(A big thanks to my husband for his help on this mini-project.)
I think we all have an area (or maybe many areas) in our home that could use a little decluttering and organization. I find that one of the ways my life becomes just a little less busy is by bringing order in the places and spaces within my home. When there is order, searching for an ingredient, item or tool happens rather quickly and without much hassle. Remember the famous quote from Benjamin Franklin? “A place for everything, everything in its place.” Good advice.
This week we were able to bring some needed order to a small space in our home by providing a little help for the hall closet.
The Before
We live in a small home and have fewer closets than most. In our hallway we have one closet that houses our washer and dryer. We also have a small closet which was probably originally intended to be used as a linen closet. We don’t have or need many extra linens, so we have used the closet to store toiletries and pantry items. The closet has served its purpose, but it was definitely in a need of some help.
The Process
We cleared the shelves.
We moved out items that needed to live in a better place.
We threw out unused or expired items.
We cleaned the shelves.
We covered each shelf with contact paper.
We reorganized the shelves.
We found containers around our home that could help store items.
We bought a few more containers.
We replaced items in an orderly and organized manner.
The Products
Contact paper. We bought a floral print at a local store, but Amazon has more options than you could ever want or need. Here’s a floral choice.
Containers.We had a few dollar tree storage options that we were no longer using, so we re-purposed them.
We also bought some refrigerator organizer bins and thought they might work well in the closet for some of our go-to items that we want to easily see and access. These are similar to what we found at our local store.
Total cost: Just about $13
The After
Our hall closet is now a cleaner, prettier and more organized space. I’m happy with how it turned out. What do you think?
My Advice
One Project at a Time. It’s easy to look around your house and get overwhelmed or discouraged. Maybe your kitchen cabinets are cluttered. Perhaps there is a large stack of mail on your table. Do you have a shoe pile spilling into numerous rooms? Maybe your dresser drawers won’t close anymore. Don’t try to tackle everything at once because if you do then nothing will get done. Pick a project and take a step forward. Work on it for 15 minutes today and tomorrow and so on.
Enlist Help. My husband helped me get focused and stay motivated to complete this project. Working with him was super helpful because we could split tasks and bounce ideas off each other.
Let Go of Perfection. Is this closet perfect? No. I have seen many prettier closets, but you know what? I’m okay with that. We tackled the project and the space is better than it was before.
What about you? Do you have an area of your home that could use a little help?
Until next time,
Charissa
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Hi Charissa,
I really love seeing the before and after pictures of your closet. Great job by the way!! I agree you have to take it one project at a time. Things are so much easier to accomplish when you break it down into bite-sized pieces. 🙂
Tracy Lynn
Thanks for your kind words, Tracy Lynn!