Showing posts with label Closet Makeover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Closet Makeover. Show all posts

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Semi Annual Closet Switch/ Pansy Decor

Happy Sunday.
It was warm for a couple of days last week. I foolishly thought winter was over. 
Nope. 
It got cold again on Friday. It didn't freeze so I didn't have to cover plants but it was a chilly 42 degrees. It was raining on Friday morning which seemed a perfect time to tackle my closet. 


My out of season clothes are stored in the baskets on the top shelf. I pulled them down. 
Unearthed my fun summer dresses and hung them all up. 


My favorite little tops were all rearranged by color. 


I wanted a tray to corral smaller things and remembered a fun tray that I found in Round Top. 
A pansy theme was born. 
Some clipped pansies from the yard are in a votive holder vase. 
Shallow vases are perfect for pansies. This one came from Hobby Lobby? Maybe? 


Pansies remind me of my grandmother. I remember weeding with her at their lake house in Wisconsin. 
She patiently taught me what were weeds and what were flowers. 
I distinctly remember weeding around the pansies and asparagus. She was an amazing gardener. 



I shopped the house for anything with pansies on it. 
This pansy poster came from Laurieanna's Vintage Home in Canton, Texas. 
She has these posters in so many motifs and they are only $2.99 each. 


When I was little, purple was my favorite color. It was also my grandmother's favorite color. 


I love the touches of purple in here.


A book of oversized postcards has been used over and over again around here. 


An ugly pink trash can got an impromptu makeover with my favorite green spray paint. 
Gold paint lines the rim. A printed pansy is Mod Podged on the side. 
I wallpapered this closet about 5 years ago. 


Pansies can be planted in the fall in North Texas. They will bloom all winter. They can look a little stressed if we have a deep freeze but will bounce right back and bloom all spring. They cannot withstand the Texas summer and will die back in June or so. 
They will love the rain and the cool down we had yesterday. 


The shelf got a new piece of Contact Paper which freshened it up. The area above this shelf used to be full of clothes. It drove me nuts to have a wall of clothes as I walked in so I purged and took the dowel down. That way I cannot fill it back up again. 
I know myself so well. 


Since we are sheltering in place, I decided to try painting pansies. 


Not too bad. It was really fun. 



I'm trying to embrace this slow down and do some fun things. 
How about you? 
Have a blessed day. 
 Katie 

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Master Closet Reveal

The chandelier is up in my closet. 
I am in love
It's been a week and my closet is still neat as a pin. 
 If I take the time to organize and decorate a space, I'm more likely to keep it clean. 



Closets and cupboards are my nemesis. 
Most of the outward stuff in our house is neat and organized but be careful opening a door. 
It's scary! 
This is how the closet looked most of the time. 



 This closet has always been disfunctional. 
The upper clothes rack was too high for me to reach so things got stuck up there that I didn't really wear. 
Bill is convinced I am a clothes hoarder.
All four of the racks were full of hanging clothes.
All the shelves had stuff on them and the dresser in our room was stuffed as well.
I had way too many clothes and it was time to purge.
Once it was empty I scraped the popcorn and rearranged the furnishings.
Instead of paint, I papered the walls with this silver and white circular pattern. 


It's different from anything else in the house.


I don't always have tulips in my closet but when I do, it's for a blog post.




The upper rack on the left came down so I won't be tempted to refill it.


Two different towers on each end create a counter-like 
 space in the middle for jewelry, nail polish and other pretties. 



A utilitarian shelf bracket got replaced with a pretty one from Hobby Lobby.
 This started out black but white looked better in this space. 
These are wonderful brackets for only $3.98 each but I don't think Hobby Lobby has them anymore.



Not having a wall of clothes here opens up the space and makes the closet feel significantly larger.



I moved my shoe cubbie and drawers from under the mirror to the nook on the right side. 


 The the laminate storage components came from Lowes several years ago.   
Everything just stacks on top of one another.
 New chrome handles replace the plastic ones that came with the drawer unit.



I still have plenty of space on this side to hang my lacey tops.


I love a lacey top! 



Read about my Tiffany blue jewelry boxes here.
All the edges of the shelves got painted to clean things up.


The totes full of off season clothes got lined with leftover wallpaper. 


The dowel from the shelf we installed after we moved in finally got a coat of paint to make it look neater.  




The black screws that we used to hang the brackets got a dot of white paint to make them disappear. 


The chandelier with three bulbs is brighter than what I had before.


I recommend this fixture from Home Depot even though it is acrylic. 


It has a lot of pretty detail and sparkle. 


It's perfect for glamming up a girly closet. 

Source list:
Wallpaper  Allen and Roth White and Silver Wallpaper           $29.98 a roll (2 rolls needed)
White Mirror Style Selections 21.5 x 27.5 White Beveled       
Rectangle Framed French Mirror                                            $29.98
Chandelier 3-Light Chrome Maria Theresa Mini Chandelier      $79.96
Closet Maid 25 White Laminate Storage Cube                         $49.98
Closet Maid 12.12 in Stacking Storage                                    $20.98
Closet Maid 12.12 laminate cupboard                           No longer on Lowes.com
Closet Maid laminate drawer unit                                 No longer on Lowes.com
Lacey top Daniel Raines @ Nordstrom Rack                             $29.97
Jewelry Boxes  Vintage hand me down and thrifted
Jar with nail polish Anchor Hocking 1/2 gallon Heritage 
Hill glass jar with lid                                                               $5. 88
Storage Totes and shoe boxes all from Walmart
Plastic Hangers -Walmart 
Glass jars with silver tops-                   Vintage Avon all thrifted pieces