Check out the great advice and beautiful inspiring pictures at A Bowl Full Of Lemons - Organizing The Kid's Closets post!
And here is what I did with my kid's closets!
My son's closet;
BEFORE
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AFTER
bought some hangers and hung up his shirts on one side, and his sweaters/jackets on the other side. On the top shelf is one pair of shoes that are too big for him (in the box), and the other box is empty. There is a duffel bag/backpack (empty) on the top shelf also.
bought some hangers and hung up his shirts on one side, and his sweaters/jackets on the other side. On the top shelf is one pair of shoes that are too big for him (in the box), and the other box is empty. There is a duffel bag/backpack (empty) on the top shelf also.
The Bottom portion of his closet - BEFORE
Pay no attention to the big white stain on the carpet. A bucket of paint got spilled after we painted his room. But this picture is just to how you the mess... as a boy... when he is told to "go clean your room", it involved picking stuff up and throwing it into the closet!
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The bottom portion of his closet - AFTER
I got him some bins to keep things in. The plastic drawer thing used to hold his clothes, but we moved a different dresser into his room for his clothes and this one is now used for toys. Each drawer holds a different kind of toys... green is the play tools and play dishes for playing house. Red holds all his toy dinosaurs, and yellow drawer is just all the various small plastic toys. On top of the dresser are two other boxes... one holds toy cars (Hot wheels/Matchbox) and the other one holds plastic army men. The large bin on the right (behind the pirate ship) holds all his larger toys that are too big to fit on the drawers or small boxes.
I got him some bins to keep things in. The plastic drawer thing used to hold his clothes, but we moved a different dresser into his room for his clothes and this one is now used for toys. Each drawer holds a different kind of toys... green is the play tools and play dishes for playing house. Red holds all his toy dinosaurs, and yellow drawer is just all the various small plastic toys. On top of the dresser are two other boxes... one holds toy cars (Hot wheels/Matchbox) and the other one holds plastic army men. The large bin on the right (behind the pirate ship) holds all his larger toys that are too big to fit on the drawers or small boxes.
Two weeks later - he is still doing a great job keeping his room clean, with some gentle reminders from us of course! But when he does clean up, he is putting everything in it's proper box!
The girls' closet.
My two daughters share a bedroom. This "Before" picture isn't really the Real Before Picture. This is after the girls, myself, and my husband had to go in there with trash bags and clear out their room because no one could walk through it. It was a complete disaster... so this "before" picture doesn't look too bad considering the room had a major overhaul the week before! But there was still room for some improvements!
Girls' Closet - BEFORE
Girl's Closet - AFTER
moved the metal bed frame to the back yard. Got some more plastic bins for their smaller toys and organized them. 9Barbies, Barbie clothes, ponies, tea party) Went thru the boxes and threw most of the contents away, filed the rest.
Girls' Closet - top shelf BEFORE
Girl's Closet - top shelf AFTER
Hmm... lots of room! All that remains is one box with some keepsake school parers, and I moved the sheets that the girls use on their bed to their closet, freeing up more space in my linen closet!
Hmm... lots of room! All that remains is one box with some keepsake school parers, and I moved the sheets that the girls use on their bed to their closet, freeing up more space in my linen closet!
Fellow Procrastinators, listen up! These projects took A LOT LESS TIME than I thought they would. I was able to complete both projects on my day off, just working a little at a time until they were done. Once again I revisit the lesson that it always looks worse than it is, and doesn't take much time to fix once I focus and just do it!
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