Conquered Closet: 5 days 5 ways Marvelous Master

Kicking off this organizing series is the very lovely Abbie of 5 days 5 ways. She shared her fabulous master closet makeover a while ago and got me thinking that I want to see more more more of how bloggers store all their goodies. So thanks to Abby for sharing and the inspiration. Hope you love peeking into bloggers' hidden spaces as much as I do.

Hi there folks! I could go on for half a page about how excited I am to be here guest-posting for Mrs. Limestone, but...I have a feeling that's not what you're here for. Still, I have to say that Brooklyn Limestone was quite literally my gateway into the blogging world—the very first blog that I faithfully followed and a constant source of inspiration. I am so thankful to Stefanie for having me over for a visit!

My name is Abbie from Five days…5 ways and Secondhand or Bare Bottom. Yes, that’s right. I run not one but two blogs. Because being a home-schooling mama to three children under 6, teaching fitness classes, trying to keep my house reasonably clean, knocking out a few DIY projects now and then, and spending time with my great husband doesn’t keep me busy enough.
Yeah. Right. : )

Today, I’m sharing a taste of my master closet, which I recently overhauled so that instead of looking like this:

…it now looks like this:

…and from this:

…to this:

It was basically a classic case of good bones (my hubby built the custom shoe-shelf, the closet-rods, the cubbies, and the laundry chute) and bad styling and use of space.

But it was nothing a little (okay, a lot) of DIY elbow grease couldn’t fix.

Actually, grease may have been one of the few gooey substances I didn’t use, but there was a lot of paint, glue(decoupaging = messy magic!), and sweat.

Of course, as you can see from the above pic, I did have help.

Here’s the organizational breakdown for my formerly chaotic cubby wall.

One of my favorite details is this mini-console makeover (Goodwill: $5):

After some decoupaging action, this dowdy lady morphed into a very pretty girl:

…complete with fun clearance knobs from Hobby Lobby:

But maybe my favorite project of all was another decoupaging job.

I took our Plain Jane closet rods and covered them with some “Mr. and Mrs.” wrapping paper that I found at Walmart.

Let’s face it—there never was a Mister that got his fair share of a closet, but I did leave him one rod!

The shoe shelf also got some organizational help as well as a little paint + wallpaper love.

This project was all about the details, which made it rather slow-going, but I took my time finding pieces I loved (for cheap!) from my usual haunts, which include Target, Goodwill, Marshall’s, and Hobby Lobby.

And by working with a lot of supplies I already had on hand (I custom-mixed my paint colors from leftovers I had lying around) + trolling for bargains, I managed to keep the entire the entire closet redo total under $150!

Here’s a collage of some of my favorite details:

Oh, aqua and fuchsia, how I love thee!

So what do you think? Worth the effort? (I know my answer to that! ; ))

Want to see the entire transformation? Here you go. I hope you’ll stop by for a visit and say hi. I love meeting new friends!

Oh, and thanks again, Mrs. Limestone, for letting me share a bit of my corner of the blogosphere with your readers! It’s a huge treat for me!