Closet Makeover

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My parents came down this weekend and one BIG task we wanted to accomplish while they were here was my closet make over. Greg and I moved into our house in May of 2011. I was living in an apartment and Greg had moved in when we married. Living in a 750 sq ft apartment as a marriend couple with 2 dogs is not advised! I still don't know how we made it 2 months.

Needless to say, we moved fast. The house was ready before we anticipated and my apartment sublet quickly. We literally had 2 weeks to do what we wanted to the house and move. It was a whirlwind. Now we are slowly organizing and rearranging, along with all the other home improvements projects we want to complete.

Our house was built in 1982, but was pretty much redone on the inside. Greg I have done just small minor changes so far. The house has a ton of character and there are few outdated features about it. One of them is the master closets. You will see what I mean in a minute. Our house is full of closets and they are no where close to being full. Our master has two large closets and our master bath has 2 walk in closets. When we moved my clothes were pretty much just thrown in the closets and it has been on the bottom of my "To Do" list even though it drives me crazy not having my clothes organized. I used to hate trying to find something to wear because clothes were everywhere between the two closets and my dresser.

So here we go! NO JUDGING!!

Here is the before picture. (I had just woken up from a nap and we got started before I snapped all my before pictures.)

 Here is the closet in the bedroom. It has two sliding mirrored doors. (plans to replace these do exist)That is hubby in the bottom of the closet installing my shoe racks.

 All my shoes were just thrown in the bottom of my closet. See them in this pile here? That is what it looked like inside.



This is my closet in the master bath. I never really utilized this closet, it was just overflow and all my purses, which I rarely used due to the lack of organization.

Then came the time to got through all my clothes. I have 3 shelves on the inside of the closet in the bedroom that were packed full of clothes not hung up or organized, as well as 6 drawers. Here is what it looked like while we were going through everything.

I realized I have a lot of clothes, shoes, and purses. I also realized I have a lot of clothes that still have tags on them! I was good and gave away 4 bags of clothes, 1 bag of shoes, and 1 bag of purses. Thanks to Momma for letting me sit back and just say "keep" or "get rid of"!!

Then came time to put everything back in the closets. I like my clothes ordered light to dark, sleeveless to long sleeve. I put all my tops in the bedroom closet.

Greg installed racks at the bottom for my shoes.

Wedges on top, flats in the middle, and heels on he floor.

Boots on the side.

In the bathroom closet went jackets and dresses on top and skirts, dress pants, and jeans on the bottom. Greg installed hooks for my purses and accessories.

I can actually walk in to the closet and find exactly what I am looking for.

In my drawers went tshirts, tanks, shorts, swimsuits. On the shelves in the bedroom closet went all my lounge wear and sweatshirts.

I feel like I went shopping and have all these new clothes!! Now to be able to button my pants again!

Have a Marvelous Monday!

Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday

I love Pinterest! My husband just rolls his eyes as he walks past me in the bathtub "pinning" away. I can't help it. It is the best! Before Pinterest, our Favorites tab would be clogged full of websites (neatly organized) of all the ideas I would find. Walks in Pinterest...Favorites are CLEANED OUT!

It only makes sense that I love Wednesdays! Not only is it the middle of the work week but, I get to share my Pinterest loot with you!

Here We Go...

1. Great Strategies!

Pinned HERE

2. Love this book. Definitely buying this!

Pinned HERE

3. Oh how I love coffee and reading!

Pinned HERE

4. My next study.

Pinned HERE

5. The next two count as one. I'm totally ready for Summer! Love khaki!

Pinned HERE

6. Yes, I am going to attempt to make this for my bedroom.

Pinned HERE

7. Awesome Website! We all need to be praying for our husbands/man of our life more.

Pinned HERE

8.Target mark down schedule. Could be dangerous.

Pinned HERE

9. Made me laugh!

Pinned HERE

10. I know I'm not the only one!

Pinned HERE

I'm linking up with Michelle @ The Vintage Apple

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Pinterest Wednesday

Here are my top pins this week from Pinterest. It was kind of a slow week with me being sick, but here we go.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE tomato soup and grilled chese sandwiches. I want this tonight since it is cold and raining.

Pinned HERE.

We all do it!

Pinned HERE

Once I can start cleaning again I will use this. Quick and easy if you clean your own bathroom.

Pinned HERE

I would walk each step again to get exactly where I am!

Pinned HERE

Oh how I miss a great glass of wine. SOON!

Pinned HERE

Only makes two individual cheesecakes. Oh thank goodness, I won't get fat now!

Pinned HERE

I plan on starting an herb garden this spring. Love the style of this one. Greg is already on the look out for the buckets.

Pinned HERE



I can't wait to get back into my clothes! Love this outfit!



Pinned HERE

Love this bracelet. I put it on my Mother's Day & Valentine's Day list. (I'll be a mommy by Mother's Day)



Pinned HERE

And Last, but not least...

This is to my husband! Love him so much!

Pinned HERE

Hope you have a WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!



Crazy Weekend, Crazy Morning...Let's Organize

It has been one crazy morning that followed a crazy weekend. First hubby and I were sick all weekend with a cold (that I am still fighting). Along with that we have critters trying to make our home their's. Yes, we knew that critters came with living on the lake, but find your own home! Fox Pee works wonders encouraging critters to find other place to live (the 5 wooded acres behind our house!). Well, since that only works so well, hubby decided to trap the critters and kindly relocate them to a much more appropriate home in the woods. Saturday was the first day that the trap proved beneficial. The cutest raccoon was sleeping in it when we woke up. I cried all morning(gotta love pregnancy hormones) and even made my husband feed him breakfast before releasing him in the woods.

This moring proved beneficial in the same was as Saturday, except when releasing the raccoon he became quite irritated to be evicted from our cozy little property. So animal control is coming to pick him up and settle him into his new digs soon. Only after answering 500 questions from me and promising me that they were not going to harm him.

OK so let's get organized! With a little one soon to be here and becoming a part-time SAHM, I knew I needed to be organized. (Organization is something that comes easy to someone who is OCD so I knew I had this) We moved into our home in May and found out we were pregnant in July, not much time to organize. Plus, Greg and I lead a busy life with work, traveling, church, friends, and family. I have a growing list of things that need to be tackled the second I am off bed rest. One thing I can do while on bed rest is make our Home Management Binder. I did a lot of research to make mine and knew exactly what I wanted when I started. Here is what I developed...

First gather all your materials and make a game plan.

The binder and folders are from Target, Green Room brand. (love the color green), you will also need a 3-hole punch, labeler, and I used pencil pouches to hold small items. The folders also came with labels that you could print.

I also knew I wanted the following sections:

Calendars

Schedules

To Do

Meal Planning

Cleaning Schedules

Finances

Goals

Medical

Important Dates

Contacts

Blog

Travel

I first printed a label (included with the folders) for each section and hole punched each folder and inserted them into the binder. I put a pencil pouch in the front to hold post it and pens.

Now it is time to organize each section.

Calendars-I found a cute monthly calendar and printed one for each month this year. Click HERE for the one I used. 

Schedules-will be hole punched and placed in that section as we get them.

To Do-is for me to organize my day. It helps me to keep up with my goals, appointments, workouts, daily readings, etc... I made one that suited my needs. Click HERE.

Menu Planning- I menu plan monthly and keep a few grocery lists behind each month. It is my goal to go to the grocery store as little as possible. Click HERE and HERE for the templates. I also keep a recipe pocket in the front for recipes I want to use that month.

Cleaning-I have a weekly schedule that helps me keep my house clean without spending 3 hours at a time on it. Click HERE for it. Then I put a monthly calendar at the back for the large cleaning projects (closets, yard, trees, drawers, pantry, etc.) Click HERE for that.

Finances-I put my monthly budget in there and 3 pencil pouches, labeled receipts, bills, and taxes. When I get something I need for my taxes I put it in there so everything is together, I do the same with bills that come in.

Goals- Greg and I set goals for each month and make sure we get everything accomplished. We check it often to make sure we are on track. HERE is the template we used.

Medical- I keep all of our medical information in this section. This is new to me and I am doing this mainly for when Ben arrives and one of our parents or sisters are babysitting him. HERE is the template I made for us.

Important Dates- I printed out another set of monthly calendars and put birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays on it. Then I put what I would like to purchase as a gift for them. I'll mark it off as I purchase/send it.

Contacts- I have our mailing list we use for parties, cards, and announcements. I have it broken down by party we host and mailings we send.

Travel-I keep all of our trip information in this folder. (Mexico here we come!)

Blog-I keep my planning pages in here. Click HERE to get a copy.

Hope you enjoy this! Have a MARVELOUS MONDAY!