Closet Organization

Our hallway closet downstairs has been a catch-all for coats, shoes, bags, and games since I can remember.  We also store our vacuum in there for easy access.  Every time I use the vacuum I have to go through the jungle of coats and roadblocks of shoes just to get it in and out (talk about annoying) .  So this morning when I discovered it was raining I decided it was the perfect time to reorganize.

Here is the before.  Ignore the stupid watermark on the photos.  I was trying out a new app on my phone and apparently you get this lovely watermark on every photo you share. WILL NOT BE USING THIS APP AGAIN!

Anyway...the closet has sliding doors which I'm not a huge fan of, because it makes it hard to organize the way I would like to.  I would have loved to hang umbrellas and bags on the inside of the door...maybe next house ;)

So here is the end result...


























We removed a lot of coats from the closet that really didn't need to be in there.  I put extra hats, gloves, and scarves into baskets on the shelf to make them more accessible.

All in all it wasn't a huge, dramatic change, but it definitely needed done and now I can move the vacuum in and out with ease :)