This story definitely proves that things around the Jones' dwelling are ever changing, and ever evolving.
Once, this closet was a pantry, but then we switched things up and called it our new coat closet.
I quickly realized that the closet wasn't functioning to it's full potential, so we switched things up, AGAIN.
See all that empty space? I am not a fan of dead space when I am in need of storage, so I decided that the closet could and would be a new storage solution for ALL of the Jones' shoes {vs. just some}. A family of five comes with a lot of footwear, and piles of shoes by any door is enough to drive me batty... And because we weren't really using the "Coat Closet" for coats anyways {they are tucked in a wardrobe in the garage and hung on hooks by the back door}, I thought we should add some additional shoe shelving stolen from our old walk-in closet, and just declare the closet a "Shoe Closet".
You may notice that the closet also got a teeny weeny face lift. Yep, we used more of the wallpaper that lined our kitchen drawers, to also line the back wall of the closet!
The closet definitely feels more like us now. I really love how the paper just makes it feel like it's own room, vs. just a tucked away closet!
The best part is that the door to this closet seems to be left open ALL the time... and now I won't even have to care! And it's so easy for the kiddos, hubs and I, to have one central location for most of our shoes, vs. having them scattered at each door and in individual closets. {Sports shoes are out in the garage, and I may have a few more pairs tucked away in our new bedroom closet}
The whole project only took about 30 minutes and the cost to us was absolutely free, just using things we had around the house, like steeling shoe racks from our old walk-in, using leftover wallpaper paper from other projects and switching out the baskets on the top shelf with ones from our old entertainment center.
Gotta love when great transformations can be done for little to no cost! Especially when they tell a story like this:
Oh, and I have more plans up my sleeves for storing our coats and other winter good's this winter... thanks to a great Craigslist find, so stay tuned for that!!
What project did you tackle this weekend? Anyone doing any closet updates to get ready for the autumn/winter seasons?
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