Name: Eleanor
Hood: nameless neighborhood between Gramercy and Murray Hill
Dimensions: various
Plea for help:
Let's begin with exhibit A ("exterior.jpg"): the heavy oversize doors of my foyer closet fell off the tracks a couple years ago (yes a couple
YEARS) and I was unable to successfully complete the removal of the doors (still stuck in one or two places) so they remain, half on, half off.
Exhibit B ("between.jpg") showcases my ingenious use of the new space created by the two askew doors to put old canvasses and a shoe rack I bought for organizational purposes.
Exhibit C ("floor.jpg") is a good view of the ugly office carpet which I removed by hand from every square inch of my studio apartment, except for the closet because I couldn't get past the doors.
Exhibits D and E ("inside.jpg" and "inside2.jpg") give a glimpse into why I needed the shoerack, and a mishmash of the other things residing in the closet, namely coats, a vacuum cleaner that may or may not work, rolls of art paper, discarded shopping bags and shoe boxes.
Exhibit F ("top.jpg") is a nice view of the top of the closet which consists of two deep shelves that I cannot reach, some linens, two games, and a toaster oven box (again, apologies for the obscured view, but i couldn't get past the doors).
Finally, exhibit G ("sleep.jpg") is a photo of my dog Lucy, asleep. Lucy enjoys sleeping in the closet but there is barely any room left for her.
I need help. If you won't do it for me, do it for a little dog named Lucy.
Just hire a big strong man to wrench those damn doors off. You look like you have plenty of room.
This is a good example of someone who could really benefit from AT's help and not just in sorting stuff but in construction. This woman actually needs a contractor to come in, wrench off those doors, wrench up the carpet, build some more preactical doors and then move on to the organization of the space.
While some of the other entries need help with excess stuff, this closet itself needs therapy.
I feel for you -- my broken closet doors were harder to take apart than I thought. Eventually I just kept undoing screws, searching for more fasteners and yanking at them until they came apart in pieces. If you don't win, go with Mia's suggestion -- with two of you, someone is certain to find that missing screw. If nothing else works, try going to a hardware store and asking someone there how those things work.