Wednesday, April 23, 2014

My Closet Takes a Small but Important Step

So this is a little embarrassing, but my closet has basically been a disaster zone for the past couple of months.  In our current place I have a walk-in closet for the first time in my life, and when I moved in I thought I was never going to fill it.  Umm, yeah right.  It's basically crammed to capacity.  I still haven't managed to get a dresser (ummmmm, whoops) so everything is in there, all of my clothes and all of my accessories.


Yeah, aaaaand with just one shelf in there, it turned into a bit of a shitshow.  You can barely make out that there's a basket on the shelf, which was my attempt at organizing my purse collection.  Yeah, that worked for all of five minutes.  And then I had all of my exercise clothes and pajamas and jeans and whatnot on the shelf, which turned into an unstable huge pile that would periodically fall on me.  Not. Fun.

So what did I do?  Sent IKEA to the rescue, of course!  I originally thought I would add another shelf and use the supports as dividers, as Pinterest has shown me many a time.  Then I saw this baby, which is supposed to be a bookcase, but when turned on its side makes a bunch of little cubbies.  Perfect for organizing my bags and shoes!  Plus, since it's not that high above the shelf below, I'm forced to keep those stacks neat and organized so that things actually fit there.


So, it's getting better.  Since taking these photos I sent three bags of clothing off to my sister so it's a little less crowded in there.  Next steps include actually getting a dresser (it's only been what, 14 months?) and figuring out something to do with my four thousand other pairs of shoes.  Dream steps include getting matching hangers (ha!) and converting the boy's office into a closet so that I don't actually have to mess with this space anymore ;)



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25 comments :

  1. your closet looks great! I'm doing that next week!

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  2. I always feel so much better after organizing my closet!

    xo, Yi-chia
    Always Maylee

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  3. Genius idea adding the Ikea shelf to your closet. I just cleaned out mine (and donated a bunch) and I'm feeling so refreshed!

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  4. omg GENIUS life hack! my closet needs something like that so bad!!

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  5. This made a huge difference! I added matching slimline hangers to our registry, is that bad? haha

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  6. Wait I've been looking all over for something like your sideways bookcase!

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  7. I love this!! Such a great idea! :)


    Maggie
    www.PolishedClosets.com

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  8. Love this! I'm somewhat of a closet freak, I love having everything in order; however, my purse section is a horrible mess I can't figure out! I need to look around Ikea!

    x Amanda @ Strawberry Chic

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  9. I'm completely convinced that everyone should have a closet room. It's the only way. Love your storage solution, and hooray for organization and clean outs! It seems like no matter how much I clean out, it makes no difference! But at least I took care of the matching hanger business last month.

    Chic on the Cheap

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  10. It's nice to see I'm not alone in having a bit of chaos in my closet. They just don't design these things with the fashionista in mind!

    I love how you managed to tidy up that top shelf. Everything looks so much better!

    xo Jackie

    Something About That

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  11. sooooo smart! That makes such a huge difference and yet it still seems easy enough to deal with day-to-day!

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  12. Amazing!I need to do this too! Following your lovely blog on GfC,Instagram and Bloglovin. Hope you'll follow me back.
    http://www.fabuloustorture.blogspot.com

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  13. Oh thanks Andrea I'll head on over ;)

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  14. Well so far it is ;) We'll see how it goes after a few months of untidiness

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  15. Thanks Jackie! Yes, why don't closet designers just design for 100 pairs of shoes off the bat?

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  16. Ohhhhh the closet room, definitely in my dreams ;)

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  17. Ooo good luck Amanda! I wish I had the natural neat closet gene but I guess I'll just have to try my darndest.

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  18. You should get it! Ikea to the rescue!

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  19. Thanks Alyssa! Somehow I feel like there's still more to get rid of.

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