Older Home = Small Closets

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I excited that I am moving out of an apartment to a house!  But the downfall of leaving a newer apartment to an older home...LACK OF CLOSET SPACE!

In my apartment, I used the linen closet in my master bedroom for my shoe closet.  After all, I had an extra bathroom that I could store all my towels and such in.  And the selling point for my apartment was that I had two walk-in closets.

But the new place has small (very small) closets.  So I'm giving up a small place with BIG closets, for a BIGGER place with small closets.

My project this week has been cleaning out my closet and donating most of the items that I no longer wear and do not intend on wearing to Goodwill.  I also have get everything organized since my close space is smaller, as well as my bathroom storage is smaller.
 

Master Bath Organization

I was in FULL packing mode this weekend.  And as usual, got side tracked onto another project...organizing my bathroom.  One of the things I loved the most about my apartment was the closet space and the roomy bathrooms.  My current master bath has a L shaped vanity with lots of counter space and cabinet storage to match.  The new house, being an older house (built in the 70's) has NO counter space and just as much cabinet space.

So I am going to have to get a little creative with my storage space.  I saw these plastic boxes at Target on yesterday and PROBLEM SOLVED!!!




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They are actually "shoe boxes" but they are just the right size to hold all my toiletries and what-nots.  The the purple handles match my bathroom decor perfectly.  I made fancy labels on the computer and put on the boxes that coordinates with rest of the decor.  Now everything is sorted out and organized.