Linen Closet Organization

I am one of the best

procrastinators!

Seriously, six months ago, after I clean out

my bedroom closet,  

I told myself I needed to tackle 

the hall linen closet next.

SIX MONTHS ago!

You know how it goes,

you wake up in the morning 

planning to do something,

and shiney things happen.

Linen closet?

Nay, I need to sift my compost first.

Or, I really should check to see if there any cucumbers 

needing to be picked from the garden.

If I have enough cucumbers,

then we need to can them up while they are fresh...

and so on.

Well, this weekend arrived and

beyond get my hair done,

I had nothing to do.

No more excuses.

Time to hit that linen closet!

I can't even begin to tell you

how I hated opening that door

to get clean towels or a pain reliever.

Tramatic at best!

Just like when I cleaned my bedroom closet

I went after it with a vengence!

Please tell me you have prescriptions from 

1997 too? Or that your 

lovely bath bubbles from

Bath & Body Works that you bought several years ago,

but never opened, has changed colors and is

um...filmy?

I filled a large kitchen trash bag 

with linens and towels that were pilly and 

even had bleach stains on them.

I don't know why I felt the need to keep them all this time.

They weren't even good rags anymore!

Lotions and potions and pills and ointments

that had reach their expiration date YEARS ago

into the trash they went!

I then separated everything that was left

and placed in the cute baskets 

that, were previously, overflowing.

I refolded the sheets and pillow cases

and rolled the towels.

 I organized everything in an order that made better since for me.

Things I didn't need to get to often

went up high.

Things such as towels and sheets are now

at eye level for me, and my short stature,

to get to easily.

And the bonus?

This only took me less than an hour!

Then, I had another idea!

 Sticky tiles!!

The shelves looked kind of dingy to me.

I am sure they haven't been painted since the house was built

in the early 80's.

I wasn't mentally prepared to paint but I wanted to clean them up somehow.

I was all set to go to Big Lots to get some sticky tiles

when, Mr. B reminded me we had a full box leftover

from when we did the laundry room floor.

Awesome.

 

I didn't want to actually stick them to the shelves

on the off chance I decided someday to paint

so, I taped them together and cut them to the size I needed.

They didn't have to be pretty since they were going to me mostly covered.

I then just placed them on each shelf.

 Then I was ready to put everything back, again!
The tiles actually make it easier
to slide the baskets out when I need to.

Still not good enough though.

A run to Michaels provided the finishing touches.

I bought some kicky pink zebra ribbon

(buy one get one free thankyouverymuch)

and attached it to the edges with

double sided tape.

The photos make it look like red but,

believe me, it's hot pink baby!

Mr. B thinks I am certifiably insane but,

I flipping love it!!

Now when I open the door I am greeted with kapow wow fun!

Plus, if I do ever (never) get tired of it,

I can just pull it off and put up something different.

While at Michaels I also picked up a large hinged basket

(40% off!)

that sits perfectly on the floor.

I plan to store either cleaning supplies

or rolls of toilet paper in it.

What initially took me less than an hour to clean up,

wound up taking a couple of hours

but, I think I really upped the cute factor!

It no longer pains me to open that door.

In fact, I now smile when I grab clean sheets 

or a pain reliever!

So, what's next you ask?

I really need to clean out under my sink in our bathroom.

But first, I really need to check that

light bulb in the basement...


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Closet Clean Up

So there I sat, on my big fat butt.
Pinning away on Pinterest.

Do you pin?
I'm sure you do.
All the cool kids are doing it.
You can check out my pin boards
iffen you'd like to.
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Anywho, there I sat, thinking to myself,
"Self, you really need to get off your fat butt and do SOMETHING!"

Since the first of the year I have been meaning to clean out
my closet.
I had even purchased some cute storage cubes, on clearance of course,
from Walmart that I could use to
organize my stuff.

So, three months later, I finally had had enough of thinking about
the mess that was my closet, sadly put my laptop away
(bye bye Pinterest, for now)
and got to it!

This is what I started with

And, the most embarrassing photo...yes, that's a cobweb.
And it wasn't the only one!
Seriously!  Who has cobwebs hanging in their closet?
Um...me

Nice closeup for your viewing pleasure

I was ruthless.
I made up my mind to get rid of everything that I
either didn't fit into (who am I kidding?  The days of fitting into a size 8 were long behind me),
didn't love, or had hated but felt some weird emotional attachment to.

 

The cute storage cubes came three to a package and were clearanced at $3.00 a pack!
$1.00 each! I only bought two packages and now wish I had gotten more of them!

You see that?  That's the floor!  I haven't seen that in months at least a year!

And, no more cobwebs!

Proof of what all came out.

An hour later I had six trash bags loaded and ready to take to Goodwill.
Heck, I take enough out of that place, it was time to give some back, right?
And look at all of that empty space!
You know what that means right?
I already have a date with Ms K to go shopping!
I mean take a good look.
I have absolutely nothing to wear!

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