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The Great DIY Closet Makeover

August 20, 2014 by Alison 13 Comments

I mentioned on Facebook the other day that we had decided to tackle a closet makeover in the master bedroom of our home. Master bedroom…that sounds fancy right? Well, that’s not exactly the case. To start, we live in a manufactured home…and not a new one at that. There’s nothing wrong with manufactured homes, in fact some of them are amazing, but the older ones leave much to be desired in the storage space optimization category.

 

My Closet & All the Crap in it Before the Makeover

My Closet & All the Crap in it Before the Makeover

 

As you can see what we started with here was basically a shelf up top and a rod for hanging clothes, which probably worked in 1979 when this baby was shiny and new, but I wanted a little more. First thing I did was take off the closet doors. I hate those slider doors with a passion because there’s always that section in the middle, where the doors overlap, that you can never get to so you just don’t wear anything that gets stuck there. Let me tell you, I think I basically found a whole new wardrobe hiding out back there. WIN!

 

 

Not my closet, but you get the idea.

Not my closet, but you get the idea.

 

 

Next we took down the old shelf and rod so that we had a completely empty space. For our closet, which is 12’ wide, we went with two 3′-6′ Rubbermaid Closet Kits
that we picked up at Lowes and added a couple of the 25 cubby organizers in the middle to house my extensive shoe collection (or at least part of it). The closet kits are super easy to put up so we just had to determine where we wanted rods for hanging and the shelves for folding and screw those supports into the wall. What’s cool is that as your needs change or your wardrobe grows or shrinks, you can adjust the shelves, add or remove rods, or whatever you need to make the space keep working for you.

 

 

DIY Closet Makeover After

DIY Closet Makeover After

 

Fortunately for me, my hubby is sort of OCD with organizing by size, type, style, etc. so not only is my closet much more manageable and better to look at, everything is color coded by style and season (however, it will probably not stay that way unless he takes up doing the laundry too because I will not sort and color code when putting it away – ain’t nobody got time for that!). Who says you need a professional organizer!? So if you’re looking for a way to optimize space and make your dreary, over-stuffed closet a lot more manageable (and easier to look at), this is definitely a easy to install solution you’ll want to try.

 

What’s your best storage space optimization tip? What’s your biggest storage frustration? Let me know in the comments below and thanks for reading! 

 

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Filed Under: DIY, Organization Tagged With: closets, storage solutions

Comments

  1. NORAH says

    August 20, 2014 at 11:11 am

    Please come over and do my closet, I am the worst at keeping it tidy.

    Reply
  2. Ange says

    August 20, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    Looks awesome, want to come organize mine?

    Reply
  3. Erica Brooks says

    August 20, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    Awesome closet makeover!

    Reply
  4. Karen says

    August 20, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    I am amazed at the difference. I need to do that here.

    Reply
  5. Laura MyNewestAddiction says

    August 20, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    OOO I love reorganization projects. Except when they come to my own! LOL

    Reply
  6. Jamie @ Makeuplifelove says

    August 20, 2014 at 7:33 pm

    Can you please come over and re-organize my closet. I soooo need to do it, but I am too lazy . lol….. Great job!!

    Reply
  7. Kath TheFabZilla says

    August 20, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    Great DIY makeover! I still dream of having my own walk-in closet….

    Reply
  8. 1stopmom says

    August 21, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Wow, what a difference. I need to tackle all the closets in my house, lol!

    Reply
  9. Myrabev says

    August 21, 2014 at 11:31 am

    Awe your hubby and you both did a great job, the closet looks much better (better than mine too)

    Reply
  10. Lissa Cole says

    August 21, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    I am glad you got everything in your closet organized and that it is much more functional now. I need to organize my closet. We have a small apartment closet but I think I can make a few changes to fit our closet needs.

    Reply
  11. Vicki @ Five Spot Green Living says

    August 21, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    oh my goodness your closet looks great – I need to do this to my closet. I still have clothes in there from 10 years ago when I worked in corporate!

    Reply
  12. Lisa says

    August 21, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    My closet neeeeds a big make over! Yours looks great – especially all of the shoes:)

    Reply

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