Now that we've reintroduced ourselves as
Lakes and Lefse, it's time for our first official blog post.
To keep things light and humorous, I ask you...
When you've moved into a new (previously lived in) home,
what are some funny things you have found?
These can be things left behind,
odd decorating details that you didn't notice on any of your previous walk throughs,
you name it.
For us, this house is all about HOOKS.
There... are... hooks... EVERYWHERE!
I'm not just talking about behind bedroom doors for robe hooks or behind bathroom doors for towel hooks, and I'm certainly not referring to all the hooks/nails in a garage. Those are pretty typical yet still worth mentioning. But we have a superfluous amount of hooks in this house. Allow me to list for you all the places we have found hooks in this house.
Inside the entry closet door. A nice brass hook on matching woodwork. Understandable. Come to my house and hang your hat. Our welcome mat is out and a nice hook awaits your hat.
Inside the entry closet. A set of 5 wooden pegs decent for hanging purses, umbrellas, small things. As you can see, I'm taking advantage of these for my purse, camera and aprons.
Inside the hall closet. A plastic hook caddy of sorts, that looks to be some place to hang brooms, mops, etc. I'm using them.
Laundry room, behind the door. Set of 3 brass hooks on matching woodwork. Again, understandable, but I did remove these because I needed to use the back of the door for something else.
Laundry room closet. Some really weird wire hooks that are waist-high. Not sure what these are for. I use this closet as the kids' craft closet, so I hung a couple of smocks there that you can't see pictured below. There's an additional ironing board hook inside the closet too. I'll certainly make use of that. And to add to the Laundry Room hooks, we also have 2 sets of key hooks which we are clearly making full use of with camper keys, dog collars, leashes, etc.
The kitchen has [cringe!] nails pounded into the beautiful oak cabinets. I found a dirty stainless spoon hanging here, with an equally dirty, sticky cabinet side. Ew.
And darn it, why couldn't they have used those nicely removable Command Hooks in the corner? These will have to stay until we're ready to do a backsplash because removing these will certainly rip the drywall to shreds. Boo, hiss to these 4 plastic hooks.
Guest room and 3 upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms too. Behind the doors. Fine. I get it. We use them for robes and towels too. But they just add to the count; the growing count of hooks.
Guest bathroom. The previous owners opted for a set of 5 towel hooks in lieu of a towel bar. I wasn't sure how I'd like this, but I tend to hate towel bars because they get too heavy and no matter how well you anchor them to a wall, unless they are screwed into a stud, towel bars all eventually come down. I'm liking these hooks more and more.
Master bedroom. On each side of the bedroom there is a set of 3 brass, his-and-hers hooks on matching oak woodwork, close to each nightstand. Not sure I want my stuff hanging right beside my bed. My husband jokingly hung his dirty clothes there. These hooks will be coming down when we paint and decorate our room because I really don't understand them. To me, these hooks say, "
I don't know where to put this [insert item name here] and I'm lazy too find a drawer, closet, cubby, whatever, so I'm just going to hang it here."
Quiet Tiger's room has tons of nails, screws and these 3 screw hooks above the closet. Removing these, spackling and sanding these walls will keep me busy for a good LOOOOOONG weekend when we go to paint and decorate. And yes, there is evidence of those sticky hooks (not the Command kind) in both kids' rooms that have been painted over. How to sand those down, I do not know.
Unfinished basement. Hooks and nails everywhere.
Garage. Again, hooks and nails everywhere and I totally get it. Truthfully, I like the idea that 1 end of the garage is a peg board for hanging tools. WE... NEEEEEEEEEED... HOOKS for our peg board. Can you even imagine us
needing more hooks? Ha!
But honestly, folks. There are more hooks in this house than I have seen in a lifetime! I should seriously count them. I'll bet that I have more hooks in this house than you have in yours!
What are the quirky things you have found in your homes? I want to hear your funny stories! Surely I cannot be the only one with a funny house story. Please share with me so we can laugh together.
Happy Friday from The Hook House!
