Looking at both of these pictures side by side, the "after" picture of the closet still looks so full of stuff!!!
I seriously spent HOURS organizing/throwing out stuff to make this closet more functional.
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I even used left over paint that I had hanging around to freshen things up a bit!
LOL!!!
{So I hope you can see a little bit of a difference!?!}
I seriously didn't spend one dime to spruce things up in here.
I spray painted the lids of some old canning jars, pickle jars, and a Costco cracker container, just to make them a little cuter, and used these containers to store common items together. I also labeled each shelf with a number {as seen in the second picture below}, using the same paint I used for the back wall and a stencil I already had.
{Click on the picture below for a closer view.}
I used a couple of baskets I already had to store covered books and fabric.
I used a paper towel holder I wasn't getting much use out of to store my ribbon {I simply cut the holes of the ribbon cardboard holder thingy they are rapped around with a knife to make the hole large enough to slide the ribbon down through the towel holder}.
I also printed up some simple labels for the small organizing drawers I had and filled each drawer up accordingly.
The NOT SO FUN part about organizing a closet is figuring out where everything should go and what to keep and what to throw away.
The FUN part about organizing a closet is figuring out fun ways to store and organize things, using items you already have around the house {jars, baskets, paper towel holders, cute little boxes, paint, etc.}!
Be content to use what you have and you'll be amazed at what you can create!
Now get those creative juices flowing and go organize something!!!
Linked to: The Thrifty Home, The Shabby Nest, Somewhat Simple, Tatertots and Jello
Wow Robin! That looks completely different and so well organized! I love all of your ideas for storage! So nice and a really wonderful job:).
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I soooo need to do the same thing with my office closet but i'm skeered! LOL I had to laugh at your paper towel holder ribbon rack - I did the same thing! Mine happens to be green wood with a giant chili pepper on top...but whatever :-) It works. I hope mine eventually looks as neat as yours!
ReplyDeleteLooks great. I love the idea of spraying the lids to all match.
ReplyDeleteI need to do some organizing around here as well and you have given me some fresh ideas! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYay! Great job...and I love the paper towel holder idea!
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