Help me think of something to do with this awkward storage thing.

[mrsfran]

I have one of these:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80107974/

And I can't think what the hell to do with it. It doesn't fit in any drawers, I can't nail it to the wall, and it's too big to just put on a surface. I don't know wtf I was thinking when I bought it to be fair. I live in a small flat, space is at a premium.

So help me think of something I could do with it. It has so far briefly been a doll's house but it's not quite right for that, bit boring. I tried to use it for small toy storage but because of Bizarro Toddler Rules for some reason it's NOT OK and VERY UPSETTING to store different types of small toys in the same thing.

I don't sew or knit so it's not needed for yarn or anything. I just keep looking at it and thinking it must be good for SOMETHING. I know if I sold it, I'd immediately think of something genius I should have done with it.

Please help me stop expending so much mental energy on this.

 

[Pickman's model]

give it away

 

[killer b]

could you leave it on top of the wardrobe to gather dust for a few years, and then throw it out when you have a clearout? that's what i'd do.

 

[mrsfran]

give it away

NO. There MUST be something I haven't thought to do with it.

 

[cesare]

Socks, tights, rolled up belts, ties, scarfs. And will it go under a bed?

 

[mrsfran]

could you leave it on top of the wardrobe to gather dust for a few years, and then throw it out when you have a clearout? that's what i'd do.

Already been done. I discovered it in a wardrobe clear-out last week. I sold the shredder, stool and tape player I also found.

 

[Corax]

Rationing recreational drugs.

 

[mrsfran]

Socks, tights, rolled up belts, ties, scarfs. And will it go under a bed?

Sadly, our bed is a divan. I didn't want a divan. It's still a sore point.

 

[DaveCinzano]

If it's sturdy enough, on its side as a lo-fi dolls' house/fire station/orbiting space commune/whatever.

Which just so happens to be a convenient place to store toys when they not taking tiffin/putting out fires/circling the Earth

 

[Cid]

Small sheep pen.

 

[Corax]

Get some wooden Xs and Os, and use it as a pointlessly overconvoluted 3D noughts and crosses board.

 

[cesare]

Sadly, our bed is a divan. I didn't want a divan. It's still a sore point.

A divan would be a sore point with me too, sympathies.

 

[Pickman's model]

buy some minitures of spirits and keep the little bottles in it

 

[killer b]

Already been done. I discovered it in a wardrobe clear-out last week. I sold the shredder, stool and tape player I also found.

i think it might need a few more years maturing on the wardrobe before it reaches it's peak tbh.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

NO. There MUST be something I haven't thought to do with it.

store kittens in it?

 

[mrsfran]

If it's sturdy enough, on its side as a lo-fi dolls' house/fire station/orbiting space commune/whatever.

It's soft so I'd have to nail it to the wall. Then it would sag and look sad. I like the idea of it being a fire station though.

 

[cesare]

You could put a loo roll in each of those compartments.

 

[mrsfran]

You could put a loo roll in each of those compartments.

Yes. You could. That might also keep it sturdy enough to stand on its side on its own. I like your thinking very much.

YOU SEE PICKMAN'S? I KNEW THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING.

 

[existentialist]

Snip the inner webs where they meet the sides, then turn the sides down, and voila! a stylish hat with space for a tennis ball in the centre square.

ETA: Damn, beaten to it by a marginally more useful suggestion.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cut a hole in the bottom of the central tray, turn it upside down and use it as a potentially inflammable talking point lampshade.

 

[Sapphireblue]

socks? shoes? toiletries?

 

[clicker]

Ostrich eggs.

 

[Looby]

Sadly, our bed is a divan. I didn't want a divan. It's still a sore point.

I've got a divan. We'd bought a wooden frame but our very expensive mattress was sagging on it so we replaced it. : (

It has absolutely nothing to do with wolves hiding under beds. No siree.

Nope.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I've got a divan. We'd bought a wooden frame but our very expensive mattress was sagging on it so we replaced it. : (

It has absolutely nothing to do with wolves hiding under beds. No siree.

Nope.

 

[geminisnake]

If you ever have 9 bottles of wine/spirits it'd stop them clinking together. If the squares are the right size obviously, but if toilet roll fits in them they may be too big.

 

[stuff_it]

Ball throwing game.

 

[clicker]

food cupboard for storing stuff like baking ingredients....sugar packets....anything dry that wont leak....ummmm gravy granules...spices...herbs and ostrich eggs.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Fran you could of course use it to store underwear and socks. I cheated though by reading what it said in the advert linked to the OP. If the whole thing doesn't fit into a drawer this may be less useful. Perhaps you could cut the thing down so that it did fit into a drawer.

The idea I had was to use it to store those glass baubles for the Christmas tree. The only thing is they are not made of glass anymore and being plastic could be put in any ordinary drawer.

 

[Treacle Toes]

food cupboard for storing stuff like baking ingredients....sugar packets....anything dry that wont leak....ummmm gravy granules...spices...herbs and ostrich eggs.

This could work if the cupboard is deep enough.

 

[Yelkcub]

Toddler assault course component. You know like when you have to step in and out of tyres? Like that.m