Our Little Retreat

I thought I would show you what I did with a small entertainment center that we have had for 25 yrs. or more. Our bedroom is on the 2nd story of our house. We have an incredible amount of company. Sometimes it is a steady stream and this year it has come in spurts. In fact, a family of 5 is arriving today from MI to bring two boys to college.

If it gets late and some want to stay up or watch something downstairs that may not interest us, hubby and I retreat to our little area upstairs and crash.

I thought it would be a good idea to turn the part of the entertainment ctr. that had a turn table record player in it (that tells you how old it is) into a snack ctr. So we hurried over to Walmart and got a mini frig. and microwave. It's been one of the best ideas I've had, if I do say so myself. Let me tell you after working all day and hubby working late, I just go up those stairs and do my own thing.

When my sister, daughters, or Ceekay comes over we can let the guys have the downstairs and up we go to watch a movie. They all think it's a hoot. In fact, my sister always stocks it on her visits.

This is the cabinet and you can see through the glass doors that I stock all paper goods above the microwave.

To the side of the cabinet we put the frig.
On the bottom shelf I keep soups, crackers, drink mixes, chips, peanut butter, biscottis--you name it.

One day our daughter's internet service went out (she works from home) and she had to come over to use our wireless upstairs. She later confessed she raided the cabinet. (smile) That's ok, Sarah.

Closer look at the inside. There's a sweet grass Rose on the shelf that I got from Charleston.
The top shelf even pulls out.
This is our sitting area of the bedroom where the cabinet sets on the right.
Come on over, prop your feet up and we'll pop some popcorn and watch a movie.
Have a great weekend!