While I’ve gone on and on about my slow progress with my closet, I’ve slowly been going through my living room and family room. The last time I posted about this room it looked like this:

It’s looking a lot better. Most of the things got moved to my new sewing room to make a big mess there. But my first step was to go through things and try to get rid of stuff before putting it in the sewing room. Some days were easier than others but I had to get the stuff out of this room so my family could use it again.

I don’t have a picture of the front living room yet but there’s been a lot of progress there too. it’s more of a sorting area at this point where I’ve put bag making stuff, paper crafts like card making and stamping, bead making stuff, and patterns. It’s also been a place where I keep things I’ve posted in my local FB Buy Nothing group waiting for someone to express interest.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this group here before but it’s been great. I post items that I no longer need or want but are still good and someone may have use for them. On an almost daily basis I post an item to be gifted. Not all things are claimed or wanted so those are either thrown or donated to a local thrift shop.

I always try to post things here first even if I don’t think anyone wants it. One never knows what other people may want or need and I’d rather something get used before thrown away. It’s a lovely concept where people try to avoid adding to the trash if they could avoid it.

You can put asks as well. Sometimes people have asked for things or gifts of service. So I’ve asked for a file cabinet and an ergonomic keyboard. It’s been great as you never know who is possibly getting rid of things and may have what you are looking for.

cheers!

melanie

and the middle frame is done. I ended up shifting it over slightly to the right so that the drawers can be opened and closed without hitting the closet doors. I absolutely love it. It’s a bit odd to have those gaps. but the gap on the left exactly fits the boxes I got from the door banner of the month last year. It’s not shown in the picture now but the one empty box I have is there.

And to the right fits a shoebox. I hope it all works out but I currently love it.

I’ve also emptied all my suitcases of clothes (packed for the great move) into the drawers in the closet. It’s pretty packed. so my next goal is to go through and remove those things I no longer want, need, or wear. I’m slowly wearing them and making decisions. The plan is to get to the point where my clothes fit comfortably in this closet.

Don’t get me wrong, I also still have clothes in my closet in the sewing room. These clothes are those that are hung up and I’ll also need to go through those as well. But I have to start somewhere and my focus is the clothes in this closet.

cheers!

melanie

The kiddo helped me with the top shelf from my last update so that frame is now complete. I’m slowly finishing up the middle frame. I am disappointed that I couldn’t get the third rail in and now I’m stuck with a middle frame that is a bit compromised with how I can use it.

Oh well I will live with it and try not to let it sour my feelings every time I have trouble putting things in and taking things out. I was internally debating on what to do here and decided to put the shelves up first. I only had three shelves left so put those up first. Next I have 2 mini drawers and then a lot of regular drawers. I have more than enough since I originally planned for 4 frames. Once the middle frame is done I have to sit and think on what to do with the empty spot between the middle and right frame.

I was playing with the idea of moving the middle frame slightly so I could fully use the drawers and I may still do that. The only thing is that I’ll have gaps to the left and right of the middle frame. On the left, I could fill it with shoe boxes and that’s where I put my shoes. But I had planned to put my filing box or a real filing cabinet on the right. If I make the gap on the left I won’t have room to put my filing box or cabinet there.

Well, I’ll finish the middle frame and live with it a month or so. I will decide on moving it or not after. I may be ok with how it is. Or I may not be and will try living with the middle frame shifted over.

I do have a whole living room to clean up while I figure that out.

cheers!

melanie

Since my last update I got the frame put together on the right. The only thing left to do there is screw the top shelf in but since I’m short that will have to wait. I intended to ask the guys who installed my new closet mirrors (picture below) but forgot about it until they left. Now I’ll need to schedule time with my son.

I am thrilled with how this came out. The only issue is that I had wanted a third rail for the third door so I could get the middle frame filled with drawers. But because of the framing of the closet the third rail could not fit. Now I’m left with figuring out whether I still put drawers in the middle frame and be content with not being able to pull it out completely or just put shelves in.

cheers!

melanie

I’m still working on my closet. I am dealing with a wrist/thumb issue and so I am taking things slowly one drawer at a time. I finished the first frame. the second frame is untouched because the closet gets in the way. I’ll need to tackle that when the closet doors come and my new handyman installs it. For now I’m working on the frame on the right.

On my last update I was thinking about returning the shoe drawers. Since then I’ve decided they are actually pretty cool and so I’m going to install them at the bottom of the frames. I have a lot more shoes than will fit here but It will handle the shoes I use most often while the least used shoes will either go on the top shelves or stay in the closet in the sewing room.

cheers!

melanie