It's actually Sunday night as I am writing this, but I won't post until tomorrow morning, so the greeting is appropriate. Just in case you missed it yesterday, I am doing a Holiday Giveaway of one of my Felt Pendants to one awesome reader on Wednesday, so if you haven't joined in on the fun...go here to find out how you can win!
Remember how last week I told you about the mess in my bedroom / closet. From the move until today I had not unpacked one piece of clothing, except to put it on my body. But, after the washer & dryer arrived on Friday, I figured it was time to unpack and stay awhile.
I really dread tackling something like this, because in all honesty I am not a very organized person. I grew up without video games, so I don't have the Tetris skills some of my peers do that aid in organizing small spaces. I also have a really hard time saying goodbye to things...even clothes I never wear. But beings as Forrest had unpacked his closet the Thursday before the move, I figured it was time for me to get on my horse.
It is 11:10pm and my closet finally looks like this:
At 3:00pm today my bedroom looked like this:
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| yipes! |
Now, Forrest and I did take a little break to join our small group friends for a Mexican Holiday Dinner! Have I mentioned before that I love our small group? So from about 6:00 to 9:00 I was not actually organizing.
I had several baskets from Marshals/TJMax and a few plastic bins from Target that I have collected over the years which helped store some of my odds-and-ends, so I am really excited I was able to organize my whole closet...FO FREE!
I never used to save shoe boxes. I think that started in college when I had about 1 sq ft to store my possessions. Recently I have tried to save my shoe boxes so that I can keep them in better shape for a longer period of time. I really wear shoes out fast, and I'm not sure why!
I also saw recently how someone used curtain rods to store their scarves and loved it! I bought these pants hangers back in TJMaxx this summer, but I hated them. I decided to repurpose them as a scarf holder and another (hidden) for my tights. On this side of the closet I have my dresses, skirts, pants, scarves and shoes.
I also get really annoyed with shoe racks. Forrest has gone through 2 or 3 since we have been married. I had this shelf for my classroom at my old school and decided to use it for my tennis shoes. I also put my gym socks in pairs in a little basket on the shelf so I can grab a pair when I grab my shoes.
We bought these hanging sweater racks at Target to help organize our mini-apartment-closet. They are really sturdy and work perfectly now for my jeans, sweaters and sweatpants/shirts.
I coordinated all of my blouses, dress-shirts and jackets on the bottom rack and arranged them by color. On the shelf above this and below the hanging sweater racks, I have baskets with my purses, hats & gloves, flip flops & sandals and undershirts (I wear one everyday...without fail).
I normally don't hang my t-shirts, but I am so tired of them always being wrinkled up, so I decided to use the extra room to hang them...by color.
Forrest and I share a large dresser. I keep my gym shorts, pants, compression shorts and running tights in here.
And my dry-fit tops and sports bras in this drawer. (yes this picture is upside down...sorry)
I was able to spread out the things I store in my own dresser...like these shorts and bermuda shorts finally have some room! I also have an entire drawer where I get to keep my super cheesy pj pants and tops.
These are bags of clothes I decided I no longer need. I want to do a garage sale now!
The adios pile. It is embarrassing that I have that many clothes to part with and still a closet full. Excess.
Remember I told you about Spotify yesterday...here are two other albums I found..Glee Christmas V2
A Charlie Brown Christmas...awesome!
These two albums...and yes JBiebs...were the sound track that fueled my work today. I feel so much better going into this week with a tidy bedroom and closet!
What are some of your great closet organizing tips?
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