The Closet: Pictorial Finale Tips




Our front door is red-y

     Getting red-y for Thanksgiving company has included major hustle, including two, years-begging-to-be-tackled, projects (painting the front door and organizing the closet). Today's post, The Closet: Finale (Part IV of IV) reveals MY side of our walk-in closet (October blogs reveal my angst about closet organization and contain photos of husband's side of the closet). 

      I'm embarrassed to admit that for 8 years our roomy closet has felt crowded. Now, with a logical set-up and tools, my father-in-law's favorite motto is fulfilled: A place for everything, and for everything a place. I now manage my clothing. Purging and re-surging were also beneficial (I actually found a couple of valuable pieces of lost clothing).

     This closet finale is like reality TV & National Treasure, combined. Reality because it is not perfect, but the tools were affordable and it is good enough, using items I already owned OR purchased at garage sales or thrift stores. A treasure because of unexpected, reasonable finds to creatively store our clothing. Here is a pictorial reveal, to possibly inspire other "closeteers":

 

Red & brown bins store t-shirts, rolled. Belts hang from a belt hanger.
The stool and counter-top help when dressing & to fold clothes.
Dress pants hang strategically folded above the counter
(pants to the right hang unfolded).

 

Occasional dress-up purses, binned




Garage sale medical cabinet's
counter top & 5 drawers...



...well worth $50 to neatly store socks & undies
(With shallow drawers, no digging through piles!)

     Now, for my scary, but now contained, REALITY side of the closet...please turn left...



 What's with women & shoes?
I could only part with 10 pairs, so viewable storage creates voila!



Yes, more shoes!

Side pocket lights illuminate
 high- & low-rise racks of shoes.
Thrifty CD high-risers, re-surged!!




 

Casual & long-sleeve workout shirts, rolled, are readily spotted.
Garage sale plastic shoulder covers appear professional, anyway.

 





Inexpensive, re-surged Wal-Mart dorm bookcase, lays sideways
for visible shelf storage of slippery work-out wear (pants, t-shirts, shorts)

 

     As promised in a previous blog, The Closet: Tips:  http://deovolente55.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-closet-tips.html  simply click the yellow link to view a gadget we use, the FlipFold. It neatly folds sweaters, shirts, and t-shirts: FlipFold's official ad demonstrates its benefits...(FYI we don't fold sheets with it)  .

 

Ikea's hanging storage for scarves is a bit
obsessive...with 28 scarf holes! Yowza!