The $50 Closet Makeover

Have you lot e'er predicted that a projection volition accept you lot an hr in addition to live a total walk inwards the park?

And therefore 3 weeks afterward you lot emerge from the cubicle-size infinite that has eaten you lot alive, covered inwards dust in addition to sweat, in addition to mayhap fifty-fifty detect a rogue meatball stuck to your sock?

This is the story of our cupboard makeover.

When nosotros moved into this house, I was ridiculously excited over the large walk-in cupboard inwards the primary bedroom. Pretty rapidly though, I got sidetracked yesteryear the residual of the house, in addition to the pathetic cupboard was totally neglected for over 3 years. 

Knowing that this infinite had therefore much potential absolutely drove me crazy every fourth dimension I would expression at it in addition to come across that. As fourth dimension went on, it got to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than cluttered in addition to but became a infinite that totally stressed me out. 

There was fifty-fifty a betoken where ane of the shelves roughshod on the ground, every bit if to taunt me, in addition to I but left it there. 

For 2 months. 

I rationalized that I had plenty of jorts to larn me yesteryear for at to the lowest degree one-half the summer.

And that was the proverbial rock-bottom of my cupboard story. 

Finally (when I ran out of jorts), I decided that plenty was plenty in addition to that I must rebuild this picayune city.

With $50. 

Seriously, I had $50 for this makeover, therefore if you lot are expecting me to Lisa Vanderpump it on this one, accept it downward a notch.

The kickoff mensuration was to de-clutter in addition to take everything from the closet. If you lot follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you lot may induce got seen this picture.

That province of affairs is what I induce got been staring at inwards the sleeping room for the yesteryear few weeks.

I spent the kickoff calendar week but taking everything out of the cupboard in addition to sorting through it. I made 3 piles: a trash pile, a donate pile, in addition to a overstep away on pile. The overstep away on pile ended upwards beingness actually small, in addition to I've gotta say you. It feels amazing to induce got gotten rid of most of our stuff. Clutter actually depletes me of my energy, in addition to simplifying our cupboard downward to the bare bones feels great.

Once all of our materials was out, I surveyed the infinite in addition to decided that icon the cut back in addition to walls would live the cheapest agency that I could upgrade this blah space.

Also, my striped jewelry corkboard did non thrive every bit good every bit I had hoped. Total bust.

So, I spent the 2nd calendar week icon all of the cut back white (tutorial here) in addition to icon the walls a gorgeous blue-green (the same color that I used inwards the master bathroom).

And ane time once again my dearest for pigment was realized. Painting the cut back in addition to walls totally transformed this space.

Has anyone else e'er experienced the modest infinite phenomenon....where the smallest spaces are the most hard to paint? And it makes no sense? I've painted my primary sleeping room 3 times in addition to it took nigh 10% of the fourth dimension that it took to pigment this tiny box of a room. It puzzles me.

After I was done painting, I spent the adjacent calendar week putting it all dorsum together. 

Here is what the cupboard looks similar from the sleeping room (Did you lot come across final week's post about all my embarrassing mistakes spell decorating this room?) There are 2 doors, ane on each side, in addition to the cupboard goes the length of the room.

Here is what you lot used to come across when you lot walked into the door on the right.

 After I spent a calendar week removing lxxx tons of men's tshirts. 
Why practise boys demand therefore many tshirts? 

and hither is what it looks similar today!

We kept the 2 long shelves on the long wall, keeping my materials on the correct (pants/handbags on the bottom in addition to shirts on the top) in addition to Jesse's materials on the left (pants on the bottom, shirts on the top).

I also position a unmarried rack on my side, hung nigh the top, therefore that I could hang all of my dresses on it. It's high plenty that I tin fifty-fifty hang my marriage wearing clothing on it. 

What is ane supposed to practise amongst a marriage wearing clothing after the wedding? Have a marriage wearing clothing political party where everyone wears marriage dresses?

Brave men are welcome to attend.

I wanted the cupboard to experience kinda similar a dressing room, therefore I added a few extra details. 

I hung a icon yesteryear my grandmother beneath the dresses. I constitute a groovy frame at the relieve yard for $10 in addition to it was the perfect fit. 

 I dearest having ane of her paintings hanging somewhere unexpected, where I tin relish it every unmarried day. 
It makes this infinite therefore much to a greater extent than special.

And recall the wall I gave upwards on?

I decided against rehanging that shelf. We got rid of therefore much materials that it was no longer needed. In its place, I hung a pretty mirror (that I found here) inwards a higher identify the striped bench that I made from an old pianoforte bench.

I also added a furry shag rug. Combined amongst the bench in addition to mirror, it actually makes this infinite experience to a greater extent than similar a dressing room, in addition to less similar a closet. 
In normal life, in that location are unremarkably 2 laundry baskets, ane on each side of the bench. Jesse does his laundry. I practise mine. We are 12 years going strong amongst that magical recipe of laundry equality.

Since I didn't induce got a huge budget to piece of job out in addition to purchase all novel scheme materials with, I decided to organize our materials amongst items nosotros already owned.

I started out yesteryear using all of the same type of hangers, in addition to organizing yesteryear color.
And therefore eventually added these magical little hangers.

Our cupboard has stayed create clean in addition to organized for almost a total calendar week now. Miracle.

For hanging handbags, I used leftover hooks from this. You tin also role shower drape hooks that you lot tin larn anywhere for nigh $5. 

I used 2 mirrored trays, both from thrift stores, to solid my jewelry. I used ane for bracelets in addition to rings.
I spray painted that ane frame bluish awhile back. Not my finest spray pigment moment.

And ane for earrings.

I used a coat rack to organize all of Jesse's ties, belts, in addition to the occasional smelly hat. 

And therefore I constitute a white plastic shoe rack at Target in addition to spray painted it chrome silverish to expression similar metal.

It's no dream shoe situation, but it's amend than their onetime home, which was inwards a pile on the floor. 

Also, handy fob I but read nigh the other day. Did you lot know you lot tin role puddle noodles to materials inwards your boots in addition to brand them stand upwards up? I'm totally doing that soon.

And that, my friends, is the closet! 
(Complete amongst acute end.)

It was a modest makeover that took 3 weeks off my life, but ultimately it's been ane of the best updates I've made to this house. There's something nigh this infinite that but makes me happy.

If you're feeling overwhelmed nigh where to start, but know that that is totally normal. Closets are overwhelming yesteryear nature. They can't assistance it. Try starting amongst the 3 piles: trash, donate, keep. Take everything out of your cupboard in addition to position each item it the pile it belongs in. When the cupboard it empty, expression at it every bit a blank sheet in addition to endeavour to process it every bit you lot would whatever other room. 

Decorate it, pigment it, trip the calorie-free fantastic inwards it....doesn't matter.
You'll live glad you lot did!

That's all for today! 'Til adjacent time!

Follow my weblog with

Subscribe to amongst email!
Enter your electronic mail address:

-->