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I have been working on cleaning out this closet since I got up this morning. It's now 2:00pm and it's finally organized. I still have several loads of laundry to do and hang up, but the closet part is finished.
Over 25 years this closet became a dumping ground for clothes, towels, linens and shoes. No one could safely walk into this closet anymore.
This is an Elfa shelving unit from The Container Store. I have 24 inches of hanging space for finished quilts and tops. I don't have much of a stash yet and will probably always keep it at a fairly modest size. The folded pieces are one yard cuts are bigger. I have fat quarters in one drawer, half-yard cuts in another, and miscellaneous tools (basting pins, foundation piecing paper, etc) in the third.
I keep small and medium-sized WIPs in five ArtBin plastic satchels. Larger projects are in three 17L boxes from Really Useful Boxes (www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/usa/). Those are stored on the floor under the bottom shelf. I restrict myself to 8 WIPS at a time. If I want to start a new project, I need an empty project box which might mean I have to finish something before starting a new project.
I also keep the wooden insert and spare furniture parts between the drawers and the wall.
Not pictured: A roll of batting in the corner and a two-step stool to access the top shelf and the top of my design wall.
Step right up! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! You are about to witness a freak show you wouldn't forget! Folks, welcome to the world's messiest closet!
Actually, this is just one of them.
These messy closets are magical. No matter how often you clean them up, they always get messy again.
No texture can make this photo better.
new years resloution this year is to PURGE. so starting with the closet on the 31st, i think i made a good sized dent.
Check this out. The left hand side of the closet has a pair of pants, and baseball caps. All items, save a box of envelopes were removed from the floor. A table is handy for guests come to visit.
There's plenty of hanging room for guests items, and pants are now stored in the cubes. The top shelf is container-ized with random items used in the home office or for hobbies.
I recently re-organized my closet, but it doesn't look like I did. I've realized I have an addiction for buying cardigans.
These hanging thingums from Bed Bath & Beyond were supposed to be temporary, but they're the best closet organization I've ever had, so they're staying.
Here's my freshly organized fabric closet.
I can scratch that out of my 2013 to do list. Now I only need to finish my design wall and organize the area around my sewing machine and my studio will be finish.
Took out the annoying closet situation at the duplex and added some wire shelving. Kelly did most of the work, but I totally helped. A little.
If I were musically inclined, I would write an Ode to My Closet. When I’m in my closet, I feel like I’m in a department store. No, I’m not going to show you the inside of my medicine cabinet too. Seriously, though…closet.
This is the after shot of what our front closet looks like. I didn't think to take a before shot until I was about 1/2 way through emptying it out.
Closet Cleanout 2007. See how organized! Picture is split because I have those retarded sliding closet doors that only allow you to see half of the closet at a time.
Today is the pre-opening Open House of the Kids Closet’s new 12,000 square foot building which contains the Warehouse, a Store with 14 changing booths and Classrooms. The kids “shop" with a volunteer and are provided with two complete outfits per year, school supplies, hygiene items and a book of their own.
This operation provides school clothes and school supplies to needy children from Headstart thru 8th Grade. Kids are from 21 schools in three counties from 100 miles around. They are selected by the schools. Most children are from impoverished families and qualify for the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. Last year 3049 wardrobes were distributed to 2037 kids.
This is the Flagship Project of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach and has helping clothe children for 15 years. A major funding source of SBCO is the volunteer-operated Golden Goose Thrift shop. SBCO built both this building and a new Golden Goose building in the past two years because it was more economical to own than to rent.
Animal murals were painted on the walls by volunteers from the SB Artists Guild. Volunteers from Home Depot built and installed shelving. A local contractor provided trucks and labor for moving inventory from a previous location. Many, many hours were spent by the KC volunteers in setting up the Store.
The warehouse carries nearly 2000 SKU’s (Stock Keeping Units). Inventory is maintained manually and reordered as needed. Neatly organized in tubs that are marked with the SKU, description and size, stock is moved in the tubs to the Store as needed. Empty tubs are returned to the warehouse and used to monitor usage for reordering One of the shoe fitters told me that they carry shoes to size 15 but that the largest size that he has fitted was a size 13.
Some of these kids have never shopped for themselves and one asked a volunteer, “You mean that I can take this home?”