Closet Redo

This is my closet.  It is small and completely lacks any functionality.  That is why my husband has been banished to using the small coat closet in the hallway as his closet.

I’ve decided to redo my closet.  I was inspired by an inexpensive closet organization system that I found at Sam’s club for less about $85

 Notice the rediculously useless sliding doors.  Notice the one and only hanging bar that is placed at a very strange height.  notice the sagging cloth “organizer” stuffed with random laundry.  Notice the worthless plastic shoe storage system (that is impossible and painful to put together) which houses odds and ends.  Notice the ugly wooden dresser that is shoved in there.  I can’t even open the drawers because of the sliding doors. I have new plans for the dresser.  Stay tuned.

Step one.  I removed the stupid sliding doors.  I wish I could repurpose them as craft tables or something.  But since we don’t own this house, we have to keep them around in working order.

 Step two. Tear out the hanging bar and the shelf that sat over the top of it.  Since neither one was attached to anything permanently, I just removed them and kept the supports in place.

Step 3. Assemble the new organization system.  I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures of it before I loaded it up.

Step 4. Reload closet after ruthless purging.

 I organized clothing by sleeve length and color, added copious amounts of baskets to store purses, belts and scarves.  I even utilized the old brackets to add a bar for hanging dresses.  Since I only own a couple, they all fit perfectly in the corner.

Kept my old shoe rack but only kept enough pairs of shoes to fill it.

 

More baskets on the top shelve to store more junk.

Step 5. Instead of using doors, I opted to add curtains.

 Looks pretty, right?

 I love that I can look at my whole closet at once instead of sliding doors around.