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Closet Door Makeover in progress!

With the winter season winding down, quite slowly but very surely, I have begun to transition my closet over from Winter to Spring. As I was going through this process, I realized I dont like my closet very much. So, I have decided to do something about it. It hasnt happened as quickly as I would like, but hopefully by the end of Spring Break, I will have a reveal to share.

I have decided to start with a project I can finish rather quickly - the dreaded closet door. It is a plain, unattractive, faux woodgrain hollow core door. I am in the process of changing out all the dark, plain ranch moldings to bright white colonial trim and this is just one more project I can scratch off that list. Here is my progress so far..

Since I have already emptied the majority of the closet to paint it, it was wonderful to be able to work on the door IN the closet instead of lugging it downstairs and out the door to the garage. I removed the door knob which is being moved to another door in the house and the antique brass hinges.

Normally, the next step would be to use a light stripper to remove varnish and roughen up the surface. That is until I found this on clearnace at WalMart. YAY! I simply put it on a rag and applied it in a circular motion and walah! It definitely de-glossed the surface and provided a smooth surface which held paint. AWESOME! I elected to add one coat of Krylon white primer to give me a neutral surface to paint.

All ready for the final coat!

These are the totally random items and supplies I am going to use for the door makeover. The bow, which I LOVE, was from a thrift store and cost me 25 cents. It is made from a very thin wood and was from the Walmart Christmas collection. I bought it knowing I would use it somewhere, someday - I love bows! And they are trending for Spring 2013. Lucky me! :-)

I primed it white and it is also ready for its final coat of paint! That is all I am revealing so far - I hope it turns out as adorable as I imagine it to be.

Closet Door Makeover in progress!

Boston Inspired Master Closet Make Over!

Boston. Such an amazing city. Tonight, the worlds attention is on this American treasure because of the awfulness that occurred at the Boston Marathon earlier today. My heart is indeed heavy and I am sad, angry, frustrated and even a little bit scared. I visited Boston for only my second time in November 2012 for the Notre Dame vs. Boston College football game and I fell in love with this historical city all over again.

While exploring Newbury Street, one of my most favorite shopping streets in the world, I was introduced to the world of Jack Wills. It is a store imported from Great Britain and its signature colors are navy blue and pink stripes. The store is amazing and I became an instant fan. I chose to use that Jack Wills inspired color scheme in my master closet makeover.

There arent a lot of great things about being single, but it is definitely a perk that I dont have share a remote control or a closet. And even though I hold out hope for meeting and marrying the man of my dreams, for now I will seek solace in enjoying MY new closet which is mine... all mine. LOL

I dont believe I am going to post these BEFORE pictures. Yikes - this closet held a LOT of stuff. Everything from clothes to Christmas decorations, lamps and even a big Santa Claus. Do you have holiday decorations in your closet? I dont have the luxury of a basement but I still dont know why we do this. :-)

These lamps were here only temporary so they wouldnt get broken but then there are some Easter baskets and an Eddie Bauer Home Store (now defunct) teddy bear which was a gift from my Mom.

So here we have an empty closet and a hardwood underlayment from tearing up the carpeting.

I started with some basic white stripes and only used paint which I had in the house. I then moved to a navy paint which I decided against for the dining room. I knew I had a quart of "oops" paint which I picked up for a $1 last summer to have on hand in case I came up with an idea for it. :-)

My favorite color combo - navy and white! I was thrilled with the stripes!

I then primed and painted the floor white an really liked the open feeling of the empty closet. I decided not to put the back shelf and rod back the way it was. I had this overcrowded bookcase in the laundry room downstairs and decided to use that in the closet for room for sweaters and folded shirts.

I washed it and covered the shelves in this adorable pink shelf liner from MacBeth. I found three packs on clearance at Marshalls. It was the perfect color!

I put the book case in place and placed the large shelf on top which worked out perfectly. I then cut up the long pole into smaller sections and attached them to the wall and the bookcase. I covered them as well in the pink shelf liner for a more polished look. I then had extra wood shelves from the dining room hutch I broke apart and used a circular saw to make shelves which fit between the bookcase and the wall. This created little cubbies which are perfect for shoes or smaller items.

This is probably my favorite part of the closet. I hung this bar low to the ground so as not to waste space but to create a place just for my tennis skirts. It worked out perfectly.

When it came to the floor, I wanted something a little kicky. So I decided to do a monogram and an anchor just for fun. I found the initial decals on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $1. Sweet.

I started to move in some pieces to see how it is all going to work out. I wish I didnt have a ton of stuff to fit in this space although, rest assured, Santa Claus is not coming back in. :-) Cheers!

Boston Inspired Master Closet Make Over!

Walk In Closet makeover progress

Here is the progress on my Tiffany & Co. inspired closet door... still waiting for warm weather to spray paint the brass door knob silver. UGH - Hurry Spring!

Here is a preview of my new navy and white striped walls.... I love it so far!

Found this awesome bright pink shelf liner on clearance at Marshalls! This is what started it all! More to come!

Walk In Closet makeover progress

Organizing and Beautifying the Broom Closet

My broom closet is stolen space. There was no broom closet in this house. No broom closet, no linen closet, no entry closet, no mudroom closet - not much storage space to speak of at all!

My house is a 1930s build with a 2009 addition that houses 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. The old part of the house was basically a 1 bedroom apartment in size. The original bedroom is now my formal dining room and the original bedroom closet has become my broom closet / storage closet.

When I moved in, that closet reeked of old. You know that smell? That awful, no-oxygen-smells-like-death odor that you sometimes find in really old furniture and old houses. That's how it smelled. Ewww. Not putting MY clothes in there! It looked like this after I ripped the clothes rod out.

Organizing and Beautifying the Broom Closet

Turning Bi Fold Closet Doors into French Doors

Bi-fold doors are not a favourite of mine. I dislike the way they take up so much of the opening to my closets and in my house the bi-fold doors are hollow-core so I dislike them even more!

When I found half-louvered wood bi-fold doors at a yard sale, I snapped them up planning to install them on my master bedroom closet.

Instead of using the bi-fold track, I decided to install them on hinges attached to the trim around the closet opening.

Turning Bi Fold Closet Doors into French Doors