My new closet

As I mentioned a while back, we recently had renovations done that would enable us to switch our bedroom and Jeff's office upstairs. Jeff and I also switched closets, and my new closet got turned into a walk-in closet.

In the photo below, you can see what used to be Jeff's closet. Part of the renovations added the extra wall and a door, creating a second small room on the outside:



A friend asked me last night if it was big enough to dance around in. I told her that yes I could, as long as I danced in one spot. :-) It might be small compared to some walk-in closets but it's LUXURY to me! What I love most about it: when I get up in the morning, I can get dressed without worrying about waking Jeff up. In our old bedroom, I had to fumble for my clothes in the dark, tiptoe out of the bedroom carrying my clothes and anything else I needed, closing the door quietly behind me (often dropping clothes and other items in the process), then get dressed in the bathroom.

Jeff spent much of this past weekend putting in custom-made shelves and hooks and other closet accessories. One brilliant idea he came up with: he covered the wall on the right with pegboard so I could place hooks where I wanted them.

You can get a closer view of the pegboard in the photo below:



Many thanks to Luisa for making me these hangers. And they are NOT hokey! I love them. :-) :-)

To finish off the closet, Jeff surprised me with a wooden letter 'D' that he had painted himself; he put it on the outside of my closet door.



Yay for handyman technonerdboy husbands. :-) When he finished moving his stuff into his new closet, I couldn't help but be struck by the contrast in our closet organization. Jeff's clothes are all perfectly folded on the shelves and hanging on the rack, edges and shoulders lined up neatly. I tend to be a tad more...er...random.

I took advantage of the closet move to purge a bunch of clothes I never wear anymore, and as I sorted through the chaos in the back of my old closet I was surprised to find some stuff I thought I had lost. (So THAT'S where that top went.) Anyway, I'm giving the purged items to Goodwill, though I opted to keep a few at the last minute because I liked the material -- I figure I can reconfigure them with the help of my serger. :-)

Sold a painting, a mug (pottery by Luisa and me), and a bunch of cards yesterday, woohoo!

Comments

[Jodi]

Awesome closet, Deb! And congrats on the sales! :)

[Nicole]

I have always wanted a walk-in closet. At home, I used to have two closets...one for clothes and one for random stuff. Last summer, my dad converted the random stuff one into a sorta-built-in desk with shelves all around. It's really exciting and makes my tiny room bigger.

Your new closet seems really awesome!

[Luisa]

Wow, that closet looks great! I like all the shelf space. Looks like you've been able to take advantage of the space well. I really like those angled shelves (on the left, with 3 sides).

[Andrea]

"Jeff’s clothes are all perfectly folded on the shelves and hanging on the rack, edges and shoulders lined up neatly. I tend to be a tad more…er…random."

See Andrea crack up, repeatedly. I wonder, is it by chance that our technonerdguys both have tidy closets . . . And we don't?

I think I'll be coming to you for advice when Jim and I move in together, to see how to handle differences in . . .Organization *snarky look*

[Ginny]

You are so lucky to have such a talented, thoughtful, devoted and loving husband. What a wonderful mother he must have to have turned out so well!