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Coat Closet Transformation

Friday, June 29, 2012

So last time the hubby was away on a little mini vacation with some of his buddies, I decided to go ahead and "fix up" our coat closet. There wasn't anything really wrong with the coat closet necessarily it just wasn't as functional as I had wanted it to be... I mean seriously, look at this disaster. There was no organization to the space so everything that we found just lying around the house ended up getting thrown in there. It was a mess!!!!

i can't believe i'm even showing you this picture

The plan was to take the shelf which was hanging above the coat rod and move it up about 6 inches. Then I wanted to move up the rod itself and add some shoe storage underneath. Sounds simple enough, right?

Well as soon as the hubs left I got started... I took down the "shelf" which was really just a piece of wood sitting on top of some baseboards that were nailed to the wall. Then I wanted to take down the baseboards so I could move them up to raise the shelf. This is where my nightmare began... When I was taking down the baseboards I ended up pushing several holes in the drywall and cracking the boards themselves in several spots.

look at these cuties:) sorry for the panty shot!!!

Once I finally got the baseboards removed from the wall I knew I had to get started patching the drywall. UGH!!! All I have to say is I am definitely not going into the drywall business ever in my lifetime. It was horrible. No matter how many times I put on another layer, or how many times I sanded it I couldn't get it to be smooth or flush with the walls. Eventually I gave up and went ahead and painted the walls. My theory was it was just the inside of the closet and our coats would cover it anyway:)

So in the end, I repainted the closet, moved up the shelves and the rod, added some baskets and a shoe organizer, and even added some hooks on the inside of the door for the kiddos backpacks. I also got a ton of matching wooden hangers from a friend of mine! (who doesn't LOVE free stuff) I don't think I would call it a masterpiece, but hey at least I can find things in there now:)

There is one more thing on my Coat Closet To-Do List but I'm not sure the hubby would go for it... I would LOVE love LOVE love LOVE to add a new door to the closet, just like this one here that I found on pinterest. :) Every time I look at it my heart goes pitter patter:)

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Making a Statement

Friday, April 13, 2012

Who doesn't LOVE pinterest? I mean seriously, it is like a creative persons heaven! I seriously have an addiction and am in major need of an intervention! Please help:) So anyway, I pinned this on pinterest a while back and new immediately where I wanted to do it.

This is the hallway that you see when you first walk in my front door. Doesn't say much about our personality. Plain old tan, nothing on the walls, definitely a snoozer!

**** sorry I can't get these pictures to flip the right way****

Well not any more!!!!! Isn't she beautiful???????

ALMOST FINISHED!!!!

I have to say, I am IN LOVE!!!!! I was skeptical at first. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist and a little OCD so this project made me very nervous. I am that crazy person that makes lists for EVERYTHING and then when I don't like my handwriting on a list or if I cross things off and the line doesn't go right through the center of the word, I have to rewrite the entire list. I know its crazy, but it's true. The thought of tracing this stencil and then painting over it by hand made me almost have an anxiety attack, but I have to say, once I got started it actually became more relaxing then stressful. It is a small wall just under our stairwell but it took hours and hours and days and days. For a mother of two toddlers this was not the simplest of projects, but I'm so very happy with the outcome!

I think if anything this project really taught me to let go and not to worry so much about things being "perfect". This beautiful hallway of mine is FAR from perfect, but I LOVE it. I love being able to tell people "oh yeah I painted that!" I have never felt so proud of a project the way I do about this. It makes such a statement when you walk in the door and it couldn't look any better!!!!

My plan is to make this wall a photo gallery, which means that a lot of the pattern will eventually be covered by photos. I'm not 100% on the idea yet, so who knows what it will look like in the end but for now I am loving it:)

I'm drooling over these frames that Jen from Tatertots and Jello used in her Photo Wall!!!!!

Oh and for those of you wondering the base color on thewall is the same as the kitchen Olympic's Flagstone Paint + Primer in an Eggshell finish and the color of the design is the color that was a fail in the kitchen. It is only a shade lighter then the Flagstone. It is called Olympic's Secret Passage in an eggshell finish also.

So what do you think???? If you are interested in learning how to do this for yourself check out the link at the top. I did everything she did step by step and used her stencil!!!! Thanks for the inspiration Emily!

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