Organization Progress

We're starting to make some serious progress with this whole house thing. Hizzah!

Last week Alex and I headed to Bed Bath and Beyond to burn through some of our wedding gift cards (thanks everyone!) and get organized. We left the store with a cart full of storage supplies and immediately went to work.

The biggest transformation is in our bedroom closet. We actually have three closets in our room (I know you're jealous), but this last one had two awkward shelves across the middle...and that's it. No hanging bar. No top shelves. Just a whole lot of wasted space.

Before. Blah.

To take advantage of all that vertical space we bought a couple of the Real Simple customizable shelves and set them on top of the middle shelf. Just look at that organized final masterpiece.

Ahhhhhh! The organization angels are singing.

The best part? Look at all of the cubbies for my shoes! Below is the ingenious system I had in place before the closet overhaul.

Shoe pile!

Much better, right? Alex says that my shoe collection is limited to the number of cubby slots, but we'll see how that works out. (I'm pretty sure I can fit multiple pairs in one slot.) We also did some arranging of the hall linen closet, but I fail and forgot to take a before picture. Here's the exhilarating final product anyway...

TGFT...Thank Goodness For Tubs

Now like items are stored in their own tub. (First aid, eyes, teeth, sun, etc.) Maybe I can borrow Mom's label maker and put on the finishing touches. OCD alert!

It's nice to finally have things put away and out of the "stash this here for now" home. We're headed to Chi-town next weekend and are planning to make a pit-stop at IKEA. Who knows what kind of storage goodies we'll come home with?