Pinterest Project

I have 'pinned' so many recipes, projects and ideas on Pinterest, but rarely ever follow through.  But this project was definitely do-able, and it made complete sense to me....the hallway closet.

All of our crap that was in the closet

Our closet in our front hall has always been too full and not very functional.  Part of the problem was just that it needed to be cleaned out - several coats have now been packed up for Goodwill.  But we also store other items in our closet - like the vacuum, a bin of games, a bin of arts and crafts and a bin of hats/gloves/scarves/blankets/junk.

Pat even painted the closet!

When I saw this idea on Pinterest, I thought it was a perfect solution!  Most of the time when we get home in the winter, we take of our coat and hang it on the back of a chair or on a door knob.  Even though it takes just an extra few seconds to use a hanger, it just wasn't happening.  Then I saw an idea that took out the coat hanger/rod and replaced it with hooks - brilliant!  We were already 'hooking' the coats elsewhere, now we could just do it in the closet - where they belong!  And by doing so the closet now feels much more spacious! 

Kids were nicely distracted...this is when Noah fell asleep in his Jumparoo

Pat got started before I could get the 'before' picture...but just imagine the typical coat closet - jammed pack full of coats, items tossed everywhere on a top shelf, and other items thrown onto the floor.

Pat is going to build a new shelf for above the coats for additional storage - but that is a project for next weekend.  And we may add another row of three more hooks on the right side so that the kids can reach for their own coats/backpacks.  Here are some after pics minus the shelf...