Master Bedroom Closet- Part 1

What a mess! 

Time for a major Before & After  overhaul.

Today we highlight Part 1 of this transformation.  

Friday we'll highlight the final fixes in Part 2.

 

Let's breakdown the problems:

• Bags and bags of crafty, kid, and miscellaneous things taking up residence where they don't belong
• Blankets on the floor/shoe rack
• Broken tie rack; ties don't fit
• Bedding runneth over
• Shoe overload
• Hats falling down
• Crowded closet door hanger
• No room to walk in the walk-in!

 Our Budget: $50  

Meager for some, but no problem for us!  

(We're used to $0 Budget Solutions.)

 Let's Get Started



I almost always like to get started by removing everything and cleaning it all out.
Once you see the clean space you have to work with, design ideas start flowing.

Evaluation Time

• What stays and what goes?  

My fantastic hubby helped by going through his belts and ties.  We were able to eliminate things that didn't work for either of us anymore.  That Donation Station I created a few weeks ago sure came in handy!

There was a definite conflict of interest going on!  There were bags and bags of leftover crafty project supplies, not to mention kid toys that were hastily stashed out of reach of little hands and never removed.  It was time for these items to join their crafty counterparts in the craft section, not the master bedroom closet. 

• Why wasn't the old arrangement working?  What are the "keepers" we have to work with?

Although there were lots of shelves and cubbies, they weren't being used to their fullest potential.  Shoe storage was all over the place.  The crafty stuff squeezed out the blanket's home and booted it to the floor.  How embarrassing!




The old hat hook was not really made for hats.  It badly needed an upgrade.  The tie rack had gotten too small and broke because of it.  A new one was also badly needed.

 



 

•  What space and resources are available?

After things were cleaned out, I noticed there was a blank, unused wall!  This was wasted space, a valuable resource.

This was a key to gaining more storage space within the same square footage.












Re-purposing

I removed the broken pieces from the tie rack and discovered that it still worked well.  It just held a smaller amount of ties.  So, I headed over to the boys' closet to remove their old hook (which was also not really made to hang ties on).

Their hook was exactly what I was looking for!  It would work perfectly to hang long dresses on in the blank space.  It was a win-win!  I swapped hooks (with some hubby help!) and was pleasantly surprised at how much better the closet was already, without spending anything.

I moved the old belt hanger from it's location to the blank wall.  It would be much easier to access and it was free!


Shopping!

Come back on Friday to see how my shopping trip went, what I ended up with, and the big reveal.

We're working on Getting this master closet All Together.

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