The Hall Closet

I decided to take a break from the kitchen because I keep having these urges to go out and buy more containers in there.  You know, something that would be a bit more "perfect"?  I kept telling myself that my reward for doing all this is going to be a full kitchen remodel.  This remodel is going to be paid for with all the money I'll be saving from not buying useless junk to replace the stuff I can't find.  That will be when my kitchen is perfect, for now I want fully functional.  It's not working anymore to tell myself these things, so I'm moving on.  Next project!  I'll be back kitchen!

The hall closet.

Can you hear the Jaws theme?Nobody really knows what was in that thing.  Basically it's a bunch of stuff that needed to not be seen.  Anything that I don't know what to do with goes in that closet.  Anything that my husband can't find another place for goes in that closet.  Want to see the picture?  Bear with me, my hallway is terribly narrow and there's just not a good way to take these pictures with the equipment I have.

See what I mean?  It's just not pretty.  The funniest thing is that most of that stuff in there had another home...it just hadn't been there in a while.  The actual coats that were in there were my kids' from at least a year ago and wouldn't fit them now.  I went through that closet and found very little that I actually wanted.

There were things to keep in there.  My wedding dress (I was married 12 years ago this June) that I was really going to get packed away and preserved.  My prom dress (don't ask) and a couple of bridesmaid dresses were in there.  Why do I have these things?  Why were they in my hall closet?

In the end there were 2 things in the closet that I wanted to keep there...and one is still up for debate.  I have the ironing board (that I don't actually own an iron for anymore...but I'm going to get one!) and my handy Wrap It Up from Clever Container.  I'm actually going to have room for coats!  I'm thinking I'll get a shoe rack for the floor so my husband will have a place for his shoes that isn't on the floor just inside the door.  I just don't want to break my rule so early in the game.  Until I deem it absolutely necessary, he can just put his shoes on the floor in there.

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As soon as I decide what else is going in there, I'm going to just leave it as is.  I have so much space to work with!  I don't know what to do with it now, but I'm excited to see it. 

Next week I'm going to tackle...I don't know what yet.  I'm going to have to wait and see what inspires me this week.