Mama needs a new closet!

Ohmygosh! Seriosuly. My closet is hideous!! We bought a new house nearly 2 years ago and moved from a house that had ZERO closet space. Well, one tiny little closet that was more of an indoor play fort for my oldest son rather than a functional closet. That, too, was hideous, annoying, and frustrating!

Then, we moved into our new home and gained a TON of space! Every room has a walk in closet that I just love. The master closet is smaller than the others (which doesn't make sense - but it is what it is). However, it had 4 shelves and 4 hanging rods, and lots of floor space. I was in love! I bought hangers like a crazy lady on crack. I wanted to hang up EVERYTHING we owned---simply because, I could! It seemed like such a luxury. 

Then, slowly over time.....my closet began to look like this.....(OMG---I cannot believe I am going to show you this! I promise to redeem myself by the end of this post. Don't judge!)

Dang---glad that's out there and over with. Painful. PAINFUL, I TELL YA!  So, it's Spring Break here, and I have had it with this closet. It's not functional, it's messy, and I am regretting all those hangers I bought. Hanging my clothes up was fun while it lasted - especially for a girl that was so hanger deprived for so many years. But, that phase ran it's course, and it's time to put some effort into my OWN closet before I get busy organizing other people's things again this summer! 

So---as I am knee deep in hangers, you can imagine that my theme song might include a lyric "...cleaning out my closet..." by Eminem. You know it. Not the same meaning, of course---but nonetheless I was cleaning out my closet, literally. 

Anyway---I've been saving for awhile for Project Clean My Closet. Sidebar: did you know that when you take your change back to Meijer, instead of paying the service fee for them sorting and counting your coins, you can take a gift certificate to a big box store, and not have to pay a fee? Fancy that, you actually get to keep all your OWN money! As you can imagine, we jumped on that and grabbed ourselves a gift certificate to Lowe's. 

I love this store! I had to visit several times - and drool over the un-affordable closet organizers - before I came to reality and kept within my budget. I stocked up on.....

Just a few closet organizing pieces...

AND

baskets---of course! 

PS - Never throw away these great ribbons on basket sets that are tied together!
 They are shabby chic and can be used to tie on the labels to the basket handles for your newly organized items! 

They perfectly match my bedspread, and accent colors in my bedroom. There were also the exact amount that I needed on the shelves. It's like we were destined to be together---my baskets and I! Hahaha. 

Then, my husband so graciously worked all day, came home and assembled all my shelving, and caught a few Zzzzzzzz's before heading off to work in the morning and then catching an evening flight out of state!  I can't thank him enough! He knows once I get a project started---there's no stopping until it's complete. 

Hello, 1:00 A.M, and HELLO NEW CLOSET!!!! 

See the black boxes in the way back on the top shelf?
There's metal grommets---that's where the basket ribbons will be used to tie on a cutsie little label! 

What a difference! 

This is much more functional, aesthetically appealing, and calm! 

Now---back to those summer projects. Like what you see? 

 Do YOU or anyone you know need a closet over haul? 

Please pass along my info....I'd be be more than happy to help!!