So the challenge at Simple Mom was one hot spot a week. And it started with the Master Bedroom Closet. Definitely where we needed it most. We have a very large walk-in closet...so big we even thought about making it Diego's room, except there are no windows and no heating or cooling vents...so it gets very hot or very cold in there.
Anyway two excellent pieces of advice I got from my friend Kim were
1.) Store things near where you use them...so towels in bathrooms, table cloths in kitchens, etc.)
and 2.) If it's not something you use all the time, put it in the attic (like Xmas wrapping paper).
Our closet was our dumping ground, since we don't have much storage space in the house and no one ever sees it. But we saw it all the time and hated to go in there.
You may be appalled when you see the before pictures...or yours may look just like ours did. Here they are:
BEFORE
tablecloths, hats, bins full of school papers
you can't see it too well, but there's Xmas paper and two bins of out-grown kids clothes that I consign
pillows and comforters
shoes and junk
kids' clothes, my clothes, cat box, and junk!!!
So here's the after...now I couldn't hold off until I got a couple more baskets, a large full length mirror, and some framed artwork to make it a nice space, but you will definitely see a HUGE difference.
AFTER:
One more basket will hide those toppling sheets.
Shoes are in order...there still quite a bit of clothes there, but as soon as the cold weather is gone, I'll store some more of that.
There is nothing on the floor!!
The kids were amazed and said it looked like when we moved in. Juan Pablo and I love it and sneak in here to get away from the kids....it even locks from the inside!
We've moved on to other parts of the house, and it's now in quite a disarray, but at least the closet's not! Hurray for spring cleaning!!
2 comments:
wow! good work, the difference is amazing!
Thanks, Robyn! It did take a few days to complete, but it was well worth it!
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