Seeking Order Amid Chaos: Why didn't I think of that before?

Do you ever say to yourself, "why didn't I think of that before?"

I had one of those moments this weekend while cleaning up the kitchen. We have a hutch in our kitchen that I bought on Craigslist quite a few years ago. The top cabinets originally had glass panels but when I purchased it the glass was gone. The first few years I had it I used the cabinets to display cookbooks and other items, but in the last few years we have needed one of the shelves more for storage/food storage. My temporary solution was a tension rod with fabric draped over it. I had intentions of sewing curtains or figuring something else out down the line but never got around to doing anything else. So it just stayed that way.

The fabric hanging looked fine from the outside, however, it was a pain to move the fabric every time you needed something from the cabinet. Half the time the fabric was pulled up so that the bottom shelf was not covered which made it look worse than if it wasn't covered at all.

While cleaning off the hutch and rearranging the fabric for the umpteenth time, the solution came to me. VELCRO! Why I hadn't thought of it before I don't know. I cut out panels from the fabric for each door and attached adhesive velcro to the corners. Yes, I know the fabric isn't cut nice, neat or even straight but I really didn't care too much about how it looked from the inside.