Basement Closet

This is not the first time that this closet has made and appearance on this blog.

It was clean and organized last year.

There are bins of boys' clothes in order under all of this mess.

When my boys outgrow something, they just throw it in the closet.

I organized it again today.

I guess I better tell them that the numbers on the bins represent the size of the clothes in the bin.

Do you think that would help?

(This something did help with my bag-a-day goal.  Two bags off to the D.I.!)

It's finally wearing off!

After the husband got back from a business trip last week,

he made a nice comment about my side of the closet (something from last week).

When I got home from being gone for a few hours on Saturday,

this is what I saw!!!

He had gone through his side of the closet and added this

 to my D.I. pile!

Finally, after over a year of trying, he did something for this blog!

;-)

Everything is in the back of the car now

ready for someone else to love it!

Church Closets

My friend who I work with in the primary at church told me she was going to go over

to the church to clean out the primary closets.

I offered to help.  

Just after we started, I said, "Hold on!  I've got to take a picture!"

Before & After

There was some OLD stuff in there!

There were posters and games and stuff from before I was the called to be

the primary president eight years ago!

Half a Closet

I attacked my side of the master closet today.

I only use about one-third of the closet because the husband has about twice as many clothes as I do.

For example, the wire shoe racks on my side of the closet...

two of those pairs of shoes are mine.

He has another full one on his side.

I guess you could say he has a running shoe fettish!

Especially since he has about twice that many on his side of the closet!

 Here's the best part.

 These are going to the D.I. (thrift store).

Here's the worst part...

I have enough clothes in there for three women

me, one one size smaller, and one two sizes smaller!

Catch Up Week - Day Three

Today's catch up project was this closet!

It is meant for coats, jackets, and shoes that we use every day.

I found a lot more than that in there.

Before...

 After...

I found cleats, boots, and lots and lots of shoes that needed to go somewhere else.
Some went to the D.I., some to the basement storage, some to bedrooms, some to give away,
and even some to the garbage.

Basement Closet - Day Two

I finished the closet!

Before & After

After...

And look at all of this stuff that is going to the D.I.

The Basement Closet - Day One

Here's another two day project for ya!

We have a big closet in our basement that holds all of the hand-me-downs for my five boys.

It gets rummaged through often so it needed some love.

I found out how my boys often clean the family room too!

Here's one of the before pictures...

Here's some progress...

I'll show you the finished project tomorrow!

Finished Closet

The 10-year-old, with some help from his mom, finished his closet.

He had lots of clothes that were too small in his room.

We put them away for the next boy.

Before & After

The Other Side of the Closet

Here is the aftermath of the other side of the closet.

Today I bought supplies for a cleaning project and this shelf.

I cut about two feet off of the shelf and installed it.

The only thing I had to buy was the support on the left.

Of course, I recently threw away a few of these thinking that I wouldn't ever need them.

Luckily, it only cost me $2.99.

Another Closet

It seems like I live at the hardware store lately.

Today's trip was for a shelf for the top of the closets I'm working on.

I got a shelf for the little boys' closet.

And I moved the organizer in the little girl's closet and put a shelf on top there too.
Here's the before and after...

This something will make these closets easier to keep organized!

P.S. I found the coolest little shelf at the D.I. the other day.
I think that it is actually going to be nice weather tomorrow.
(It snowed yesterday!)
Can't wait to use my new paint sprayer!

The Little Boys' Closet

When the little boy fell asleep on the couch,

I knew which something was going to get done today.

I rearranged the shelves in the boys' closet.

I bought a shower curtain rod for the closet rod so I wouldn't have to use any tools

and could move it up and add another rod as they get older.

 The rod is behind the sliding closet doors below. 

I got some more shelves at Ikea for these closet organizers.

That's something for another day because I got tan shelves on clearance - 2 for $1.99.

I figured that was worth painting...and I have a new paint gun!

Hope it stops raining one of these days so I can get busy!

I also got something put away...

and it's only one day after Easter!

The Hall Closet

 I got a little help from the 9-year-old on this project.

He's home from school today.

He took everything out and made labels for the hooks.

I got to put it back together.

I don't love the wire shelves in this house so when we moved here, I moved the shelf up and got hooks for this closet.  The kids are much more likely to hang something on a hook than a hanger.

Before...

After...

We had lots of coats and shoes in there that aren't being used so I put them away.

 I even got these off of the floor and made a home for them...