The Closet

This post has a ton of pictures. I told you awhile back that I was cleaning out another closet in my house. Well, I finished Saturday. This closet is in the Hollywood bath that connects to the bedroom that I've made our sitting room. I keep all of my gift wrapping supplies in this closet along with just random stuff. With the holidays it really got to be big mess! Here is the before.

Now, here are some pics of the sitting room once I emptied the closet.

WOW, I knew the closet was a decent size but I had no idea how much stuff was actually in there. I went through & took out anything that was Christmas related - gift bags, gift tags, etc. I have a big storage container that I keep under the bed in the guest bedroom that is for Christmas stuff. It makes it easier to have that stuff separated. This is the view when you open the closet door.

I have the changing pad there for when my nephew comes over but he's too big for it now. I'm going to check with some friends to see if anyone needs it. If not it will be donated. The box is full of styrofoam cups. I'll have to post another time about those. I've had the hanging gift wrap organizer for years. My friend Vicki gave that to me one year. It has small gift bags, tape, scissors & rolls of wrapping paper. It's very convenient because it hangs on the rod. The next picture I took standing inside the closet. When you open the closet door this is the wall to the right.

I bought the hanging thing at Walmart. In the big pocket I have gift bags & wrapping paper that isn't on rolls. The two smaller pockets are stickers that I use for envelope seals & cards. Hanging from the hooks are the larger gift bags that don't fit in the pocket. I also have a tall plastic container that holds rolls of wrapping paper under the hanging thingy. Here's a close up.

I think this thing is going to be really handy. I used to have all my gift bags in a storage container & that ended up being a mess because stuff got stacked on top of it & then when I needed a bag stuff got moved & it was just a big mess. This way I have easy access. The next picture is on the left wall of the closet when you open the door.

I bought this 3 drawer storage compartment at Walmart too. The little shelf is an old TV stand. I have plans for it so it won't be fake wood grain anymore but our weather hasn't cooperated so it's just going to stay like this for now. In the drawers I have all my ribbon. The flowered magazine holder is for the magazines that I want to keep. I have a stack that I need to go through & I didn't get to that yet. I bought the holder at Office Depot. The 2 canvas cube thingys I also bought at Walmart. I realized after I took the pictures that I hadn't cut the tags off yet. In those I have tissue paper & some extra picture frames that I'm not using at the moment.  The other containers I already had. I have one with all my craft paint & another one with other craft supplies, like pipe cleaners, wire, wire cutters, hot glue gun, etc.

Looks much better doesn't it? I'm very happy to have something else crossed off the to do list. I'm linking to Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday, Elements Interiors for Whassup Wednesday & DIY by Design for Winter Blues Wednesday.

Toodles!