I have asked his children......they said they don't want it...have a houseful of their own already. I know nothing about craigslist....are they like Ebay? Do you have to join and what is the commission rate? I have checked for a couple things on craigslist, and there is never anything remotely near to where we live.....rural Kansas. I am still thinking maybe we can take it to the auction house. I asked him tonight if he was "attached" to his Hummels (because that just isn't my thing...even told him I was going to part with my Zolan plate collection)...and he said the only things he was really attached to was a water color painting done by a famous artist and two bronze statues of bears that he bought when he lived in Montana. So maybe he is not as "attached" as he seemed to be....I'll keep "working" on him. I had a garage sale last spring and did make enough to buy the new dining room chairs, but everytime I mention looking for new ones, he doesn't want to go and I do not want to spend that kind of money for 8-10 chairs without him seeing them....because if they are not comfortable enough for him, he wouldn't be happy with them and then I don't think I would be able to enjoy them either.

I would consider putting doors b/w Laundry Room and the Mudroom. It may not bother you, but I don't like having my dirty (or clean) laundry on display for everyone to see when using the Mudroom. The above looks a lot like SoonerMagic's Mudroom from 2008...

Hey Amberleys! You have a really lovely open space, if this was my own home I would move the sofa so that it partitions the dining room and living area, facing the french doors so that you can relax while admiring your garden. You can then place an entertainment unit or large sideboard against the wall where your sofa currently is, you can get some really pretty ones which you can place your CD's into and stereo on top. An old farmhouse display would look lovely - depends all on what kind of style you like. I would then place the playpen in the corner where your stereo is at the moment when not in use and a storage unit for toys against the same wall - Ikea have some really great units for toy storage. I hope your able to find a furniture piece that suits you soon so you can have a lovely place to relax! - Jessica P.S I have added a few ideas below: [Wooden Industrial Sideboard[(https://www.houzz.com/products/delta-industrial-4-door-sideboard-with-lower-shelf-prvw-vr~119406508?lid=89713568) [Wooden Storage Bench[(https://www.houzz.com/products/natural-piper-3-drawer-3-basket-bench-cabinet-prvw-vr~119406640?lid=89713694) [Miami Beach Mirrored Sideboard[(https://www.houzz.com/products/miami-beach-mirrored-sideboard-prvw-vr~119406212?lid=89713288) [Harvey Grey Sideboard[(https://www.houzz.com/products/harvey-grey-3-drawer-sideboard-prvw-vr~119338961?lid=89645588)

I think that your pantry looks just fine. It is a working space in your house, not a photo shoot. It looks pretty well organized. I suggest that when your friends and family come over you realize that you are probably already the envy of many by virtue of just having a pantry like that.. Having things organized where it is easy to use them is what is important. You might consider some different storage for what appears to be your cooking spices and small baking supplies. Firstly, you might consider editing those spice jars for the ones that you really do use and get rid of the seldom used ones or ones that are too old. While I would not advise containers for all of the categories of things in there, those small items that belong to set of uses makes sense to be easy to reach for and they might do better in some type of pull out container. Put them low enough that you can pull the container forward and look down into it for what you need. You don't want to be in a situation where you have to actually take the container down to access it. That is too awkward. That is too much like something stored in a shoe box on the top shelf of the closet. Or, at least put the turntable down at eye level and store the small jars on that. With your turntable on a high shelf, any jar of dried spices that is used so infrequently that is stored in such a hard to get to place is probably not one that gets used often and is likely to be a good candidate to eliminate. Most of them don't really hold value for too very long and how often are you going to use "Moroccan Spice" or "Cajun Pork Rub", really? Most times those esoteric things like that are likely to lose both their color and their essence in short time. Dried herbs like sage and rosemary do not keep well, for instance. I agree that wire shelves are problematic, but not too bad. I would not go to all the trouble to change them out. And, I would not advise that containers are the answer, either. If you put things in a container, you have to slide or lift the whole container from the shelf and balance it or set it down somewhere while you retrieve what ever you want and then replace the container. If you store a great variety of packages, bags, and boxes there are going to be so many awkward shapes and sizes that there is unlikely to be enough conformity to fit many of them in containers and you are still most likely to have an assortment of varied things mingling around on the shelves. While it sounds like a solution to use containers, the reality is that it may offer only a limited convenience. Doing anything to your pantry looks to be optional. It looks pretty functional with the exception of those cooking essentials that it seems could be better stored and made more easily assessable. Your pantry looks like the working supplies cabinet of someone who really does cook. I would have it in a heartbeat, wire shelves and all.