wrote:
On Sep 17, 7:47 pm, wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?

Serious questions only please.

Before considering removing the closet drywall and turning it into
workshop storage, replete with blue painter's tape and Sharpie labels,
run it by the woman before she considers removing you from the
picture.

R

Got a spare bedroom or guest room? Do a wall of pretty cubbyholes with a
few drawers in there. If room is ever needed for company, all the shoes
can be chucked into a couple of plastic bins and carried down into
basement until company leaves. Shoes are light- a box of 3/4 plywood
(like for a bookcase), with the sides kerfed to accept 1/2" horizontal
shelves, and the shelves kerfed to accept 1/4" or even masonite vertical
dividers, would work. Add a face frame if it needs to be pretty. Of
course, if cost is no object, the 'design a closet' places all have all
sorts of shoe storage wall units available.

--
aem sends...

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:08:55 -0400, Norminn
wrote:

Not the way it works. It is she who organizes all shelves and
drawers...that drawer in your dresser where you keep the junk that
doesn't have any other place can easily be filled with out-of-season
shoes. That stuff under the bed can go to the garage and be replaced
with shoe drawers. Having no room for my shoes and purses absolutely
inspires me )

You store shoes and purses in empty suitcases? :-/

I can barely get a shotgun in our closet. I moved the door from the
bath side to the bedroom side. She designed and had installed surround
wall unit up to nine feet. Plenty of room above for overflow hat
boxes.

wrote:
"HeyBub" writes:

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of
shoe-space be a relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to
simply buy more shoes?

Rhetorical question?

Whatever you do, don't scale up, there is no such thing as a
reasonable limit.

The idea was inspired a few days ago while we were getting ready to go out.
The woman at issue was frantically flitting from one room to the other, like
a cat on nip.

"What's the holdup?" I asked.

"I'm looking for my shoes," came back the answer.

"I don't know much about that sort of thing," I said, "but they're on your
feet."

[Withering look] "Not THESE shoes, dummy! They don't match my (purse, hair
color, nail polish, tan) or they are the wrong (season, size, heel height)
or they (have buckles, do not have buckles, straps, bows, or miniature
leprechauns counting gold coins), yak-yak-yak. I forget.

Sure enough, when we get to her cousin's house-warming, the cousing says
"Yellow shoes with a blue dress? How gauche! Come with me, dear, perhaps we
can find something."

I hung out with my cousin-in-law and a beer. We talked football. The subject
of shoes never came up.

On 9/17/2011 6:47 PM, HeyBub wrote:
The lady of the house has her own walk-in closet (I make-do with a clothes
tree and an underwear box beneath the bed). This closet has about five
linear feet of unused wall space.

The lady has about 80 pairs of shoes.

I'm considering removing the sheet rock on these ten feet of wall space,
priming and painting the innards of the space and erecting shelves for the
shoes. I compute a 10x7' foot of wall space, with 6" shelf spacing, will be
enough to contain about 120 pairs of shoes.

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of shoe-space be a
relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to simply buy more shoes?





That closet is her territory man keep your nose out of it. Let her
worry about how things are arranged in there. Why in the hell would
you even be going into her closet in the first place? You have no
business in there whatsoever. I really hope your not in there trying
on her stuff.

What would you say if she decided to rearrange your work room? That
would border on justifiable. Men have important things to be
considering. The state of a pile of woman's shoes does not even come
close to warrant a mans consideration.

If you are looking to fulfill an urge to do some meaningful then build
yourself a man room. Unless she's carrying your balls around in her
purse I would suggest you start with a budget at least equal to what
it cost you to fill her closet.

LdB

"HeyBub" wrote in message

My question, then, is this: Will the sudden availability of
shoe-space be a relief to the closet floor or will it inspire her to
simply buy more shoes?

Actually with a NEW shoe rack, only all NEW shoes should go in there,
then since there will be new shoes, there MUST also be NEW matching
accessories like purses and whatever else "accessories" are...

Note the best defense to this is a good offense: When doing this
project, be sure to run your credit cards up to the limit buying new
tools and so forth for this (you need that new power saw for *her*
project!, etc.) Then she will not be able to buy any new shoes!

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:04:26 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

No, no, much more elegant. I would prime and paint the cavity, run some 1x4s
thru the planer to get narrow shelves (stained and varnished), use oak trim
(also stained and varnished), maybe even put in an overhead emphasis light
like you see for works of great art.

What I did in a wall cavity.

Moving door from bath to bedroom side. Opened a new RO for the new
door. Moved electrical.

Sheetrocked the inside closet door side at the bath side.

Back in the bath, put luan on the rough side (back of the wall board.
Framed the RO jamb in poplar, poplar shelves and modified wood crown
molding for casing (instead of boring door casing). Shelves are wider
than the wall 4 inch cavity -- 6 inch. The crown make is fancy-dancy.

The former door is now a door sized medical cabinet.

When I get a 'round to it' doors go on next :-/

LdB wrote:



That closet is her territory man keep your nose out of it. Let her
worry about how things are arranged in there. Why in the hell would
you even be going into her closet in the first place? You have no
business in there whatsoever. I really hope your not in there trying
on her stuff.

Ever heard of Fibber McGee's closet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FGC68YcwM


What would you say if she decided to rearrange your work room? That
would border on justifiable. Men have important things to be
considering. The state of a pile of woman's shoes does not even come
close to warrant a mans consideration.

Good point, but this was only an idea - and of course I ran it by her first.


If you are looking to fulfill an urge to do some meaningful then build
yourself a man room. Unless she's carrying your balls around in her
purse I would suggest you start with a budget at least equal to what
it cost you to fill her closet.


That's what my house WAS! Real Estate agent (a female) took one look and,
after retching, called it a "man cave." Now it looks as if a woman lives
here.

I knew I was in for a change when it was decided that the bison head over
the fireplace and the mounted beaver on the hearth had to go.

I learned that, in addition to having a century's supply shoes, a woman
cannot have too many pillows, doilies, figurines, vases, dried flowers,
pictures of grandchildren, and incense sticks. Also, the refrigerator is
stocked with REALLY wierd food, like 27 flavors of yogurt and eight kinds of
salad dressings.

Oh well, viva la differance!

"HeyBub" wrote

I learned that, in addition to having a century's supply shoes, a woman
cannot have too many pillows, doilies, figurines, vases, dried flowers,
pictures of grandchildren, and incense sticks. Also, the refrigerator is
stocked with REALLY wierd food, like 27 flavors of yogurt and eight kinds
of salad dressings.

Oh well, viva la differance!

You forgot the most important item. Candles.

And next to that, hundreds of those free plastic grocery bags. The ones
that usually disintegrate before being used. I have always says it's a
reflection of a person's insecurity by how many of those FREE plastic bags
they have.

But they DO come in handy to store candles and shoes and all that other
stuff in................

Steve

Steve B wrote:

You forgot the most important item. Candles.

[Slaps face] How could I overlook candles. The bathtub now looks like a
religious shrine.


And next to that, hundreds of those free plastic grocery bags. The
ones that usually disintegrate before being used. I have always says
it's a reflection of a person's insecurity by how many of those FREE
plastic bags they have.

But they DO come in handy to store candles and shoes and all that
other stuff in................


That's going too far! I use those free plastic bags: 1) To temporarily store
a paintbrush in the middle of a job, and 2) Cut a piece to place under the
paint can lid to act as a seal.

They also serve to hold the clean-out of the kitty-litter box on its way to
the trash.

I used to use them to hold various veggies in the crisper. That way, when
the vegetable rotted, it didn't soil the vegetable bin. Until you've tried
to sop up something that used to be an eggplant, you won't appreciate the
idea.