I have closets on my mind. This past week, I couldn’t take the disaster we call our closet anymore so I jumped right in. But you know what happens when you get half way through a project like that, right?! I called my sister and told her I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. Ok, slightly dramatic but sort of true. Things always get so much worse before they get better. And I don’t have any lovely before and after photos for you. Not sure you really want to see our closet. But I will say it’s getting much better and I was able to purge so many things we no longer wear or need. We are trying to look at our closet and rethink how we’ve used it. So I am gathering inspiration. And this is what you will want to see! Some pretty darn good Friday Eye Candy.
This has been one of my all time favorite closets. Our closet is pretty darn small so I always try to look at similar sizes (this one is still larger). It doesn’t help to pin images of closets that are four times the size of mine. I love the attention to detail here. The gold moldings, the artwork and the pretty floors. My oh my!
We have similar corners in our closet to deal with so this is especially inspiring to me. Those corners are always hard to figure out. Loving the clear boxes for shoes. I just purchased those and love them. I picked mine up when I was mid clean out from The Container Store.
Beautiful, right?! Just the addition of the darling wallpaper paper makes it sing. I am not sure the hubby would vote for pink florals in our shared closet but I like the idea of a fun accent wall or artwork.
Now this is what I’m talking about! Yes! Yes! Yes! Melissa completed this master closet for her One Room Challenge and it blew me away. You have to pop over there and see all of the gorgeous photos. I am so stumped about handbag storage and what she made on her own with acrylic is mind blowing. I just adore this space.
So we shall see what I actually implement. It seems overwhelming for sure. Some days I want to rip it apart and overhaul the entire space and somedays I am quite content with where it is now. I just know it could be so much better. I did find a pair of sunglasses I lost three years ago! Yep. They were tucked in the bottom of a handbag I haven’t used since a trip to New York. Just goes to show you that if it’s out of sight. . .it’s out of mind. Another reason for wanting to rethink the closet.
How is your closet these days? Is it well organized? I just wish I could add 400 square feet to mine. Ha! Happy Friday to you all. I hope you have a great start to your weekend.
Wow!! You have totally read my mind – I sat and did my closet this morning! My first morning free with no kiddies and I pulled everything out and started from scratch! I got rid of so much stuff (and even some with tags on still!) and it felt so good… Now it is all nice and neat and packed away but the closet is lacking any life or colour… An accent wall of floral wallpaper would be AMAZING!!! Maybe I should post before and after pics x
I can only dream. When you own a mid 1920’s home, you are lucky to have a rod in an extremely small and narrow closet! Glad to have several vintage chest of drawers. If anyone with an old mail order house has some great ides, please share!
Hi Sue,
My home was built in 1921 so I can sympathize. I took over a small bedroom and made it into my closet. You can see the results by clicking http://wp.me/p45tZ3-kg
Let me know what you think.
Houligirl
My closet is pure chaos right now. I’m doing a declutter challenge on another blog, and the closet comes up in another couple weeks so I’m trying to just deal with it until then while I work on the assigned rooms. Our issue stems from the fact that our rod and some of the shelving has started to fall down from when we had ahandyman extend the space. 🙁 This might be an expensive project but I’m kinda excited about making some changes in there!
I am right there with ya girlfriend. I have yet to find a system/design that works for us. We too have a “smaller” closet that we share. And agree, most of what I stumble upon on Pinterest are these huge one closets that aren’t shared. Melissa did a fabulous job on hers.
Our closet is not functional at all. And it’s so small, for a walk-in. I wish I could talk the hubby into redoing it but he just thinks it’s a closet so why spend the $. Love the inspiration you picked out. Good luck deciding what to do!
A master closet redo is on my list this year! So needed! Poor use of space right now, and many things crammed into the space that don’t need to be there. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Dreamy eye candy indeed!! That first one, with the gold trim is to die! Makes me want to rip out my closet and start from scratch. I’m neck-deep in my office closet, but I think the clothes closet will be next, thanks to these dreamy pics! happy friday!
Oh boy, can I relate! Not only is my closet fairly small for walk-in standards, it also has corners – but they’re not 90-degree angle corners….they’re more like 120-degree corners… Definitely difficult to work with. I’m looking forward to see how you handle yours – maybe it will give me some inspiration for mine! 😉
I’m pretty good about purging clothes as I buy new pieces EXCEPT when it comes to shoes. So I’ll be interested in your shoe storage plus any tips on how to close my eyes and declutter shoes that I still like but don’t wear often. Right now I have my overflow shoes on my closet floor and that makes the whole closet look messy.
We moved into a new house last week with a much bigger closet than our old house. My sweet husband decided to unpack the wardrobe boxes and literally just hung things from left to right, which means maxi dresses are hung on the top rod and not on the rod intended for dresses and my rainbow order of shirts is out of order. It may have just been easier to leave everything boxed up. At least he tried:)
I would LOVE to see your closet. Before, mid and after. I don’t mean to be a stalker and I know closets are personal spaces…but I have long wondered how you store the MANY clothes, bags, shoes, sweaters (you get the idea) that you seem to have. You have great taste in clothes so I can only assume that your closet would reflect that!
What a great round-up of closets! Thanks for featuring mine! I have to say I am enjoying still enjoying it so much every.single.day….it’s my own personal escape. I’m sure your closet will be amazing!