It's May, and Jolie and the Dust Bunnies are on to purging winter clothes. My #YoCP May focus was on The Big Closet. See, we have this closet. It's big. Like, approximately 42 square feet. I don't mean to brag, but dang, it's a closet. And it has so much potential. But it had gotten a little bit out of control. There was too much being stored, and stored inefficiently, making it hard to find anything - including floorspace to walk on. But friends, oh friends. I have prevailed. I spent about 15 hours over the course of the weekend taking everything out and putting it all back in again. And getting rid of a giant black trash bag full of clothing and whatnot. And now...photos.
I think we have a coat-hoarding problem. |
And enough hats to outfit a baseball team. |
And enough jerseys to run a hockey league. |
There was a lot of stuff in that closet, man. |
The hockey gear corner (after). Neat & Tidy. I'm particularly impressed with my hockey stick holder - a repurposed toilet paper holder. |
Better view of the hockey stick holder, plus the ironing situation and giant post-it boards. |
The other wall - organized sporting gear, scarf holder, and clutches. Also contains the "future gifts" box (and our ski gear duffel sits on top of it, not pictured). |
So yeah. This was A Project. And it's pretty much done. Last step is the wrapping paper...but that'll get its own blog post because because. I'm impressed with myself, and I really enjoyed taking a whole weekend to tackle something in the house. I needed to fix the scarf holder (one of the Command hooks holding it up just plain fell off the wall -- the hook was strong enough but the years-old paint wasn't!) and what would have seemed like an insurmountable task was super speedy. Because the hammer and nails were so easy to get to, the repair only took about 2 minutes.
You may my excitement over such little things (Will certainly does), but having things organized and easily accessible makes me feel good. It's more efficient, and it looks nicer too. A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Have you tackled any home projects lately? Anything in your house that's just driving you nuts?