Do you enjoy jigsaw puzzles? I do! But I confess that I rarely indulge in them for three reasons.
- I don’t have space to leave a puzzle out.
- I have Dolly, who enjoys a snack of puzzle pieces.
- If I start a puzzle, I get nothing else done until it’s finished. (See #1 and #2!)
Two Christmases ago, both my mom and my husband gave me puzzles for Christmas. I put together the one my mother gave me, which confirmed numbers one through three above! That spring, I was on deadline, so I told myself I would do the lovely Jane Austen’s World puzzle my husband got me as a reward when I turned my book in.
But alas, turning my book in coincided with the beginnings of the Great House Disaster of 2023. Puzzles didn’t even enter my mind. At least not until this past Christmas when we were back in our house and my daughter gave me a great puzzle of old-fashioned Santas. I pulled the dining room table to where I could see the Christmas movie they were watching and I finished the whole thing. (Again, see #1-#3 above!)
And so the dream started. A dream to have a place to do a puzzle. Where it was out of the way, safe from doggie teeth, and I didn’t have to be obsessive about completing it.
I found this on Amazon:
Not only does it have a cover that clips down (to keep the dog from being curious, but its legs fold down, so I can slide it under my bed it I need it completley out of hte way without messing up what’s on the felt table top.
But that’s not all! The best part, to me, is that it has wheels! Most times I don’t even need to fold it up, I just need to roll it to a different room to get it out of the way. Which means I don’t have to be obsessed with it. I can pull it out and work at night while we watch a show or on a lazy weekend afternoon.
To complete the perfection, there are four felt-bottomed drawers underneath the table top for the extra pieces. These also clip shut.
Here’s a little video to give you a more thorough tour if you want:
I love having a puzzle going now. And I love that next time I see a great puzzle I don’t have to remind myself that it isn’t practical to think I could get it done.